culture shock

pernah dengar tak orang cakap Malaysian people ni terkenal dengan budi bahasa dan lemah lembut nya. rasa nak marah ah gak dengan statement tu. sebab ada je yang perangai macam haram nauzubillah kan. but the story that i heard (and going to share with u) from my cousin and friend about other people form other countries, somehow make me realized that the phrase "budi bahasa budaya kita" is somewhat TRUE.

do you know how rude an Egyptian lady (my cousin classmate) enter their classroom? ok kelas mereka ni guna kerusi2 panjang and meja panjang (macam canteen sekolah rendah tu) yang dicantumkan. and her seat is at the back row. guess how she get from the front line to her seat? she stepped on the table and langkah from one table to another sampai meja dia. mind u, she dont even cares she stepped on books! and u know la kan when we talk about perempuan2 arab ni, their usual attire is JUBAH LABUH DENGAN PURDAH. can u imagine??? i almost cant believe this myself, but its TRUE.

do you know how relax a class is conducted in United States? my friend told me that one of her classmates (american) cross his legs and put it up high on the seat in front him (in the GIGANTIC lecture hall) THROUGH OUT the lecture! like OMG how rude is that? and another friend of hers, raised up his hand at the end of the lecture and shout from the back "i dont understand a single thing u explained" dengan bersahaja. cool huh?

see? dont u agree we Malaysian sangat berbudi bahasa? kita nak langkah2 meja tu pun tak, apatah lagi PIJAK buku weihhhh. kalau terlangkah pun punya la sujud cium buku tu BANYAK kali! and silang kaki angkat TINGGI2? tidur dalam class tu paling rude kot kat sini. hahaha innocent nya kami :)) but the thing is, all those thing that they did, tidak di anggap BIADAP pun. thats what we called CULTURE right. and that is why they invent the word CULTURE SHOCK.

so the moral of the story is, no matter where we are, remember "budi bahasa budaya kita" :D

p/s: pergi negara orang pandai2 jaga diri k :)