I've been discovering the pros and cons of being at a 13 hour time difference from home. Mainly, it's not too hard to figure out what time it is at home and people at home can pretty easily figure out what time it is here.
In general, though I am able to find time to talk with friends at home, there is no way to avoid the afternoon dead time when everyone is asleep. Some afternoons I have things to do to keep busy. I'm at work and then I'll get home and eat dinner so that by the time dinner is done, people will be awake. However some afternoons, like this one, get very long. Sitting at my computer, doing searches through databases of journal articles puts me to sleep. I exhaust my usual methods of time killing rather quickly. Also, don't think that having no one online to talk to just counts for instant messaging. I don't get any many, if any, new emails, messages on Facebook, and no one is really posting anywhere. So I checking my email gets old because there is nothing new.
I do like being able to have the evening and mornings to talk with friends at home. It's pretty convenient. I have found a few silver linings to this situation. Having friends in multiple time zones helps delay these effects. I am also lucky enough to have enough friends in college, who are still on late night schedules and also help me kill time.
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Friends in multiple timezones is awesome, both for staying awake while at the computer at weird hours and for sounding cultured and well travelled.
I remember how easy it was to talk to you when I was in Germany, but only when I was up late enough for it to be really unreasonable. But of course fortunately this was about every night. <3
I'm surprised at how much easier the 13 hour difference is than 6. World clock applets definitely help, because I can be like "oh Jim might be around soon." But knowing that your afternoons are the best time to catch you online is very useful information. I shall revert to absurd sleeping habits.
Soon enough we'll be trading shifts in Asia and I'll be the one trying to catch you online. It'll be harder for though since I'm no longer a student and can't keep such good hours.
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