http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/RedDanceTara/index.html?site=ffi&pid=f110 [center][image][/center]Welcome to the blog formerly known as "[COLOR darkred][B](Reverse) Culture Shock[/B][/COLOR]". The following is my previous introduction until I get round to writing up a new one (probably won't):.................................................[br]"Culture shock" refers to the anxiety, confusion felt, and difficulties assimilating into a different cultural or social environment, including but not confined to being in a foreign country."Reverse culture shock" then describes similar effects as the above after growing used to the new culture and upon returning 'home' to the 'original' culture. I chose the tit le to mean different things. One of which is my perpetual sense of discombobulation in my own culture and my long time fascination with the elements of Hinduism that still run like gleaming seams through the mythology and religious iconography of Southeast Asia. I love places like Java, Bali, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Borneo…... Hi. I'm new-ish to this site. Haven’t got many expectations except that I hope to meet sincere, honest people who act with integrity in all their relationships, online or otherwise. No matter how ‘insignificant’.I’m not from India nor am I “desi”. Not completely ignorant of your culture but always happy to learn more. If you so please get to know me first or ask me to clarify before jumping to conclusions about who and what I am. Please be mindful of differences in expression, that “humour” can be very culture specific, I have little tolerance for sarcasm and spite that tries to pass itself off as “wit”. Compounded by the fact that in this medium of text meaning is always open to multiple (mis-)interpretations. If Eddie Izzard makes you laugh, chances are we’re on the same page and we’ll be fine.If ever in doubt of my meaning which may be often, just ask. Humour can be very culture specific.I will respond to all comments relevant to each blog post. Apologies in advance when my writing style falls short - I use this forum to relax and experiment. I'm open to constructive criticism. But disrespectful/rude comments out of mere pettiness, personal dislike and/or profiles with lewd photos will be deleted, banned and reported. Have a beautiful time.Peace out.[br][I]~ Tara ~[/I]April 2008[br][br][br][br][br][I][SIZE 1]Disclaimer: While all events recounted by said writer are true, place names and certain details may have been changed to protect the innocent. Or rather, the guilty. If it sounds like you or someone you know, you’re probably totally wrong. Unless of course you’re right.[/SIZE][/I] http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56683.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]I have a good mate. Let's call him Dilip, who was a brick for me during some awful moments. One time I spoke at him in a derisive tone when he wouldn't let up on my case. He was beginning to en Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:06:26 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56683.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56669.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]he laid his skull capnext to my blinking laptop -in the dark we kissed© RDTFirst published elsewhere, please do not reproduce without permissionImage: Google Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:19:22 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56669.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56667.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]gamelan playingacross polished rice terraces -the sound of the moon© RDTFirst published elsewhere, please do not reproduce without permissionImage: Google Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:08:18 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56667.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56660.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]fading day -in the blue cry of peacocksthe light of unformed things© RDTFirst published elsewhere, please do not reproduce without permissionImage: Google Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:11:02 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56660.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56625.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Have been experiencing a block the last couple of days. No matter. Am seeing D today who will duly unblock me.I juxtaposed these images for fun. Hope everyone is doing good. I am. Image: What d Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:50:50 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56625.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56468.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image] Sounds like quite a party going down there. Nine crore seekers expected – holy smokes! Percolating on it. It happens near my birthday. It's more a formality and photo opportunity for me. May j Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:41:26 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_56468.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55964.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Gerard Butler. Pronounced Jared.One word (or sound, rather): Phhhwoarrrr.Move over (slightly), Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman.... On second thoughts, I'll have all three of you at once please. T Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:47:06 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55964.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55957.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Got up yesterday morning with vertigo, had to hold on to the washbasin. The image of the room was repeating itself, chop-chop-chopping one on top of the same like a caught slide projector. Thou Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:57:31 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55957.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55735.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Lost a lovely soul and one of my heroes on Monday.Even when he bombed, which was often if you've watched him 'cook', he did it with such riveting panache and wine-fuelled flamboyance. He could Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:28:25 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55735.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55362.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]An excerpt from Everyday Male Chauvinism: Intimate Partner Violence Which Is Not Called Violence by Luis Bonino. The full version of the book is available free on the internet as a pdf. file. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:23:36 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55362.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55353.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]1. Often comes across as being effusively warm, well-meaning and loving, but is really a guise to overstep boundaries, invade your privacy and become a permanent, daily fixture in your life2. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:46:36 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_55353.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54823.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Peak hour jam (when is it never?), somewhere in Delhi. Rickshaw wallah shows perfectly impervious non-comprehension and goes in direction opposite to my desperate gesticulations. India is one p Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:43:31 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54823.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54631.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Couldn’t wait so we stole away yesterday afternoon to watch The Half-Blood Prince.It was all right, a frothy distraction from the intense, not to mention, supernatural, going-ons of the last se Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:05:27 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54631.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54554.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Was told by Man du Jour that I don't express my feelings.Balderdash and piffle. I tried to gently tell his egotistical, dictatorial, pompous, infuriating, melodramatic self. Just because I have Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:11:31 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54554.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54451.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]I've been disarmed. What does one do when someone describes himself as “a deer... willing to walk into the lion's den”?The Sabian Symbols is a neat tool. I've got on with them more than I still Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:16:31 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54451.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54440.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]A single, attractive, independent Indian woman friend living in a city in south India, has been telling me that in her experience, while she has had no shortage of male attention, loads of Indi Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:47:51 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54440.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54219.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]I once knew a man who was always impeccably turned out.Scruffy for him was usually a variation of these cute, pressed, linen Cuban shirts in some shade or other of off-white, khaki ducks and de Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:11:42 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54219.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54203.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]Man - Separated from arranged marriage, late 30s, states he has had “many women” by cheating on his wife but wants to start life anew from a clean slate. Scenario does not register as exception Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:26:56 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54203.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54077.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= [image]... run for the hills, girls. Here’s how, if for some reason you can’t recognise one (perhaps you had an unfortunate accident whereby... an over-sized anvil happened to land on your head that y Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:01:46 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_54077.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_53854.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m= the world in order today - even the feralcat minding her manners after lunch lines upa row of shrew skeletons © of RedDanceTara Fri, 22 May 2009 02:20:40 -0800 http://indianfriendfinder.com/blog/5130/post_53854.html?site=ffi&pid=f110&m=