Culture Shock
USA
Christmas shopping…
Consumerism is not solely an American plague. It's pretty much international -for those who can afford it or for those who can not afford it, but do it anyway.
Overspending and over-consuming is no-doubt a pretty annoying pre-Christmas habit for...
USA
Dress sense
I'm not quite sure where dress sense comes from. Is it a cultural thing? Is it an ideological thing? Is it a stage-in-life kind of thing? No clue. What I will say, though, is that it sort of bothers...
USA
Barack Obama: our new President.
I woke up this morning (or should I say yesterday morning) both elated and scared. Dead scared. Elated the moment of truth was here. Scared there might still be a chance it won't be so. Dead scared.
Now, fear is...
USA
On Greek Time…
Specificity is not an everyday Greek practice. Sure, we Greeks are very specific about what we believe in, the football team we support, the way we want our frappe prepared or how far the beshamel on the pastitsio should...