It'll probably be a drag to talk about all I've experienced up until now but so far now I'll talk in bits by bits starting from todays menu.
People often more than not, gave me some warning of the trouble I would have come to face throughout the first time I step on the land of the rising sun. Culture shock is just simply one of those things. Just to share a few..
1. One of the things that suprised me (and annoys me to an extent) is the rarity of a dustbin wherever I went. Still a suprise how they've managed to keep things clean & spotless there. On the other hand, my classroom which has 3 dustbins at the back (they are seperate based on the type of waste) turns out to be more dirty than most part without one. Not saying that there are always trash on the floor but you'll be suprise how the dustbin will overflow every few days after seeing how clean the world outside is..
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| A pidgey in the supermarket |
2. This second one didn't come much of a shock but it's worth to post about it I guess. I'm not sure whether there are other countries that practised this culture but you'll be suprised by how polite the people working in counters were (supermarket, convenience store etc). For those of you've read my first blog, you should know why this had a huge impact on me. The people working there regardless of age, gender were like, on another level of politeness like giving small change when you buy a 100 yen with a 1000 yen note (i needed small change, don't judge -_-). They must've bow like at least 3 times for every purchase. There was this guy who, to my suprised didn't bow to me once but he heated my meal for free and even offered plastic spoons n forks. All is forgiven i guess hahaha
3. How can being in a relationship seem so simple to them I wonder. I mean, you'll be suprised by how many people will proudly talk about how they lost their virginity before 20 (the youngest I've heard of so far is 16) I mean, I've come from a rather open yet disciplined family myself (sry for blowing my own trumpet...got no other descriptions to fit in) and yea even before studying overseas, I've seen people around me slowly started dating but that's like at least 16 (well, they could have dated before and I wouldn't know to be fair) Guess that's what you'd call culture difference (came as a shock to me, no joke) But before you say anything, the stuff I mentioned doesn't really apply to ALL of them, just roughly guessing from the fews I've seen in these few months.
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| The view from my seat |
