"It's Different Here"

This is one of the first things that one of the first Americans I met here in my compound said to me. I kind of assumed that it would be, but differently than I thought. First and foremost, I'm learning to tolerate more and quicker than I thought. Now that I'm two months in, things don't bother me as much. I actually look for things outside of what I was the norm. I have accepted that this culture is very different than ours, even though I may not always agree with it! :-)