Originally posted by a_splash:
interesting topic....i always wonder how's the feeling chitchating with the white?? i wonder y many of us hv some kind of higher opinion of the white at the same time the misconception that they are 'not so serious in relationship' type of ppl?? just my own previous opinion k...don't start flaming me.....
well i guess it all boils down to culture?? basically jeans and t-shirts comes from the west...of course its generally more well liken??
i think for asians...some felt jeans and tshirts too casuals?? but guess these generation accept jeans and tshirts more than the olden days.....
and if u go to Japan .(it was winter time when i was there)..oh my..just sitting at the stairs of Ginza shopping centre is enugh to entertain me for half a day by watching all those ppl's dressing, even the old ladies are so nicely dressed....u will not find 'aunty's dressing' there...
Even at the Tokyo Disney...they dressed like us going for some formal dinners....
It is ok chitchatting with them. Here most aussies whites , esp the young ones, don't know how to deal with us as much as we don't know how to deal with them. However u mention the word singapore and they go " oh, u must be rich"". You should see how the aussie born chinese chat with the aussie whites - to them it is comfortable because they both come from the same aussie culture. Once u get invited to pub with them , you join em - that is where everyone loosen up and starts talking alot.
The british whites who work here are either backstabbers or they tell u off in ur face . The ones who tell you off in your face are the ones you mix with because you know when they are honest to tell u what is wrong but some singaporeans I know tend to go for the backstabbers because they sound so diplomatic and sweet . Sweet talkers are the ones who want to screw you. Straight in your face type are those you can be friends with but never ever trust them . They still have the ability to squash u down like the backstabbers .
The american friend I have - very difficult to know how he is like the first time I met him . I had a suspicion about american guys that they want to screw around but he is alright . He ask me if I prefer a handshake or a hug. I said handshake . So he know his boundaries as well. He never calls our outings dates ...he calls them excursions - I think it is a friend friend thing with them . He never says no , he always says negative. I asked him once if his blood is negative...it is funny when he responds " Oh , negative" ( which sounds like o negative) then he realised what I did ...and went HELL NO... Don't ever insult their country when they are busy criticising it because it is their constitutional right as an american to criticise it ...not yours if ur not american.
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