Video Blog - Cultural Difference

Talking about different culture between US and Asia (or Indonesia).

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• culture
• shock
• cultural
• difference
• Indonesia
• America
• US
• destri

[m4rs12]

Hai apa kabar ?

[dandorf]

baik baik :)

[m4rs12]

udah lama tinggal di USA??

[dandorf]

dari taon 1999 (july 99 tepatnya). :) emang kamu dimana?

[MsCha1001]

You're culture is almost same as mine. I'm a filipina but I study here in Spain. Spanish peoples are more rude than Americans, just saying.=)

[killwhitey88d]

can i get yo number

[XxxSakura101]

Thats a pretty good assessment especially the 'greet and move', but some of the things i consider rude here too..but some people still do it xD

[RootsRadish]

I think that is a custom in Asian cultures in general... In Hawaii, most local people practice this.

[Justwannarock]

hey dandorf...did you experience any cultural shocks or differences when you started dating your husband? Just curious because i was raised here in America but my boyfriend was also raised in Jakarta and sometimes we have some trouble hehe ^^

[applegirlz]

i'd say the only thing i really like about my culture is the language. I speak mandarin chinese. in the end with the good and bad i am still chinese and i can't turn my back on who i am. no one said i had to know chinese though. my parents could have easily dragged me to chinese school but i'm glad i came to this language on my own than by other means.

[applegirlz]

not around. i would have rather someone say it to my face than behind my back b/c then i can reject that person's claims of my "fatness" when i know i didn't get fat. but when ppl talk behind my back it really causes self doubt in myself.

i could go on to say other things i don't like about my culture. it's really disappointing how bad my culture can be at some parts. keep in mind though this was all my experiences meaning i wasn't referring to ALL chinese ppl are like this.

[applegirlz]

was extremely self conscious about my body and my style of clothes and how other people perceived me. i didn't know what my family really thought of me until one of my close cousins said i looked like i lost weight. and i was like, really? i don't think so. and then she went on to say last time she saw me everyone was saying how fat i got (and she went on to list names of ppl). i was shocked . i had no knowledge of that until she told me (which obviously meant everyone was saying it when i was

[applegirlz]

back and trying to pry her wallet away from her mom's hands. i was sitting there, like, what the heck is going on?? in fact i was the only one in the restaurant staring. the daughter was obviously making a scene and a loud racket but everyone else was not paying attention. not even a bat of an eyelash in her direction (as if it were such a common scene to see).

i remember once i felt the biggest backlash from some of my family. i was in the awkward stage of my life (mid puberty ..ugh) and