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NAMA : IKA NOVIEYANTI TRISWANDARI

NIM : 180511100048

CLASS : AMERICAN STUDIES

UAS AMERICAN STUDIES

LIVING IN AMERICA/CULTURE SHOCK

Im choose youtuber named puri viera, she is a youtuber with good and correct English
learning content, she came from Indonesia precisealy in Surabaya. She moved to America to
America in 2013 and she move to America because she married with her husband, because by
accident her husband was Americans people. She first time met with her husband in bali.
Because at that time they were both on holiday in bali. She met her husband at GWK bali. So
before she moved to America, she had an LDR ( Long Distance Relationship) for more than
two months .Because her husband had to work, so her husband went back and forth to
Indonesia for two month until finally he decided to come to America with her husband.

So in a vlog made by puri viera, she tell about various kinds of culture that existed in
America and she also discussed culture shock, giving what understanding bof culture shock,
puri explained about culture shock because when she first live in America she feel that many
culture are very different from Indonesia. Puri explained what the definition of culture shock
is where the meaning of culture shock itself is a term use to describe anxiety and feelings (
shock , Mistake, etc.) that are felt when someone lives in completely different culture, such as
when in a foreign country. America’s cultural differences with Indonesia are the first is
American society when meet someone tends to often say a greeting different from Indonesia
if in Indonesia meeting someone might just throw a smile but in America always say “ How
are you “ according to the opinion of puri.and the second culture shock is a birthday
celebration when in America if there is a birthday that person will be pampered,treated to
food, bought gifts and so on. Whereas in Indonesia, if there is a birthday, the birthday persin
who will treat the invitation is not given a gift. The third is tipping or giving tips, in amerika
we have to give tips to the restaurant waiters even though she feel less satisfied to feel the
service, then she will still give those tips. In Indonesia if we feel uncomfortable with the
service then she doesn’t have to give tips because it is no required. And the next culture is
Americans tend to like to hug each other to meet people they know, if they don’t know each
other they will only greet, different from Indonesia if in Indonesia we know each other then
when we meet we might shake hands if people its more mature than us. The last culture is
politically correct or something we should not interfere in other people’s business.
 I feel interested in this vlog because I want to know about culture that exist in
America and of course after I saw the vlog of puri viera I know one thing if in America is
better than Indonesia in terms of birthday celebration if Indonesia is our birthday always feel
tormented because we have to feel what it feels like being thrown flour,eggs, then after that
we also have to pay them to eat and so forth. After seeing the vlog of puri viera I felt very
interested in going to America and feeling his race birthday in there.

There are a number of culture that I can learn from this vlog, the first is that there is a
politically recorect where in this culture we have privacy, and no one should interfere at all,
such as when someone interferes in our business if it is not allowed and it would be fatal if
the matter was spread.the second is gives tips or tipping to workers, where is this if in
America is a form of appreciation for workers wether it’s a restaurant,a mall, and a place to
buy something, if in America things like this are very mandatory, and I think this might also
be applied too in Indonesia. The third culture is admonished, where greeting here is a form of
our concern or our activities to familiarize ourselves with someone we don’t know ,if in
Indonesia this sounds very strange or even we feel disturbed by it because we do not feel
familiar with that person but if in America things like that are very common. And the next
culture that I can get from this vlog is the culture of cuddling, where in this case we are free
to embrace someone if we know that person, and we will not feel awkward when we embrace
someone whether it’s a woman or a different gender. And if we see things like in America we
don’t need to feel strange because things like that are natural and we often see them in
America.