http://blog.notanendive.org/ Cross country, across cultures. en Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:13:56 +0200 © notafish http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2008/08/04/My-Very-First-Culture-Shock#c1895 urn:md5:807a3ac766912f6204e4d6646f3a11bd Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:12:42 +0200 witty lama <p>I remember the first time I met the other students in my class when I went to a french high school. I knew about the "bise" and was prepared for that, but I didn't know that in the area that I was (northern Ardeche) people cheek-kiss three times, not two. Furthermore, I didn't know which direction to start with.</p> <p>In the end I looked very foolish doing a sort of stop-go-stop dance with the other students. They were standing in a circle and I was on the inside working my way around one person at a time. A very threatening position to be in in a new school and culture when you're in "Troiseme" (junior high)!</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2008/01/29/Holy-state-the-church-got-me-again#c132 urn:md5:44d772e95aa03386d2ff56043a612098 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:40:54 +0200 Fabien <p>Well... next time you're asked "are your a catholic?", you know what to say... ("f**k you!")</p>