Actually, I'm not sure how to measure assimilation. I guess it's the degree to which you are accepted in the new culture by adopting it?!! I'm not even sure how to adopt the new culture. I mean, I speak the language (kind of), I can learn about the traditions and history, and I embrace the western liberal values, but still I'm not sure how to fit in (beside my lack of social skills).

I wanted to know if there is someone in a similar situation, and if he/she feels the same way, and how he/she lives in the new culture. You were young when you went there. I was in my late 20s when I first came here. Even though you probably faced difficulties, but we are not in a similar situation as you grew up there, which probably gave you some advantage .