November 8, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
Episode 124 : Expats
Living abroad can do strange things to a person, here’s what to look out for and how it applies even to people who never leave their hometown. And some wicked travel/expat hacks.
Links mentioned:
- Learn Japanese on your DS! (Note that this will not actually help you speak Japanese. But it’ll make you feel better about yourself)
Books mentioned:
- Learning to Bow. Not recommended!
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Posted by Weed
November 10, 2009 @ 5:56 pm
This was so fun to listen to since I’ve literally never been out of America (save to the Bahamas). I need to get out more.
Patrique and Gwen never got lonely in ol Japan?
Posted by Ruth
November 10, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
I donated some money for you! Five bucks EACH! Don’t worry, I took it out of my Kiva account.
Thanks for your hard work, my friends.
Posted by admin
November 10, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
Thanks Ruth! We appreciate you.
Patrick and Gwen
Re: Weed’s question. Loneliness will get you no matter where you are.
Posted by Eric Normand
January 8, 2010 @ 11:28 am
Hey guys!
I lived in Africa for 2 years in the Peace Corps and experienced all of this.
I noticed that most of my fellow volunteers had some kind of comfort food/product that they really missed. I didn’t have that. When they had access to it, they were happy. When they didn’t, you could see something was wrong.
But as time went on, I did miss stuff from home. I missed paved roads and good transportation. I missed anonymity. I missed little things. Things I could never have in West Africa.
Oh well, just a thought I had.
Great podcast.