Reverse culture shock episode here.
I’ve currently been back in my hometown for a week (first time this year) and my word it’s quiet! I love Asia and miss the hustle and bustle, but in the summer time, it’s great back here.
The weather is perfect (UK weather is genuinely underrated IMO), the town is peaceful and quiet without be dead, and it’s a great chance to reset.
Still counting down the days until my next flight, but remembering to evejoy every minute because there’s nowhere like home 
This is such a great story!
I remember going back after months in Asia I was surprised of hearing the birds in the morning 
not that there are no birds in Asia, but the sound of it was just so loud!
Do you mean birds from the outside environment or birds from a neighbor’s house?
In Vietnam, some people raise birds instead of dogs or cats. Anh they are very loud 
From outside hahaha having birds inside is not very common in France
Culture shock in Korea - they have specified seats on the metro for pregnant women which is a beautiful thing that I really admire.
Interestingly whilst the majority of the population adhere to this, I find the older Korean women tend to use these seats and can have an issue with pregnant women coming on to ask for their seat.
I’ve experienced this a few times with my pregnant wife. Quite sad really. But upon politely asking they generally move for you, just not with a smile.
On the flipside, the vast majority of the younger population almost jump out of their seats to give us their seat to pregnant women and kids.
Very different experiences with very different ages groups and something different to my experiences across Asia.
Culture shocks always a thing no matter how long you’ve been somewhere!
I had a funny reverse culture shock recently cause I went back to my home country (Italy) for 3 weeks.
What really messed my mind was: where do I put toilet paper in the public toilet? In the majority of Asian countries, people in public bathrooms throw the toilet paper in a bin close to the toilet. This is because pipes can get stuck easily.
So, when I found myself in a public bathroom in Rome, my first thought was to toss the toilet paper in the bin, but then I realised in Italy we never do it, we always throw it in the toilet 
My culture shock in Korea was that you can put your stuff back at public spaces and no one would try to steal it from you!!! I’m from Vietnam so that’s almost impossible, to leave your stuff back on the table at a cafe. But here, people literally put their phones there to keep the seats and then just go order and everything. Korea is a super safe country!
Same in Taipei!! In France everything would get stolen fast.
The thing is, when I went back to France for Christmas I did it out of habit and my sister would call me crazy
How rude people in Hongkong are! 
Not everyone though