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Category Archives: reverse culture shock
Marijuana
Singapore’s attitudes towards drugs are pretty draconian. Some opioids are available via a doctor but when I would’ve been given a stronger pain killer in the US, in Singapore I was made to be an inpatient. (This would never happen … Continue reading
Repatriation
I have two articles over at Sassy Mama Singapore, most likely my last two which saddens me. Another link to Singapore severed. The first is a roundtable discussion with three other moms about repatriation and whether we’d go abroad again. … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, Culture Shock, Identity, Published!, repatriation, reverse culture shock, Writing
Tagged cultural differences, culture shock, education, expat bostonians, repatriation, reverse culture shock, Sassy Mama Singapore, schools, Singapore schools versus American schools, Singapore to the US
Reality has begun to set in
When I first started this blog, it was with the intention of keeping those back home know what our new life in Singapore was like. It was, in effect, a way of keeping hold of Boston while exploring Singapore. I … Continue reading
