**As published in Sunstar:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/opinion/2012/09/16/brett-pinay-diaries-part-iii-243165
WHEN you find yourself flung in the midst of the unknown and you are the minority in a foreign land, your adventurous impulses can be repressed by that sudden surge of fear—that instinctive anxiety you get when you realize you’re no longer swimming in familiar waters. Much as the option of turning back is so tempting, you are more or less left with no choice but to brave the storm you have brewed for yourself.
The apprehensions come from being confronted by totally alien ways. More than adjusting to the startling shift of culture and lifestyle is the anxiety developed from self-doubts that cloud your once confident self.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/opinion/2012/09/16/brett-pinay-diaries-part-iii-243165
WHEN you find yourself flung in the midst of the unknown and you are the minority in a foreign land, your adventurous impulses can be repressed by that sudden surge of fear—that instinctive anxiety you get when you realize you’re no longer swimming in familiar waters. Much as the option of turning back is so tempting, you are more or less left with no choice but to brave the storm you have brewed for yourself.
The apprehensions come from being confronted by totally alien ways. More than adjusting to the startling shift of culture and lifestyle is the anxiety developed from self-doubts that cloud your once confident self.