culture shock I

Cultural shock, I researched in Wikipedia, “describe the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc.) felt when people have to operate within an entirely different cultural or social environment, such as a foreign country. It grows out of the difficulties in assimilating the new culture, causing difficulty in knowing what is appropriate and what is not.”

For me personally, there were of course many cultural shocks that I came across one month ago when I set my foot on this country.

Here, I just want to say some things which I experienced, heard and saw.

First, I want to say that the most aspect I can not get used to is food in UK. The first week because I did not buy the pot I have to eat bread everyday. It was so terrible for me though I like eating bread when I was in my country. But one week continue to eating without any rise is really a hard task for me. I can not image that British eat bread as their main food in daily life but maybe bread in UK is just like rise in China and People like it. People told me that British pay less attention to food and they prefer fast food rather than spending much time on cooking. I do not know why maybe they want to save time to do jobs or other things. But I know that British like fish and chips because I saw may “fish&chips” in the street. (A traditional and classical food)

British like running. I can see many people running in the street everyday. They always dress sport clothes and running with an MP3. This is not usual in China and Chinese people just like running in a sporting place or a park in the morning. Another interesting thing is that British people like running in where they like. A friend I know that he like running beside a lake where is far from his house and he willing to drive there.

Above all is just a small part of my culture shock.

These days I always saw CCTV on the street and I thought it is China Central Television. It scared me. Finally I understand that it is Closed-circuit-television in UK. -.- #