Sorcha in Micronesia

So I decided not to do week two or week three of the Blogging Abroad 10 week challenge because week two was about my daily life and week three was talking about my home. I’ve talked about week two’s challenge already, see this link , and I decided not to do week three because I didn’t want to post my host family’s house all over the internet. Instead I’m going to write about some conversation’s I’ve had with people. 13 y/o host brother: Tulpe, did you pray before eating? Me: No, I’m not religious. 13 y/o host brother: So you are Catholic. Me: No, I am not religious. 13 y/o host brother: So you are Muslim. Me: Nope (What followed was a long conversation about different beliefs and religions). 8 y/o Host brother: Tulpe you’re a troublemaker. Me: Why? 8 y/o Host brother: Because of your glasses Me: Are you a trouble maker? 8 y/o Host brother: No I’m pretty 8 y/o Host brother: Tulpe You’re not pretty Me: Uhh Okay… Why? 8 y/o Host brother: Because you eyeglasses 8 y/o...

Here are a few funny stories that I have heard about foreigners visiting Kosrae and the cultural misunderstandings that followed. Kut When the first missionaries visited Kosrae the locals greeted them with fresh coconuts. The missionaries were thirsty and said “good, good” when they saw the coconuts. The locals went about their business and show up a few minuets later with a bowl of head lice for the missionaries to eat. The missionaries were very shocked by this. It turns out that the Kosraen word for head lice is “Kut” pronounced like “Gud” and they thought that the missionaries were asking to eat head lice. Fuk A few decades ago an official from Guam was visiting Kosrae. A woman on Kosrae had heard that people from Guam liked to eat Fruit Bats and she captured some bats to try to sell to him for money. The woman knocks on the door of the hotel room where the official is staying. The official opens the door and sees the woman holding two bats and is a little confused. The woman s...