Transitions/Cultural differences
Philippines | A Prisoner in Paradise | December 1, 2020 | Being trapped in three Asian countries, mostly alone | |||
Housebound in Antipolo | April 1, 2020 | Solitude during the Lockdown | ||||
Leaving the Volcano | May 1, 2020 | My move from Tagaytay after the Taal eruption | ||||
From Metro Manila to Cavite Province, Part 1 | May 4, 2017 | My move to Tagaytay | ||||
From Metro Manila to Cavite Province, Part 2 | June 1, 2017 | Adjusting to life in the province | ||||
Moving On, Part 6 | October 31, 2013 | My decision to retire in the Philippines | ||||
A Charmed Life | January 3, 2013 | One form of expat lifestyle | ||||
Becoming an Expat | November 13, 2012 | A civil engineer finds here what he could not find at home | ||||
The Last Big Move | July 19, 2012 | My 2007 move from Seoul to Quezon City, Metro Manila | ||||
The Great Flood, Part 1 | October 11, 2009 | Our experience of Typhoon Ondoy | ||||
The Great Flood, Part 2 | October 19, 2009 | What we lost and what we gained | ||||
The Great Flood, Part 3 | October 22, 2010 | A follow-up a year later | ||||
Philippines and Korea | The Best of Three Worlds, Part 1 | July 1, 2014 | A Filipina on her life in the Philippines, in Korea, and in the US | |||
The Best of Three Worlds, Part 2 | July 4, 2014 | A continuation of the story | ||||
Korea | A Vision List | August 4, 2016 | The changes in a woman’s life before and after moving to Korea | |||
Silvia Wilson Moves to South Korea (A memorial post of “A Mainer Goes to South Korea”) | March 28, 2014 and November 29, 2010 | Finding employment and contentment in Korea
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Return to Korea | June 20, 2012 | My feelings on a trip to Seoul | ||||
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Military Linguists, Part 1 | March 29, 2010 (interview in 1995) | A serviceman fluent in Korean discuss his life in Korea and his wife’s life as a Korean orphan | |||
Military Linguists, Part 2 | April 5, 2010 (interview around 1995) | Culture shock, language and cultural differences with his Korean girlfriend
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Military Linguists, Part 3 | April 12, 2010 (interview around 1995) | Cultural differences—an American and a Korean in the US and ROK armies | ||||
An Irishman’s Culture Shock | January 24, 2010 (interview in 1992) | Personal and work experiences of a long-time resident
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The Story of a Korean War Baby | October 27, 2009 (interview in 1999) | Life of a Korean and-African-American woman | ||||
Japan | From Japan to North America, Reverse Culture Shock
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October 31, 2016 | Returning from three stints in Japan, totaling twelve years
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Almost a Japanese Housewife | May 11, 2012 | An Australian on her life in Japan
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China | “Mafan” or Chinese Hassles | February 27, 2012 | Two bizarre, everyday happenings in China
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On the Court in Xiamen, China | November 27, 2011 (interviews in 1986) | Two tall foreign students on playing basketball on university teams
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Finding Contentment in Mainland China | September 16, 2011 | A Canadian on teaching English in China | ||||
An Englishman in the People’s Republic, Part 1 | April 23, and 24, 2011 (interview in 1986) | A foreign student on sex, sexual repression and lack of privacy in the PRC | ||||
An Englishman in the People’s Republic, Part 2 | May 17, 2011 (interview in 1986) | The student on food, drink and hashish
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An Englishman in the People’s Republic, Part 3 | May 24, 2011 (interview in 1986) | The student’s experience with health care | ||||
Mother and Musician, Part 1 | March 18, 2011 (interview in 1986) | The mother of a white baby interacts with curious Chinese | ||||
At the Friendship Hotel | August 28, 2010 (interview in 1986) | Foreign ghetto life in Beijing in 1979-80 | ||||
Elsewhere | Moving On, Part 1 | August 11, 2013 | My life in the US and in Europe | |||
Moving On, Part 2 | August 24, 2013 | My life in the US and in Europe | ||||
Toughing It Out, Part 2 | July 23, 2013 | Staying in Nepal after the theft of money and passport |