A British Life?

People are different. That is why we are also called individuals. But how indifferent can we get to be??

I never fail to compare the lifestyle back home and the lifestyle here. and here are the few of my discoveries - proven.

1. The way dishes are washed here are very creepy. One 'bilas' with soap and water...all in the same basin. you can still see the soapy stuff (aka FOAM) still on the plates/cutlery when they are placed back on the racks, being deemed 'clean'. imagine that! and the next time when they use the dishes..no 'bilas' at all. ~oooh lala~

2. people here curse a lot. i wonder why! and the sad thing is, i can see this trend 'menular' di tanahair~! --- for no (god d*mn) reason, ppl here (f**kin') curse a lot! i wonder what (the h*ll that's) so "cool" about all that (sh*t)...!!

3. death is not a taboo here. you can plan your funeral, the songs you want to be played during your funeral, the themed colour, clothes you wanna be buried in.. etc even if you are only 12 years old.

4. drinking. this is often cliched. so i am not gonna touch on this matter much. no mamak stalls here.

5. How people here care about things that are so frivolous. a new Tesco express opened just down salisbury road (hallelujah! i am just 60 secs away from chocs and munchies*!)..and the deputy editor of Gair Rhydd (Cardiff Student Newspaper) HAD to write an article about the store being 'said' to be once a home to swingers' parties. *sheesh* --also, since i mentioned Gair Rhydd, wanna side track a but about it. Cardiff Student papers is, i guess, rather famous, but recently infamous. Famous cuz it's Guardian (UK) student newspaper of the Year...but infamous, cuz it was the FIRST british publication to print cartoons of the Prophet.

6. Oh yeah, and the discrimination. perhaps not really 'discrimination' but the inferiority complex. A few students feeling more 'superior' than the asian/non-caucasian counterparts. hehe, but wait til we use our mother tongue! (waggles*) They are pretty shocked that we can master quite a number of languages.

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ALRITE...but i've gotta be fair now. the GOOD bits:

1. Generally, people here are simply COURTEOUS! downright courteous. Pedestrians STOP at zebra crossings, sometimes even at normal roads (not many traffic areas) just to let you cross.
They would wait 3 seconds and hold the door for you..yeah, 3 seconds you might think is not long, but just pause there, doing nothing but holding the door, perhaps even rushing and count:...1........2........3. that's patience for me!

2. hhmmm...somehow, shuly is not feeling very kind today. can't think of anything else!