I come from the warm tropics of the Philippines so when I first came to Sweden, I felt like I was inside our freezer every single day on a 24 degrees Celsius summer day. It was not easy. This temperature is how I set my air conditioner in the Philippines with a thick, cozy blanket on me. When I saw people almost naked or wearing sleeveless shirts and short shorts, I was feeling like an alien wearing pants and a jacket. I remember one day at the park seeing everyone, again almost naked sunbathing on a real sunny day when I showed up wearing pants and a thick jacket under a bright pink umbrella. I was so afraid of my skin getting dark since I kinda used a powerful whitening lotion from the Philippines.
Then winter came, I was feeling horrible than ever. I didn’t want to go out because I felt like the coldness was biting the inner core of my bones. And oh, I freaked out noticing almost only gray skies with slight rain showers and wind nearly everyday. Then darkness comes at 3:00 o’clock! I mean, c’mon! Seriously I felt like this was insane. Somehow I have realized how traveling can be so good as a way to educate yourself. I had no idea before that somewhere on earth there’s a place as crazy as this. I remember one of my grade school teachers was telling us that there is a place like this on earth but I had no idea why I did not ever believe her until I came to Sweden!
Well, time goes by. I went home then came back then went home again and came back. Wait…. Why do I always come back? Certainly there is something about Sweden that makes me just wanna stay. Surprisingly, the last time I went home, I could hardly breathe because I felt like 24 degrees Celsius was too warm for me. I do love the cold temperature in Sweden now, but I’m still trying at the moment on accepting the darkness in the winter.
Surely Sweden has its own charm that we haven’t just discovered until we really go through the entire process of total acceptance and that there is a little heaven in this darn cold and dark country.
You are pritty cute, see how charming I am now?
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I live in Hawaii and want to move to Sweden, our biggest problem is the cultural garbage here.. As an ex- social worker and as a teacher, I’ve seen serious child abuse and TONS of rape/drug abuse/violence, an anti school attitude and a lot of racism toward whites, and most of the whites are racially sensitive (or they wouldn’t survive here)… The predominant group here is Filipino, and it’s growing rapidly, with the MAJORITY of teenage girls sexually active before they reach 14… I wish the weather was our primary concern…
Let’s trade places…
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Unfortunately you can find what you call “cultural garbage” world wide. If you work as a social worker or as a teacher you will see much more of it than (that phenomena) if you work as an accountant in a golf club. Sweden is probably a little bit better because of the social political system and most of all the education system but don´t think it does not exist in Sweden. As a social worker or a teacher (I worked as a teacher for a while and have friends that work as social workers) you will face it daily even here in Sweden. Then fact that plenty of teenagers have their first sexual experience at the age 13-14 is even here in Sweden a truth. The big question is how they and society is handling it and the result for the future. Sweden has very few teenager parents or destroyed futures caused of the fact that they had sex.
Some people prefer the warm weather or the cold weather is affecting their life quality but that is an individual feeling.
I don´t want to comment your comment on racism. I think its wrong independently from whom to whom it is faced. It exists here in Sweden too. The terrible thing is that the media and even politicians use it indirectly (for example the campaign “war against terror” that results in “war against Moslem’s and dark locking may be Moslem’s”. That is only one of many examples) to sell their popularity and their by their market value.
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When I was growing up yes Sweden was a paradise it is like sweeping the bad habits away from the countries I really thought were not good and leave the residue in Sweden. Need to be tough enough against crime and segragation. Are there many Philipinos there??? now good for you darling. I have never been to the philipines so I cannot compare . I have seen many in Dubai where I work right now as a Dr. Good luck with the paradise dear…..
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To know more abt the country one shld live in the country for at least one year,than only you will find the truth. As an immigrant myself hailed frm KL Malaysia, I have been liviing here since my earlty twenties and partly in United Kingdom. Evey country has something to offer. We cant have it all, its abt to adpt to the culture and the people.. Coming fr South East Asia as we are aware we are friedly and warm people . You have to be self sufficiet and very strong to meet
the cold and darkness and lack of social human contact here. Living here either you have friends or you dont!! Theres no such things as casual fiends here…well good luck. I wish you the best.
Regards,
Nora
Gothenburg
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Chrissy
Please kindly learn you history about racial oppression and violence in the part of the world you are moaning about racial sensitivities…the backlash endures after centuries and hope people like you realize that prior to forming judgments.
Regards the ’social garbage’ well one has to applaud the efforts of some EU countries and US of importing them in their own backyard, sure you have come across equality studies from EU Commission about the yawning gap between social groups in the dream world of Europe, so social deprivation, neglect and disintegration of social order combined with bad politics results in the ’social garbage’ you talk about….a term which I find objectionable and offensive towards the people who are suffering!!
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