Cultureshock Stories

Ren Victor y Valencia, a 15-year-old boy living in the year 2026, accidentally travels back in time and finds himself stuck in Las Islas Filipinas during the Spanish colonization - in Manila, 1765. With no clear way to return, he struggles to adjust to his new life while searching for any chance to get back to his own time. Will he ever make it home again? This is a work of fiction, created entirely from the author's imagination. It blends teenage romance and historical fiction. Warning: This story uses a mix of English, Filipino, and some Bicol dialect. This is my first time writing a story on Wattpad. You have been warned! ✨

In the heart of a Slavic village where hard work is revered, and traditions run deep, a young healer's life takes an unexpected turn. When she discovers a wounded soldier from a mysterious foreign army, her act of mercy sets off a chain of events that will alter her fate forever. Forced to leave behind her home and everything she knows, she must adapt to life in the foreign army, where customs are unfamiliar and alliances are fragile. Struggling to find her place amidst the chaos of war, she forms an unlikely bond with the soldier's enigmatic older brother, the army's general. In a tale of resilience and self-discovery, join a healer as she confronts the challenges of forging a new path in a world that couldn't be more different from her own.

Sam was on her way to South Korea to teach English when she met Toby in Narita Airport. Sam got into trouble because of Toby and she wanted him to pay for it cost her. It was not easy to get to Toby because he was an actor with an ongoing drama series. Sam would go out of her way to make Toby pay for what he owed her. She found herself doing things she had never done before just to get to him.

Sweet, sheltered Andie Newton lives on the plains of Tanzania, Africa, with no TV, no Internet, and nothing but two lion cubs for company. Until a Hollywood film crew comes to town, and she meets Devon Ritter, a heartthrob from a world she knows nothing about. Devon is handsome, worldly and sees more to her than she sees in herself. But with Andie's overprotective mother in the way, and people everywhere clamoring for Devon to get back with his superstar ex-girlfriend, is it really love or is Andie just destined for heartbreak?

Deepak's experiences are moving and ring true, echoing and enriching truths that have been explored in the body of South Asian immigrant writing. Acharya's prose tends toward the blunt and declaratory, fitting the drudge work that Deepak, who lacks legal work documents, must take on to achieve his dreams." Publishers Weekly

Its Christmas Eve in Japan! The first year Monody and Jester get to spend it as a couple together after the war. ...Jester doesn't quite get her traditions.

Its been one year since Asaka met Ezuni. They've learned and grown-separately and together-and are now in the port city of Pahazi. Here they will meet new people, get exposed to different cultures and find more than they bargained for. Will they stay together after this or will this be their final farewell?

In the wake of graduation, Seraphina Hawthorne finds herself at a crossroads. Leaving behind the comforts of her small hometown, she embarks on an adventure to a vibrant new city, searching for purpose and passion. As she navigates the complexities of adult life, including unexpected friendships, self-discovery, and a budding romance with a charming local artist, Seraphina must confront her past and her dreams. Will she find the courage to embrace her true self, or will the weight of expectations hold her back?

Welcome to the Inland (a Deleted Scene from the Unexpected Inlander series)

Eryn Gwózdek has taken a risk, moving from her family farm in eastern Poland to the land of freedom for a mercenary job. And oh jeez it is NOT what she had imagined at all, with nationality tension, weird/scary science, unexpected sexism, battles unlike any she's ever experienced, and Eryn is way less prepared in terms of English than she thought she'd need to be. !SLOW POSSIBLY OUT-OF-ORDER UPDATES!

Growing up is hard. Growing up in the shadow of a tragedy is impossible. Shike's journey is one of survival, loss, and the painful discovery that sometimes, the things we fight for aren't the things that save us.

This is a blog written in Steven Easton's point-of-view. Steven's aunt, Jen offered him a teaching job up in Iowa because she is the principal, and he was a teacher down in Alabama for about five years. Steven is learning how to adapt to the Iowan way of life, which is quite unique. His sister took someone's life when she robbed a bank, causing her to be in prison for life. Ava knows her mom robbed a bank, but doesn't know that her mom killed someone. Therefore he is raising his nine-year-old niece, Ava. He is only 27, himself.

I have been living in and out of Korea since 1999. I got my Korean citizenship in 2003 and it is embarrassing that after living in Korea for so long my fluency in Korean is stagnant at intermediate level. I have many friends who visit Korea three to five times a year because of KPOP and KDRAMA. I never understood the fascination until I watched and fell in love with Gong Yoo in The Goblin. The Goblin is the first Korean drama series I have ever watched from start to finish. Now I push myself to watch Korean movies and other series. I am so overwhelmed by all the Korean series available on Netflix. Pushing myself means being determined to watch the first episode. Usually I give up watching after ten minutes. Now I push myself to finish the first episode and decide if the series is worth watching till the end. I want to tell my stories as autobiographically accurate but I don't want to embarrass my friends and family. I will share good stories and nasty stories. There are still more good people in the world than bad people. But it's a fact that bad tragic stories are more entertaining and interesting. These stories are based on my personal experiences, opinions and realisations. I cannot promise that every chapter is a hundred percent accurate. I have to change names and locations but I can 99% promise the anecdotes will be 95% based on true events.

He is the powerful... He is the enigmatic... He is the mysterious... He is the compassionate... He is the ancient... He is the land... He is Ophanim Wathaku, The Sovereign Ruler and Prime Emperor of the Illumian Sovereignty...

From Aba, Nigeria, to the bustling streets of Seoul, Osinachi David dreams big-and chaos follows wherever he goes. A boy with nothing but courage, coding skills, and a taste for Afro-Fusion street food, he becomes the first Nigerian to chase his empire in South Korea. Between hilarious disasters, coding mishaps, and misadventures across the city, Osinachi learns that building a business is messy, friendships are priceless, and laughter is mandatory. Follow his journey as he grows from a broke student into a rising entrepreneur, one funny, wild step at a time.

A story about two people who accidentally rent the same apartment and are forced to stay in the apartment together for a month.Due to Quarantine laws they are prevented from getting another place because of the recent outbreak of the corona virus. The story follows Dominic and Sadé, two very different individuals; Sadé is a very critical, organized introvert who has always longed for her own space while Dominic is quite the spontaneous, outgoing wanderer as they go through an interesting experience . They butt heads heads and struggle to coexist in the same space and to both their surprise they end up learning lessons from each other that they will never forget.

[If you want to use/change/alter the concept that I wrote, you certainly can and pls credit ok~~<3] [Also wanting a better story cover than that... ugggghhhh potato potahto teto forgets to eat her potato-] Ever since I was a young orphan, as a child, it always tugged in my mind that everything, everywhere and everyone was a wonder and it enticing me to try reaching it to ask. I felt of wanting to know, wanting to understand the whole world around me so I've asked everyone around me. The people around me shunned me away as I am being too curious and always asking questions about everything and couldn't adopt me as I was full of energy and too independent unlike others. Even so, I worked hard, studying, researching as I went through the city's library as I explored everything around me, writing it down trying to understand everything, getting hobbies that none would anticipate me having. I've strived, became independent and as I reached at age of 10, I've tried applying to become a knight as I was trying to find my purpose with my own life. But as I've reached the age of 14, I participate as an squire-a knight in training in the Knights of the Lynx, after the squires are being examined and trained in the castle grounds, while at the knight-ordaining ceremony, an unanticipated phenomenon happened while one of the mages had malfunctioning on casting their magic , affecting others and I unexpectedly got hit and now I transported to a very unknown and unfamiliar place. My eyes widen as I gaze upon my surroundings... At this point, I haven't expected that this would be the turning point that shook my whole perspective and clashing about everything I have learned, teach and understood about. And maybe, just maybe, I might find something that I can finally found worthy to pursue in this very strange world...