haha. The Cordial thing has happened to me, some specific ones on plastic bottles.
The drive thing happens all the time. People are often seen in street back home, here I only entered to Westfield to know that there’s not only the houses here. oh, and people run all the time, even in the sunny mid day. That was pretty what? moment for me.
I come from Nepal, a young guy trying to find the space, and life. And in between these I cant deny that the mutual experiences with you relates in most of the grounds.
My english is particularly good, coming from a good study and hometown as a tourist detination added a bit of confidence. Which I got completely bashed in first week when I had to make interactions with Native South Aussies. I got used to the accent over time, still with some old people, I struggle. The other shocker was on my first appointment with a GP, cost me 100$+ for 10 minute consultation. Thats 10x expensive back home.
Everything is like Nepal, I call safety and system are better here. As, back home I come from is a bit hot climate, I got used to the place. For first few months, I hadto keep my wind cheater in sunny days, the breeze is cold here after the sunset. Now, my body has got used to it. I have seen people dressed as you mentioned, which got me too and sometimes I feel pretty confident to go out in pyjamas .
System:
You dont get fine ticket sent to home, or you dont say thank you in evry bus ride. Back home, having that background I would add thank you to anyone working together by the end of the day. I realized I say here likely evry minute. So, people are friendly, and sometimes I doubt the legitimacy of friendly in some regards. its confusing.
Food: My experience started with Milk. That doesn’t taste well. It felt unsweet. I got used to that, now I am almost to forget what it tastes like back home.
I am a vegeterian, so I struggled alot with food. The only choices I had was Pasta, and some veggies from Coles/Woolies. “es” sounds cute. Lol. But,they are pricey, and later I discovered Royal Indian Groceries/All in One for Nepalese communities, I filter , and do shopping here for veggies. I still haven’t found the best food, as I prefer home cooked food. Still, Khukuri in the city takes the spot if I have to dine away.
Health:
Oh, I got allergies for first time in life. It could be anything and have developed this allergy recently as of the change in habitat. But, symptoms arent back yet.
Nepal is naturally beautiful with hills and himalayas. That I miss more and family ofc. except, life journey and abilities to live on your own makes South Australia a great place.
I am pretty surprised despite coming from different world, the experiences are similar.
It's interesting to hear that there are more similarities than differences even with a non European country. It goes to show how easy it is to make assumptions when we haven't experienced things. Is Nepal more tropical than SA, is that what makes it feel warmer there?
I started cooking from scratch more again when we came here and learnt to cook a wider range of foods. Do you find that some fruits and vegetables are harder to come by here? For us what was available was very similar to what we could get in the UK, but the more tropical fruits were much better. I'd never tasted a sweet kiwifruit before coming here. 😆
We'll have to try Khukuri. I don't think I've tried Nepalese food before.
I noticed a lot more people seem to have allergies here, but I'm not sure why. Nearly everywhere has gluten free options too. I was talking to my sister over Christmas and she was telling me that not many places in the UK have gluten free options even now, yet here it's in high demand and some places are even completely gluten free. I've developed intolerances to wheat recently, so gluten free is on my radar.
We'll need to change that saying "only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" to include Aussies. 😆 I have to admit to wondering if some people are crazy when I see them running on scorching hot days. Rainy days I can just about understand, but not in the heat.
Nepal, mostly is about Hills and Himalayas. But, I come from plains but is also a valley. The weather is slightly less hot but similar to Queensland with only similarities in vegetation and wildlife.
I missed the fruit, haha exactly the same with Kiwi.
Kiwi, pears, and nectarines are sweeter than back home, not Mango for me. :D
Veggies are very limited in Big 3 and are expensive. So, I choose Royal Indian Groceries once in a fortnight. (be picky here, but give this a try) .
I have still not been able to figure out the allergies condition. Its been good since a long time. How
Eating out is hard choice, but ocassional is great. Recently I have found my love for Tacos, and has become a easy picking when I am out.
I see them got good physique, so the shirt is off, and they run off limits.
During my early days, the only time I ran was trying to catch a bus in mid day🤣
I love the beaches, not used to back home. The sunset adds the beauty. Also, the maintained garden around the outskirts, and Mount Lofty. Everything looks beautiful. Quite uncommon homes from back home.
How you find your fruits, with Big 3 or any places like market? I have to swap alot with Big 3 only for fruits.
Oh what on so far you feel accomodated over time? and got used to it to your lifestyle?
Can't go far wrong with tacos. 😁
We rarely shop at Woolies or Coles, mainly in the organic section of Foodland because that's usually locally and seasonally grown. That said, most of our fruit comes from our garden and you can't get better than ripe from the tree. We only really buy mangoes and bananas, mangoes are often a bit hit and miss, though. Probably better if you're in regions where they grow.
I feel like I'm used to most things here now. We've been here nearly 18 years, so it's hard to remember that we had to adjust. It's all so normal now.