{"id":941,"date":"2010-06-13T09:45:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=941"},"modified":"2011-07-03T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T17:45:28","slug":"sightseeing-in-english-is-a-weird-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/941","title":{"rendered":"Sightseeing in English is a weird feeling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Burger<\/p>\n

One of the strangest feelings I had when we first came to NYC was being a tourist in an English-speaking country. It was strange to not have to argue, bargain, or explain myself in another language other than English. I was so use to trying to converse in another language (very limited French, Thai, Tetun, Bahasa Indonesian) that being in an ALL English-speaking country was hard to get use to at the beginning. It’s amazing not to have to try to find words, organize your thoughts\/sentences\/phrases, or even use hand signs when trying to go to the toilet, order food, buy stuff… It’s a strange feeling and I guess it takes a bit of getting use to (or adjusted)… I wonder if this is “reverse culture shock”?<\/p>\n

There’s so much to do in NYC that trying to find out what’s going just gives me a headache… I guess it’s a exercise in patience and decision-making. No matter how much you think you know NYC, there are always new things to discover… just check out Time Out New York<\/a> or NYCGO.com<\/a> if you need to plan on doing anything in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n