Feeling foreign

Don't you hate that feeling when you know someone is staring at you? It makes you think, is something wrong?
It is very odd when you meet someone for the first time and you continuously feel this... Here I didn't think I was that different looking. Seriously I have dark hair and I try to dress like everyone here but I think I have figured it out. It is because I'm foreign. As soon as I say I'm from NZ they either are very interested in me, or just stare... Here the people aren't afraid to stare, even when I look up and meet there eyes some still continue! Maybe its because I am in a smallish town and they aren't used to foreigners, I don't know..
Last week I met someone new and they stared at me until I introduced myself, saying hello I'm Natisha from New Zealand and then they simply said "what a name!" No "nice to meet you" or "what a nice name" nothing, that was all. I was pretty shocked as she continued to stare after that while talking to my family.. I think about it now and laugh. Some people here are very blunt!

Another foreign thing is the lack of love for Rugby :( When Argentina played the All Blacks I was the only one in my family that watched it and it was not talked about at all in the news! I thought that maybe people would recognize NZ as the country of the All Blacks but people don't really have any idea. Even at my afs orientation I took the jersey and probably one person knew who they were!!
Man I'll tell you what is sad, is that I had to 'watch' the all blacks game vs south africa on my All Blacks app through score updates and written commentary! So sad..
Then I was watching the last half of the Pumas, wallabies game and as we were leading only by 4 points and it was so close with Aussie having possession and the people watching it turned it over! How you even do that? Haha I just don't understand
I guess everyone isn't as rugby mad as The Jones's!