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Ha Thi Lan Anh
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Not lovely things of Asian Culture?
February 9, 2003 - 03:37 AM
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Ok, just wanna have a different taste n havent been upadted for awhile n this is currently what i m curious about .
Aniwaz I waz chatting with a tigger whom i changed his nick into *random guy* for confidential reason  . Here is a part of our chat:
Ramdom guy : i love asian culture
despite some not so lovely things i also experienced ...
angel_on_broomstick (2:56 PM) :
me too. cuz i have been breathing asian culture =^p.. but i love other cultures too.. some european culture are cool
angel_on_broomstick (2:57 PM) :
so not lovely things? hehe like what
Random guy : well, u know ... not being too honest for instance ... or being somewhat "intrigant"....
My questions are :
1. What about u? Do you think we,asian are intrignat sometimes?Is that funny, cool , annoying, weird or what for u?
2. What are the not so lovely things of Asian Culture to you? or in another word : what are the things of Asian culture that you would find most difficult to get used to?
Asian me very interested to know thoughts from whoever u out there.
Lan Anh
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i think what you and your friend were talking about
February 9, 2003 - 02:12 AM
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is put in the wrong words
being honest or being intriguing
I think you should replace the "not being honest" with "not expressing feelings" and "being intriguing" with "being quiet or choosing words carefully"
hmm
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Thuy Anh Vu
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Competitive and materialistic
February 9, 2003 - 04:30 AM
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I love Asian culture as well for its diversity and long tradition, its ability to connect people. Just say, in European or Western society, you might live next door to somebody for around 10 years but don't even know their name.But in Asia, 'neighbours are also brotherhood'.
However, I dun agree with Asian culture to the extent that it trained people to be very competitive and material. Of course, these characteristics are good in a certain limit. However, it's increasingly over-limit nowadays. For example, a lot of young Asians choose to study current popular subjects rather than the subjects which are currently not well recognised by the society. They learn for living, not for their own enjoyments. Since, the desire for learning is extensively important in Asia, people in Asia compete with each other badly. You can find thousands of stories that people hide their books, resources from colleagues because they are scare that they will make their friends better, not themselves. If you are an Asian, you will understand more deeply what I just said.
Anyway, just a comment. I love Asia anyhow.
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Asian culture
February 28, 2003 - 07:37 AM
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For me as an european, the asian culture is something very interesting. A lot of my friends are from Asia, especially Vietnam, and though the live in Austria for some time, their way of living is different to the way, other young people in europe live. I like the way the respect their parents, their family and other people. They are usually very open-minded, friendly and polite (they even overdo these things sometimes).
The youth in e.g. Austria is not very respectful. They do what they like without thinking of the consequences. Don´t get me wrong, it is a good thing that everybody can do whatever he/she likes, but they getting used to have fun all the time, but don´t go to work or school ´cause their parents pay for them. The problem is, that sometimes young asian people in Austria make the same mistakes ´cause the european influence of everyday-life is bigger then the asian influence of their families. This people usually get big problems ´cause they don´t know where they belong.
To this "intrigue" stuff: I don´t know what happened in your chat-conversation, but maybe this man ment, that some people are not very honest when they see that you are a tourist. One of my friends who was born in Vietnam and lives in Austria since he was a little boy, went to visit his relatives last summer. It was the first time he came back to his home-country. He said that all the girls are very nice and some even made offers to marry him. How serious can this be? He was in Vietnam for only 6 weeks. He came back and really thought all this girls are serious. It took a long time to make him recognize that probably most of this girls just was interested ´cause he´s "european". But, can you say this is a problem of asian culture? I don´t think so.
I think in every culture their are good and not so good people. With a little respect for each other the multi-cultural living is no problem. To say: "this is typicall asian...or european...or whatever" is not a way to understand things or find solutions for problems.
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Derrick Tai
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Re: Not lovely things of Asian Culture?
March 10, 2003 - 11:30 AM
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I think we are too passive when it comes to political action outside of asian countries. The only time I remember we had a HUGE impact in Canada was the Charlottetown Accord
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Ha Thi Lan Anh
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Re: Not lovely things of Asian Culture?
March 12, 2003 - 09:19 AM
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What was the Charlottetown Accord about?what happened?
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Re: Not lovely things of Asian Culture?
March 17, 2003 - 07:01 AM
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As an Asian, I am very proud of our respect for others, politeness (and we do smile often, foreigners would feel instantly at home) and a generally positive outlook on life. Many Asian societies (particularly East Asians) have extended family systems which could work positively and negatively. Positively, because families are a strong and reliable support group. Thus, we often take care of our elderly. Negatively, because they might result to dependence by one on other family members. Self-reliance therefore is not developed. In the Philippines, such a value and tradition resulted to the establishment by rich families of political and economic dynasties which have persisted to this day.
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Re: Not lovely things of Asian Culture?
March 25, 2003 - 09:22 AM
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Racial intrigue is something that is inescapable from the view of the foreigner. These discussions on what is good/bad about a culture seems to lend itself towards stereotyping. I don't deny that I fall into the trap myself. I do have to say that ethnic, cultural, religious and moral standards vary among peoples of differing geography. It is important to learn and recognize these differences but very dangerous to assume it pure. What is important to note is the hybridization of different cultures through the depiction of it in film and media. As of now there doesn't seem to be enough exposure or distribution of digital imagery (one form or another) produced from different localities to provide sufficient substance for equal discussion from differing regions. I don't feel that the depiction of a non-white culture coming from hollywood or one of white culture from say bollywood alone would do us much good. I say this because an interpretation of anything as an outsider alone can be misleading. These films need to be studied simultaneously, interpreted by the cultural 'other', discussed amongst the two groups and then reinterpreted in their respective cultures. Through this process progress may occur as to discovering what really makes us a single human race. The words 'single human race' seems too charged for one to just throw it out there and assume that it's right. I don't think the term should be used until it is truly understood, studied and carries intellectual substance. I'm not to say that the instinctive move to use these words are wrong. It just needs to come from a group of intellectuals that are of truly diverse backgrounds. Power structures within such an organization also need to be balanced (unlike the UN, where all power lies within western nations).
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