Thursday, October 15, 2009

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 :)

7 comments:

MAYisabeau said...

maybe Malaysian tak penah rase culture camtuh. biar may test kat USM nih. braninye may..

jaja-ama said...

well u havent step your foot in egypt yet. these uncivilised people are all like that. very rude only God knows how. belit kalah keling ok.its very hard to deal with them, they do things differently from what they were saying. and theyre very impatient i feel like stabbing each and every one of them, especially the taxi drivers, honking every half minute. now i wish i could just go back and continue my studies in malaysia.haih.

foodislove said...

manusia..pelbagai ragam.

Anonymous said...

US cool.haha

ctnughulnadeeya said...

hoho. totally agreed dgn perihal egyptian tuh. kdg2 tuh, dgn selambe mereke(lelaki la) melangkah kiter y tgh duduk ats bench. giler rude! and bile lecture hall penuh, we have to duduk atas lantai tau. kami punyerla koyak kertas nk alas punggung tp diorang duduk ats buku. ilmu kot! wtf?! owh man, 3 more years then i'm done. huhu.

raihan said...

may: hahah, jangan buat pasal may!

jaja: oh mi god, lebih kurang india je egypt ni! minus the rude part sikit je la! my advice to u, BERSABAR je la ;))

winn: AGREE :)

raihan said...

amal: whateverrrr. tapi US jauh, lalala ;p

ctnughulnadeeya: duduk atas buku? langkah korang?? ok tu mcm dh lebih sgt kottt! kurang aja betul! bersabar je la k dengan perangai dia org! 3 years wont b that long ;)