First day, in the computer lab at the University, waiting until 14 o’clock so I may continue with my registration/orientation/confusing clusterfuck of information. I’ve had to speak so much Russian my brain hurts, which isn’t much at the moment and I’m beginning to feel stupid.
It’s difficult to communicate the credentials of your being/intelligence when you can’t even ask where to find something/understand the check-out woman at the supermarket when she asks you a question (do you need ______ ? [I think ______ was bag]).
I hate feeling stupid and this takes the cake. Nervous nodding, asking for repetition, getting ruddy intheface. JesusIwishIcouldspeakRussianalreadygoddamnthisisfrustrating.
My boss says my English is easy to understand. Yay. Me- 1: Russia- 7298734983274.
Language fail: A woman just wandered into the computer lab where I am using the internet. I’m the only non-Asian (something I didn’t consider being that I am in Asia/pretty close to Mongolia). Of course she asked me how the internet was, even though the girl next to me is obviously much better at Russian. Sigh @ stereotyping. THAT’S RIGHT THE WHITE GUY HAS TO KNOW RUSSIAN.
Maybe I’ll get to teach German too. Yeah, that’ll show them that I’m not some idiotic/unworldly/falsely educated American loser man. (pssst pssst look at his plaid/skinny pants. Is he a gay?)
