One of her first culture shocks was an overnight snowfall. "I really screamed. I thought it was the end of the world," she said. "Now I love it. I do my meditations to that." 
Chikhalidwe choyamba chomwe chinamudabwitsa iye koyamba chinali kugwa kwa mvura youndanda usiku onse. "Ndinakuwa ndithu, ndimkaona ngati ndikutha kwa dziko, anatero, pano ndimaikonda, ndimalingaliramo muchimenechi.