I just moved to the US (about 8 months) and have had some problem adapting. Though, I can quite easily communicate in english; my inherently-different lingo/accent/sense of humor, to an extent my shyness and the confusing (to me, of course) body language of most americans here have made me unusually confused abt how to behave (besides I live in the politically-correct Mass, so the growing paranoia of wot to say looms large). Though I was pretty outgoing back home, I have become painfully shy here. Kinda confuses me...any tips on how to get used to a new place and come over your own shyness...I have to spend a few years here before I get a chance to go back (I am in one of those require-long-training-n-
experience fields: Neurology) and I dont wanna spend the rest of these years as a tourist (hope ppl will understand wot i mean)....I dont think I can call myself an immigrant and I'm a perfectly legal temporary resident...and yeah, dont really believe that every1 is a racist here
2006-07-25
16:43:16
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