Alpha Blondy Posted January 28, 2016 ive been tasked with setting up a Kulmiye Party branch here in Atlanta, Georgia. there's a few positions up for grabs if anyone fancies working on the committee. - head of garabka haweenka - head of garabka dhalinyarada - head of fundraising. let me know. thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tallaabo Posted January 29, 2016 <cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> OMG!! i had the weirdest dream. wait for this......TRUE STORY. i WON the Nobel Peace price . i was shocked in being nominated and eventually clinching the price. the nominees were all very successful. ....but as usual, there was some controversy surrounding my success and some folks were claiming i wasn't worthy because i apparently rigged the process. it was at this time, the dream ended. they sabotaged me. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Who were the other successful nominees? Holac? Xabad? Che? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluelicious Posted January 30, 2016 <cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> Reverse culture shock: What, when, and how to cope Moving home isn't always easy – many who repatriate feel different and utterly out of touch. This article explains what happens when culture shock is reversed, what to expect, and how to cope with its effects. Just like expatriation, repatriation has its psychological phases that are unexpected and daunting. Most notably, encountering reverse culture shock when returning home is a surprising situation that's overlooked by both expats returning and their businesses calling to come home. Like culture shock, reverse culture shock has a number of stages; imagine this to be a U-shape curve. At first, you may be excited to return home – seeing friends and family members, wearing the rest of your wardrobe, and eating at your favourite restaurants. This initial euphoria eventually wears off, and that's when you find yourself feeling out of place in your own culture. This is the experience of reverse culture shock; it's the bottom of the curve and often the roughest part. The good news is, although it may take time, you will begin a gradual adjustment back towards feeling comfortable with where and whom you are. How reverse culture shock happens “Reverse culture shock is experienced when returning to a place that one expects to be home but actually is no longer, is far more subtle, and therefore, more difficult to manage than outbound shock precisely because it is unexpected and unanticipated,” says Dean Foster, founder and president of DFA Intercultural Global Solutions, a firm that specialises in intercultural training and coaching worldwide. Foster explains that expats learn over their time in a host country “...to behave and think like the locals, to greater or lesser degrees, while on international assignment.” “By the time most traditional international assignments come to an end several years may have passed, providing the international assignee a significant amount of time to learn new patterns of behavior and thought necessary to fit into their host country.” Foster points out that expats returning home are “shocked into the realisation that they have in fact changed substantially, usually when they encounter their home culture upon repatriating. Both they and their home culture have changed, and this is often the first time that expats have had the opportunity to experience any of these changes.” What is reverse culture shock? As strange as it sounds, expats become less and less familiar with their home stomping grounds. Returning brings a blanket of fog on perception, like an audience member walking around in a setting that’s familiar but still unreal. Robin Pascoe, author of Homeward Bound, writes: “Re-entry shock is when you feel like you are wearing contact lenses in the wrong eyes. Everything looks almost right.” Simply put, being an expat is such a lengthy and deep international experience it brings about great professional and personal changes. Old norms and values from your home country are viewed from a fresh perspective, and expats and their families see things in a new light; something like Dorothy going from black and white to Technicolor. In addition, expats can begin to feel frustrated or confused when their close friends and family are anything but curious and intrigued about their experience. After all, the expat was gone to a foreign land for years, with sights, sounds and smells exotic and new. Expats returning home can expect their top re-entry challenges being: Boredom No one wants to listen You can’t explain Reverse homesickness Relationships have changed People see 'wrong' changes People misunderstand you Feelings of alienation Inability to apply new knowledge and skills Loss/compartmentalisation of experience (According to Dr. Bruce La Brack from the School of International Studies at University of the Pacific.) How to deal with reverse shock Share your experience with others Although you might feel like no one wants to listen, there will be close ones who will support you with open ears and honest interest. Start a blog, contact friends you made as an expat, or write articles – find new ways to incorporate your urge to share stories with an audience who will listen intently. Maintain your style and stay international Things might be different, people (including yourself) might have changed, but this doesn’t mean a 'repat' should give up character and interest learned from abroad just to fit in. Maintain your lifestyle, from the food you ate abroad to the nature of your evolving personality. “Remember that being flexible and expecting the unexpected helped you get through the difficult times abroad. The same attitude can help you back home,” says the Office of International Studies at Northeastern University. “Reverse culture shock is a transition, and an important learning experience. Use this time to rebuild relationships, interests, and your new worldly self.” Keeping an international perspective is a special skill not to take for granted or put away. Read international magazines and foreign newspapers, or access news from your host country via websites and forums. Ask for training From an occupational point of view, to help expats have a successful repatriation Foster recommends training courses not just for the employee but the entire family that is returning. “It needs to involve the HR [human resources] department at least six months prior to the return, so that the company can ensure a position for the repats that value their new skills. Repatriation training helps the entire family adjust to the fact that they have all changed significantly while on international assignment,” says Foster. “Training will assess and value those changes, and see the ways their home country has changed while they were abroad.” In the end, the transition requires patience and even more of an open mind than before. Careful preparation will ease the bumps experienced on the ride home for the entire family. Brace yourself for the shock and enjoy the unique thrills of seeing your home from this different and, in a sense 'far out', perspective. --- http://www.expatica.com/uk/moving-to/Moving-home-Reverse-culture-shock_104957.html --- interesting article on RCS. A good piece, will be sharing it further. Thanks Alpha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galbeedi Posted January 30, 2016 Oh My, the enlighten Alpha is working to advance the case of Muuse Biixi and company, the most backward of all. Is this how you see the future?. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluelicious Posted January 31, 2016 Hello Holac. How are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted January 31, 2016 had a shit workout at the gym today. pissed off. i left immediately, after injuring my leg. i then went to the cinema to watch the Revenant. shit film, too. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted January 31, 2016 <cite> @Tallaabo said:</cite> Who were the other successful nominees? Holac? Xabad? Che? i don't recall who the other nominees. these folks you mentioned are a bunch of failures. i really doubt if they have what it takes at the top level. bunch of online freaks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted January 31, 2016 <cite> @Bluelicious said:</cite> A good piece, will be sharing it further. Thanks Alpha. who do you need it for? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted January 31, 2016 <cite> @galbeedi said:</cite> Oh My, the enlighten Alpha is working to advance the case of Muuse Biixi and company, the most backward of all. Is this how you see the future?. lol. Galbeedi, standing on the sidelines and hurling unnecessary little snide comments wa laga ficanyahay, habrowadaag. that's not what those who have belief do. you're just a self-hating Somalilander. you're getting desperate. you profess no loyalty to anything. you don't stand for anything. you're practically a loser. lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galbeedi Posted January 31, 2016 Alpha, I do not hate the people. I do distaste the system and the recycling of warlords like Muuse Biixi. I am realistic. Politics is the art of possible. I am looking to the future. I do not like Somali leaders either but I see it as a process that could eventually produce sustainable state that can we all share regardless of our regional differences. How long these Somaliland experiment will go on?. Did you see Waran Cadde asking for passport from Somalia and then denying the letter he wrote. Last time in these pages you said that I had no chances in Mogadishu. Well, my friend I do have chances both in Hargeisa and Mogadishu, it is up to me to isolate myself or be part of " Badweynta Soomaaliyeed" . I would rather be a small fish in the huge Somali ocean than being a big fish in a pond. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted January 31, 2016 Galbeedi, habrowadaag, you're just a political junkie. its seems. you can't seem to get enough of polticking. im not interested in the speculative and simulation politics you've become an expert in. im only interested in on-the-ground politics habrowadaag, ma garatay? your hatred for SL is deep and bordering on the obsessive. it upsets me. you make a mockery of my lived experiences over the last 5 years bro. why can't you just accept things as they are. why do you have to waste your energy on being an opportunistic faultfinder. not all your kin are like this. are you reer nur, the firebrand traditionally hostile tribe. lol. I would like to discuss this issue with you in great detail. ive lost the will to write. im better expressing myself in hadal, so lets discuss further, abti. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluelicious Posted January 31, 2016 <cite> @Alpha Blondy said:</cite> who do you need it for? My cousin who has been send abroad by the company he works for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
