so i'm now in London office - yes, practically IN the office and PRETEND to be working SO HARD w/ my notebook (but writing blog instead!)
hahahahahahahahaha
well, I just want to say - i HATE it here in London office... okay, maybe i shouldn't use "1 bamboo to destroy the whole boat" (sth like that, u know what i mean), but man, ppl here can be REALLY annoying - they're so "nice", "smiling", "friendly".. blah blah blah.... but man, at the end i just feel they're too PRIDE of themselves and NOT to do anything CONSTRUCTIVE - they're TALKING and TALKING the whole time w/o getting anything accomplished!?!
Okay, maybe they've accomplished to be the KING of BS?!
*really bull shit*
and they kept saying US only has "US" in their own eyes - okay, i will not deny that's a "little problem" w/ the US culture - but at the same time, i feel like MY EDUCATION never teach me (and make me) look down on ppl - sterotyping them, trashing others to nothing and make ownself being the "superio"?
e.g. ppl in the US have no idea where in the world is Kenya; and the one who said this CLAIMS ppl in China / UK will aware the same
comment: okay, so ppl in US may not know, they don't know anything about AFRICA, but then why make a big fuss on that? i think this can happen ANYWHERE in the world - i'm SO sure so many of my DEAR FRIENDS IN HONG KONG don't know where in the world is KENYA?! Even in CHina?! ppl in UK knows - maybe b/c Kenya used to be colonized by the Royal country?
Another example: US's education is ONLY good for engineering/technology; for business - UK still the best and US has nothing to compare with
comment: oh wow, REALLY.... US is THAT BAD in Business huh? okay, so why in the world his boss will graudate from Harvard Biz school next April?
My point is, of course, i'm "proud" of my education, my views must be bias from many points of view - but i wouldn't say something like 'UK IS TERRIBLE in technology and worth nothing to go there for it" or things like that, u know what i mean?!
I TRIED very hard to respect w/ different cultures, different way of doing things - but then, i felt soooooo offended whenever one is saying their way of doing things MUST BE RIGHT and the way you do thing MUST be WRONG?! I can't imagine that ppl actually SAYING it OUT LOUD that they refuse to CHANGE, that they act with a PROBLEM in GENDER (being a female) and AGE (younger / junior) - in THE WORK PLACE!!
Of course they've their choice of ways to do things - I just think that's a bit outranges in the professional level - in today's world.
They think American all extremely rude - I consider myself as "American" in this sense - b/c we would rather be open up - doing SOMETHING w/o just BS-ing.
Ppl here just irritates me - I think i shouldn't be so childish to argue w/ them as afterall it's just their way of doing things...
*and now i understand/remember why i never fancy England - the atmosphere in Brussels is SO TOTALLY different - you can really FEEL the acceptance of different cultures over there - maybe i'm just "lucky" when i was there...
London Dec 1, 2005 12:55
3 comments:
I partially agree your points of view, and partially remain "TBD". We love UK because, without the HK being forced to be a colony under UK. Today's HK may just be another town/city in mainland China. I think UK culture is somehow influenced by the geographical isolation. UK is part of Europe, however, they vote not to use Euro and keep British pound as official currency.
No doubt that Brussels is a different place - the Headquarter of the European Union is located in Brussels. I think the decision/choice speaks for some implication.
Um... I have met different people in the past decade... there are ppl who travel around, who's aware of what's happening around the globe. On the other hand, there are people who never leaves the state or county and just have loyalty to the US-brand automobile.
I've traveled to Eastern, Western, southern, and Indiana, Illinois ... as some sense, they are all different people. Even within US, there are different types of "sterotype" ... and you can feel the subtle difference if you are not just being a "tourist".
I have my college education in the US, and I am living in US. But I always have a question - how does it really like to be a highschool dude in USA?
UK or US, it doesn't matter, stereotyping exists in both countries. However, I have been to UK a few times and I think UK is the worst of the two, just my opinion. I like the way HK people treated their own people. If you are no good, they will tell u straight in your face, clear and simple and don't hold back, haha.
To answer CW's question, there are differences between high school and college. High school life tied heavily to your local neighborhood, thus culture and life-style were localized as well. Colleges, or universities, on the other hand, were not so much tied to local culture because students came from all over the country as well as international, therefore they began to change and adapt to each other's style and thought and became ONE.
actually i think i'm sterotyping - even racist as well - i mean, i don't want to deny it - and i think it happens to all ppl... just that some times it gets irritating from time to time loh...
i LOVE my high school - but i don't think i got involved ENOUGH such that ppl remember me. sad isn't it?! @_@''
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