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Entries from May 2008

Hope You Understand…

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I hope all of my lovely readers understand my situation that I am in at the moment. I am a little bit stressed out because of the fact that I feel like I am neglecting my blog (”my baby”). I am so unhappy with the design right now and and not thrilled that I am [...]

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Tags: Blogging Stuff

An Overview of Norway for Travelers

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Norway is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and a beautiful place. Following is a summary of background information you should know before taking a trip.
The official name of Norway is the Kingdom of Norway. The country covers an area of mainland and accompanying island territories. The total size of Norway is approximately 150,000 square [...]

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Tags: Norway

Sorry!

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

So Im sorry for not being able to write lately. But I am trying to post some interesting articles so that you have something to look at right now on my site. The reason for my absence on my blog is because I am studying at an ashram in India right now and it is [...]

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Tags: Other

Culture Shock in the WikiWikiWeb

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

A wiki is a kind of website which has a concept of “open editing” that permits visitors to freely create, remove or else change and edit Web page content with the use of any available browser. It is an efficient and effective collaborative authoring tool that provides total ease of interaction and operation.
I was surfing [...]

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Tags: Adjusting Advice · Culture Shock · Tips On Settling In

Culture Shock

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

With the rapid changes in society these days, behavioral scientists have put an increasing emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of culture shock, those feeing of anxiety and disorientation that affect people who have to suddenly function within a new and different social environment. Culture shock affects individuals who move to another country or sometimes [...]

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Tags: Adjusting Advice · Moving / Preperation · Tips On Settling In

Expatriate Relocation Information - The Essentials About International Relocation

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you are only moving down the road to another home there is more than enough to do and take care of, so just think of all that goes into an international relocation and how much more is involved in this move. Not only would you have to pack and think of shipping your stuff, [...]

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Tags: Expat · Expat Articles · Moving / Preperation · Moving Advice · Tips On Settling In

Pennier(?) or Peniner(?) whatever…

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Today is Wednesday so it is pennier (I have no idea how to spell it) in green sauce for dinner. Gross, gross, gross. I always look forward to Thursdays here at the ashram because for lunch they make what they call tomato rice. I call it Spanish rice. It is exactly like Spanish rice and [...]

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Tags: Ashram

Survivor

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

So I know that I am here in India at an ashram and meditating all day long…but since I do have an internet connection (although not a very good one) I have to still admit that I am watching Survivor. Okay, yes, I know its over already but since I have to download the episodes [...]

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Tags: Reality TV

A Family Vacation

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

A few years ago my parents went with my grandparents to Missouri where we have a lot of extended family. I remember my parents telling me how much fun they had there and about all the cool stuff they did.
I have never really thought of Missouri as the most exciting place in the world before [...]

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Tags: Travel

New Source Of Info

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

So I have found places that I found great and informative articles related to everything that I typically write about (expat life, travel, Norway, Lithuania, India etc.) that I can use here on my site. I am so excited because the heat here in India is frying my brain and I am having a hard [...]

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Tags: Blogging Stuff