lol,

When did I deny that I am experience culture shock? I said just the opposite. I am experiencing extreme culture shock and already thought of going to see a psychologist, lol.

A 3 month ticket is a 3 month ticket, and it means 3 months travelling abroad. It is my belief things that happen with a plan and with a purpose are quite a bit better than hap hazard and random chaos. I didn't travel with any other plan or purpose other than to see what it was like outside the US and I saw.

Funny. I never miss comforts or things from back home. I miss comforts from Shanghai or Seoul, many of which we never had back home, certainly not in the way of technology. I honestly don't care too much about things like water pressure or the softness of tissue. I want my technology at the top!

I find it funny that one would judge expats as being far outside the social norms. If they weren't, wouldn't they have stay in their own country? Also why is being far outside social norms a "bad thing"? Who decided this?

Interestingly, when I was in Korea, the people I hung with were outside the social norms of their society. They were free thinkers who shunned school and wanted to travel to see things and learn for themselves. Somehow their parents supported them in this. Also there was the bodybuilding crowd. These are guys heavily into powerful cars, motor cycles, martial arts and, of course, hot girls. They are not viewed very positively in Korea. Many of them seemed to make awesome money though, either as trainers or working in TV.

Also, I didn't travel 18 hours and thousands of miles on an airplane to have English conversations with other Americans. I speak Japanese, I am learning Korean. I will soon start learning Chinese. (There are some great possibilities and large fortunes to be made in China right now and some of my friends in both Japan and Korea are trying to get into business there)

The world is too big for someone to live so small. (I think that's my new saying!)


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globetrotter wrote:

It is humorous to note that due to modern supply chain science that a nation can manufacture scads of the goods you see in COSTCO or WalMart, but you cannot buy them across the street from the factory they are made in Shenzhen, China. I could go for a COSTCO once every 6 months or so.

I don't think there's a Costco in Shenzhen, but there are many Carrefour, JUSCO, and Walmart stores there.

Winston wrote:

Jay,
Um thanks for the moralistic preaching, but it isn't really necessary.

You and I are different people. I can't be like you and you can't be like me. Accept that. Stop judging others. We all have our reasons for doing what we do. Your preaching changes none of that. Plus it makes you look narrow minded too.

I do not come on here claiming to be righteous, pure, moralistic, a saint and a square person who is blameless. I only claim to be a truth teller. Sure I may be a little crazy. But who isn't? A little crazy is what makes a person interesting, balanced by rationality. Otherwise you'd be boring.

The struggle between a dual dichotomy is what makes a character interesting. It's what makes Shakespeare characters interesting and complex. I do not want to be SQUARE like you. No thanks.

You can take your judgmentalness and preaching somewhere else where it's welcome.

Get real please. What do you expect your preaching and judgmentalness to accomplish? Do you really expect me and others to say "Oh Jay is right. We should change who we are to fit his standards." YEAH RIGHT! LOLOLOL You're dreaming dude!

FYI:

- I do not advocate using women and dumping them. Nor do I do that. And neither does Ladislav, who is polyamorous and admitted it here. When we have sexual relations with a female, we keep in touch with her, try to see her regularly, become a friend or lover with her, etc. It's called loving more than one woman. The "screwing and dumping women" stereotype is a mythos created by the feminists. Sure some guys do that. But many don't.

I can show you some really true A-holes in AC. No girls like them cause their personality sucks. And they know it. Yet they blame it all on the girls, and do not believe that the girls treat others better than them.

- I am open to seeing a counselor. But most of them suck. They are not wise or understanding. They are educated by the system to get people to conform. The last one I had in Washington ended up getting defensive and arguing with me when he heard about my overseas experiences. He didn't like them and disagreed with everything I experienced. So I brought him my huge massive photo albums to show him, and he turned his head away and pretended they weren't there.

Instead of being my counselor, he ended up trying to debate me over every point and getting his ass kicked.

His name was Jack Duffy, and I hope he googles his name and finds his name here, so people know the truth about how irrational and closed minded he was.

But anyhow, if you know a good counselor with wisdom and social skills, I'm open to seeing one. I like counselors. Some are good people to talk to. Others are not. Probably most are not.

Most counselors deal with drug abuse anyway, not the kind of problems that we have here, which are far more complex.

This is the Jack Duffy I'm referring to. I hope he finds this page by googling his name someday.

http://www.amhinfo.com/Jack_Duffy.html

Jack Duffy, MA

1201 11th Street, #200B
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: (360) 733-5818
Fax: (360) 715-3657

Educational and Professional Background

Jack Duffy is a licensed mental health counselor who primarily works with individual adults and couples. He received his BA in Psychology from Western Washington University, and, in 1990, he received his MA in Psychology from Seattle University.

Areas of Special Interest

Mood disorders
Marital/couples work
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Physical illness/trauma
Life Transitions
Grief & Loss
Directions to Office

Jack's office is located in Old Fairhaven on the 2nd floor of the Judson Plaza building. Please call for detailed directions.


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"The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth." - H. L. Mencken

"Just look at us. Everything is backwards. Everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religion destroys spirituality." - Michael Ellner

"The greatest awakening I underwent in my travels is that nations in reality are the exact opposite of how they are depicted in the media." - Ladislav