Comments on: Chestnut blossoms – the “new Ukrainian” way http://olechko.org/2007-05-09/chestnut-blossoms-the-new-ukrainian-way/ Mon, 07 May 2012 10:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: olha pryymak http://olechko.org/2007-05-09/chestnut-blossoms-the-new-ukrainian-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5728 olha pryymak Tue, 15 May 2007 03:55:33 +0000 http://olechko.org/blog/2007-05-09/chestnut-blossoms-the-new-ukrainian-way/#comment-5728 Vasyl, cultural shock is sth that they taught us in one of the Comm. classes, hits pretty much everybody at the beginning after a big move. Starkly different cultures like the US and Ukraine set a perfect background for such shock. After a year back in Ukraine some things do not stop bemusing me :) maybe Ukrainians are more suseptible to this pehnomenon. Vasyl, cultural shock is sth that they taught us in one of the Comm. classes, hits pretty much everybody at the beginning after a big move. Starkly different cultures like the US and Ukraine set a perfect background for such shock. After a year back in Ukraine some things do not stop bemusing me :) maybe Ukrainians are more suseptible to this pehnomenon.

]]> By: Vasyl http://olechko.org/2007-05-09/chestnut-blossoms-the-new-ukrainian-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Vasyl Fri, 11 May 2007 09:13:57 +0000 http://olechko.org/blog/2007-05-09/chestnut-blossoms-the-new-ukrainian-way/#comment-5561 While, I have been here for nearly the last 8 years, I have seen many changes, but can't say that I have ever experienced any type of cultural shock. I do experience it to a certain degree when I come back after being out of the country. However, a friend of mine that spent 5 months in the US on a fellowship, recently experienced such a shock. He has been back in Kyiv for the last two months and he told me just the other day that he still can't get used to the cars parked on the sidewalks, and the crazy over inflated price of cars in this country. When he went to price a Suzuki Vitara he said that it was going to cost him about 10K more than to purchase the same vehicle in the US. While, I have been here for nearly the last 8 years, I have seen many changes, but can’t say that I have ever experienced any type of cultural shock. I do experience it to a certain degree when I come back after being out of the country.

However, a friend of mine that spent 5 months in the US on a fellowship, recently experienced such a shock. He has been back in Kyiv for the last two months and he told me just the other day that he still can’t get used to the cars parked on the sidewalks, and the crazy over inflated price of cars in this country. When he went to price a Suzuki Vitara he said that it was going to cost him about 10K more than to purchase the same vehicle in the US.

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