Well, i am back again with stuff about Germany..
In the previous chapter i have explained what the title means, refresh your mind here.
I have to straighten up a abit about what i had explained previously, some places are not so quiet..
places like Düsseldorf, München, Frankfurt, etc..
but if you come from Asia, you might say it is quiet, because according to Asian standart.. how can i say, it is just unacceptable to call it crowded..
of course excluding in some occasions..
Regardless the quietness, i have to say i am stunned with the attitude of the people here..
Extremely Friendly, Ok! let's be realistic, stop thinking about everyone being friendly, what i mean in this case is generally, how can i specify friendly?? Hm.. shall i begin with questions?
will you expect a bus driver, who you do not even know, greeting you "hallo" or saying good morning to you when you step in the bus?
will you ever expect one person you barely know, whom you just have a simple conversation (like when you ask direction, etc) with, telling you have a nice weekend?
will you expect a cashier saying Thank you very much, when you finished your payment and she/he adds enjoy your meal?
those two are just a small part of the daily socialization.. there is more of it...
It was exceptional for me, slowly i learned how to greet people, throw smiles, and so on..
that happens rarely in Asia..
frankly speaking; we, in Asia , are more self-conceited.. well, it is not that Asian people are not friendly, it is just the way Asian people respond to people is different...
perhaps, the standart of friendly is definitively different..
Helping people, so this is in general as well, but this is more often to see here rather than in Asia..
When you see a handicapped man, who sits on a wheel chair, wants to board the bus, what would you do? your heart feels that you might help but "ah.. let see if someone helps"...
what i experienced here is that when you are just about to offer help to that man, other passangers must have already helped him board the bus..
Well, i, when i was just arriving here, would think like this when that case happened "well see if someone helps, there have to be someone", but i did not even walk one step towards that man...
i dont know if it is just me or the Asian constructed mind generally tends to be like that.. well i hope it is just me..
There was a time (it happened in Asia, but i dont want to specify where.. ;p) when i saw an old guy trying to lift an office chair while walking down the steps... i was still probably100 metres away from him, people passed by but no one even offered help well.. (it was when i was already living here for one year)..
that is right i was the one who stepped out to offer him help..
guess what? unexpectedly you wouldn't believe it... he yelled at me (LoL); "i can do it myself, (he tried to step down one step to show me while carrying the chair).. See... i can"..
Oh my God, i swear to God, I was so embarrassed as everyone looked at me..., but i do not regret it as long as it is not against my conscience..
is this the reason why the passers by did not want to help? or they knew him ( perhaps he was crazy or a like-to-yell-old-guy or having some sort of behaviour), so that they did not want to be so nosy, minding people's business...
well in my perspective, it is not that i am judgemental, it is not about him, the old guy.. it is about the spotanious thought of being the first to offer help.
Opss.. sorry for travelling to Asia briefly, i am running out of the topic line..
but that is just a comparison...
So back to Germany, what i like is the air, which is fresh and low contaminated..
well, influenced by the circumstance here, your mind state will be different, you will feel more relax even if you are actually not..
In Asia you will feel hectic, even if you are relaxing..
circumstance or rather situation does drown you along physcologically..
ok enough until here.. i think i will continue next time about what is the bad thing about the people here.. :p
actually there was more i thought about but i just could not remember it, next time i have to jot it down...
In the previous chapter i have explained what the title means, refresh your mind here.
I have to straighten up a abit about what i had explained previously, some places are not so quiet..
places like Düsseldorf, München, Frankfurt, etc..
but if you come from Asia, you might say it is quiet, because according to Asian standart.. how can i say, it is just unacceptable to call it crowded..
of course excluding in some occasions..
Regardless the quietness, i have to say i am stunned with the attitude of the people here..
Extremely Friendly, Ok! let's be realistic, stop thinking about everyone being friendly, what i mean in this case is generally, how can i specify friendly?? Hm.. shall i begin with questions?
will you expect a bus driver, who you do not even know, greeting you "hallo" or saying good morning to you when you step in the bus?
will you ever expect one person you barely know, whom you just have a simple conversation (like when you ask direction, etc) with, telling you have a nice weekend?
will you expect a cashier saying Thank you very much, when you finished your payment and she/he adds enjoy your meal?
those two are just a small part of the daily socialization.. there is more of it...
It was exceptional for me, slowly i learned how to greet people, throw smiles, and so on..
that happens rarely in Asia..
frankly speaking; we, in Asia , are more self-conceited.. well, it is not that Asian people are not friendly, it is just the way Asian people respond to people is different...
perhaps, the standart of friendly is definitively different..
Helping people, so this is in general as well, but this is more often to see here rather than in Asia..
When you see a handicapped man, who sits on a wheel chair, wants to board the bus, what would you do? your heart feels that you might help but "ah.. let see if someone helps"...
what i experienced here is that when you are just about to offer help to that man, other passangers must have already helped him board the bus..
Well, i, when i was just arriving here, would think like this when that case happened "well see if someone helps, there have to be someone", but i did not even walk one step towards that man...
i dont know if it is just me or the Asian constructed mind generally tends to be like that.. well i hope it is just me..
There was a time (it happened in Asia, but i dont want to specify where.. ;p) when i saw an old guy trying to lift an office chair while walking down the steps... i was still probably100 metres away from him, people passed by but no one even offered help well.. (it was when i was already living here for one year)..
that is right i was the one who stepped out to offer him help..
guess what? unexpectedly you wouldn't believe it... he yelled at me (LoL); "i can do it myself, (he tried to step down one step to show me while carrying the chair).. See... i can"..
Oh my God, i swear to God, I was so embarrassed as everyone looked at me..., but i do not regret it as long as it is not against my conscience..
is this the reason why the passers by did not want to help? or they knew him ( perhaps he was crazy or a like-to-yell-old-guy or having some sort of behaviour), so that they did not want to be so nosy, minding people's business...
well in my perspective, it is not that i am judgemental, it is not about him, the old guy.. it is about the spotanious thought of being the first to offer help.
Opss.. sorry for travelling to Asia briefly, i am running out of the topic line..
but that is just a comparison...
So back to Germany, what i like is the air, which is fresh and low contaminated..
well, influenced by the circumstance here, your mind state will be different, you will feel more relax even if you are actually not..
In Asia you will feel hectic, even if you are relaxing..
circumstance or rather situation does drown you along physcologically..
ok enough until here.. i think i will continue next time about what is the bad thing about the people here.. :p
actually there was more i thought about but i just could not remember it, next time i have to jot it down...
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