I just wonder how many expats are sent overseas alone or together with family.
I was unfortunately sent to Germany alone as i am still single. Optimistically. it is a good chance to know new people in a totally new environment. But the problem is... I do not speak German!!
So far, i have been here for half a year. Maybe i am staying in a small town(not a big city), i could strongly feel the disadvantage as a foreigner. Ex. people do not understand what you're saying. And I am hardly to express myself in German too.
Well, German is quite difficult to learn. The unruled grammers have burnt my heart and sprained my brain , but i still hardly know how to use it. German people are also hard to be approached. Previously i know some German in my country. But when i contact them in Germany, they are too busy and no time to a foreigner friends. They are unlikely to take initiative or mind to keep the friendship and this make me very disappointing.
Naja, there are also warm people. But I would say it is hard to get to know those Deutsches as friends because they enjoy to live in their own circles. At the beginning, I am hardly to adapt to this kind of culture or environment, but i think if i stay in a English speaking country, everything would be much better.
I hope someone can share the experience of living in Germany. Or how to get to befriend with German people. As i have encountered some cases that i do not really understand what going wrong. The Deutsches friends are seemed disappeared and never contact again.
Well,, just hope the life is getting better when i am able to speak better German.