Expat Realities: Reverse Culture Shock (2.15)

If you've lived any amount of time overseas and returned to your
home country, you're likely familiar with reverse culture shock,
the feeling that you just...somehow...don't quite fit in to your
old life anymore. It's a disorienting feeling, and it affects
everyone differently. Seeing as how Greg was back in Canada three
months ago and Evo just returned from a trip to the USA, we
thought'd we discuss this uniquely strange phenomenon, how it
affected us, and how we deal with it.


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Greg recounts how the relationships with his friends have
changed, details of "the most Canadian standoff ever", and how
it's always the little things that trip you up - like the fact
that people wear shoes inside the house, which really freaked him
out. Evo mirrors this "little things" mantra, like the
incredibly weird feeling of drinking water from a tap, and how
much he forgot he loves listening to the radio...and how quickly
he realized it actually sucks. We also do another round of Love,
Loathe, Leave, and discuss - rather shamefully - how much joy
Greg got from showing his visiting sister around Bangkok's
shopping malls.