Nomad of the Globe

I thought this extract by Jane Cecilie Heinze, was kinda cute.heh.

So what is a global nomad?

Basically, global nomads are shifted-around kids who've spent significant proportions of their childhoods in countries other than those where their parents have citizenship.

There are all sorts of reasons someone might be a global nomad. Perhaps your parents are missionaries, or one of your parents is a diplomat. Or just one or both of your folks has a job that requires moving to various countries every few years, and feels it's important to have the family along. Anyone who's spent several years in a country where neither parent has citizenship, I would count as a global nomad.

You'll be able to tell someone's a global nomad when you ask them one EVIL question.....


WHERE ARE YOU FROM????

A true global nomad will get this kind of hunted look, and sort of glance away, and go something like, "Well, I was born in ______ but I've lived in ______, ______, and ______, my mom's from ______, my dad's from ______, and I'm a citizen of ______. I've moved around so much because my (mom is/dad is/parents are) ______." Fill in the first seven blanks with country names (feel free to add as many more as necessary! or remove one or two), pick mom/dad/both, and name their occupation.

In my case, the blanks are filled in by South Africa, Israel, America, Jordan, Norway, South Africa, South Africa, dad, and diplomat.

There are some definite pros and cons to being a global nomad.

Pros:
You get to see the world. You're interested in foreign affairs, not because you're that type of person, but because you want to see what it's like in the places you used to live. You learn lots of languages. You experience all sorts of cultures and ways of life. Once you get to college, people think you're fascinating. You learn how to deal with all sorts of people, from all over the place.

Cons:
You leave your friends all the time (or if they're nomads, too, they leave you all the time), which means there will never be such things as high school reunions or seeing all your friends at the same time. You don't really have a place to call home, since you're partly loyal to all the places you've lived and loved. You can't relate to people in what's supposed to be your "home country". You feel like you don't belong anywhere, really.
But weighing up the pros and cons, I'm glad my parents gave me the opportunity to see so many places and be a part of so many different worlds. I think it's made me a more interesting person.

A Bee Bit My Arse!

No a bee did not bite me arse.

I got a B!!! My first MBA module, finally completed! I cant say that the result is excellent, but I can say that I'm totally happy with the grade. I didnt expect to pass at all, probably due to the fact that I made no time at all to study and do my assignment when I went for my visit, then again who would? and both the assignment were due a few days after I got back...add in some jetlag, and anyone'd be totally ecstatic about a B.

I'm glad that it started out this way, I'm so much more inspired to do better, in fact before the results were posted, I was almost sure that I had put to waste all the time and money that I had invested in persuing the course and had wanted to just stop spending my salary on this MBA sh*te, and perhaps travel the world, and spend all my time, money and youth, roaming around.

But this is good, dont know where it's going to take me, but worth doing never-the-less.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank God, my parents, my friends, my cousins and the people closest to me, that have influenced me to be the me I am today.heh, that'll be the beginning of my grad speech. Chyearight!

I feel that the events that have been happening this past month has really pushed me out of equilibrium, and I have to start to refocus on my goals. Look out for another list...

coming up next...encounters of Echez in America Part III, no time to write la.

Echez In America - Part II

The Getty Museum, that's where I went to. It was pretty nice, although I didnt really tour the museum. We went around looking at it's architecture and it was amazing I tell ya. Every where you look is a photo spot. You know one of those spots that some places allocate as their best scenery for photo shooting, well the whole place is a big picture. The buildings are designed to fit into the scenery around the building in that every where you turn, you'll find a nice picture spot. It was beautiful and the weather was nice. Cool wind, shiney sun.

After walking around half the day trying to take nice pictures. We got exhausted and decided to drive back, in which we got lost in Korean town, then we drove by the Staples Center and of course I had to check it out. It was good. I wanna check it out again before I leave.

Then we had dinner and then went to a bible study meeting and then to the supermarket and then back here. Home...I guess.

I'm off today at 5am, I need to get my notebook fixed with wireless so that I can do work the whole week. But now, I'm gonna get some sleep. Night. Miss you all... not that I actually saw you that often in the first place.

echez

Echez In America - Part I

Echez is in America! I got off the plane at LAX and there was immigration. It wasnt that bad except that I didnt feel well and the line was so so very long, just like the movies of people a hundred years ago immigrating to America with their worldly belongings held within that one duffel bag.

Anyways I went to the immigration counter and the man was so...how do you say...rude! He practically dropped a 5 pound stapler on the index finger that he needed my to place on the scanner thing.

Anyways he reprimanded me for not completing the form and said that he would send me back if he wanted to coz I didnt fill in the form. Heh, I am chinese I am not stupid. I speak better english than that guy.

Anyways he lets me go and I try to look for my bag, I find my bag upside down on the conveyer belt which had long been stopped. I picked up my bag and the lock was gone. I figured. Besides, whoever wants to steal my pink shirts and bras can do so if they wish, at any point in time, not just from my locked bag.

Anyways I took the bag, and went out to find my uncle. I couldnt find him so I changed 5 bucks of quarters, and tried his cell. It didnt work after I spent more than 3 of those dollars. I walked around and there he was. Whaddaya know.

I get to his house, I settle in and sleep, LA time 1am, Atlanta time 4am? I woke up at 5am LA time. Which was 8am Atlanta time, so I'm pretty much in wit the groove, no time lost.

Gtg going to the Getty Center, whatever that is, tell you bout it later.

echez in America

XD

WooooHoooo!!! I just wanted to announce that I do not know what XD is...Waahahahahahaa...I just thought that was so hilarious...! I think I'm getting dumber!!

Yessss!!!

I was thinking the other day about something I was discussing with a collegue, he was saying that no one my age would ever be able to catch up with me. He said that getting a degree at 20, working, and possibly an MBA by 23 is hard for some guys to accept.

I thought there's Ta!! And then I thought, omg, you're almost right! And then I thought, getting certs and awards doesnt mean anything...case in point the girl that no longer works with us. The chinese bimbo, who's friggin smart, got distinctions in her diploma and degree! And is a shittin dumarse.

And then I thought oh shiite! What if guys do feel inferior, then no one will like me....waaaaaaa....=(....I need become dumber!!!

And then I thought, well it all evens out when you get older, people gain knowledge through other things like reading and experience.

And then I thought, I know for a fact that there are so many people that are s much smarter than me. So what am I afraid of? So I block out practically 70% of the male population, I only need one! No big deal~

And then I think, what if the one meant for me cant accept that? And then I thought well if he cant accept me for the way that I am, then he's probably not the one anyway.

And then I thought, why am I thinking so much, and then I thought about why I was thinking so much and especially thinking about thinking so much.

XD And then I decided to stop XD

echez