Using Americans!
I know thats an offbeat (earlier thought of using the word weird but a friend recently pointed it out to me I use that word too often) title for a post but I could not come up with a better name for it 9is there something as bloggers block?) How and why is this title is justified...well let me paint a picture for you.
You move from one country to another and apart from the geogrphy the cultures change a lot (LOT!) and when you come into the new culture you tend to pick up some habits. Let me delve a little more into details. back home the culture is you greet people only if you know them and dont greet absolute stranger it is considered rude and a sign of lunacy even, if you will. Out here people throw greetings around the way eople toss ribbons at a ticker tape parade or a brazilian soccer match without any care. Sadly they tend to be shallow as well and dont mean much other then just small talk. One of the things I like though out here is being able to go up to a person introduce yourself and start talking...which doesnt happen that often back home or maybe dint happen that often in the years gone by. Especialy if that involves people of the opposite sex.
So now picture the situation you are in an alien (their word not mine) country but with people from your own country there is this big dilemma do you behave the way you are supposed to in this country or you behave how you have been taught in your own what is the norm? here is where the usage of americans comes into picture. This happened to me I went to a gathering yesterday the room was filled with people both americans and non-americans and there was a girl from India. So now how do you behave do you go up and start talking to her (especially since she is standing in the same line for food that you are) or do you stick to your tradition and wait to be introduced. What happened was pure genius I started talking to an Amerian girl and got engrossed in the conversation and she started talking to an American guy. But the subtle message was that hey I am not averse to talking to strangers after all we are in a different country.
Needless to say when the gathering broke off we did happen to chat and it became second nature. I have come across similar situations of culture clash before and have found them amusing as yesterday. Why am i writing about yesterdays event today coz when I was writing yesterday this completely slipped out of my mind and maybe nothing very eventful happened today so i needed something to fill my blog with!!!
Toorrow more musings if nothing happens I a actually thinking of just writing this kind of crap instead of daily mundane activities maybe that way the blog would be more insightful and interesting
You move from one country to another and apart from the geogrphy the cultures change a lot (LOT!) and when you come into the new culture you tend to pick up some habits. Let me delve a little more into details. back home the culture is you greet people only if you know them and dont greet absolute stranger it is considered rude and a sign of lunacy even, if you will. Out here people throw greetings around the way eople toss ribbons at a ticker tape parade or a brazilian soccer match without any care. Sadly they tend to be shallow as well and dont mean much other then just small talk. One of the things I like though out here is being able to go up to a person introduce yourself and start talking...which doesnt happen that often back home or maybe dint happen that often in the years gone by. Especialy if that involves people of the opposite sex.
So now picture the situation you are in an alien (their word not mine) country but with people from your own country there is this big dilemma do you behave the way you are supposed to in this country or you behave how you have been taught in your own what is the norm? here is where the usage of americans comes into picture. This happened to me I went to a gathering yesterday the room was filled with people both americans and non-americans and there was a girl from India. So now how do you behave do you go up and start talking to her (especially since she is standing in the same line for food that you are) or do you stick to your tradition and wait to be introduced. What happened was pure genius I started talking to an Amerian girl and got engrossed in the conversation and she started talking to an American guy. But the subtle message was that hey I am not averse to talking to strangers after all we are in a different country.
Needless to say when the gathering broke off we did happen to chat and it became second nature. I have come across similar situations of culture clash before and have found them amusing as yesterday. Why am i writing about yesterdays event today coz when I was writing yesterday this completely slipped out of my mind and maybe nothing very eventful happened today so i needed something to fill my blog with!!!
Toorrow more musings if nothing happens I a actually thinking of just writing this kind of crap instead of daily mundane activities maybe that way the blog would be more insightful and interesting
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