Just some thoughts for today

I was reading Reader's Digest last week and there were two short articles that made me laugh and a tip for students:

1) A tourist in China was looking for an elevator in a shopping mall and she finally saw a sign "For your convenience, there is an elevator for you located in China" ok~~ that's really convenient hahaha

2) An old patient was given a plastic cup for urine test by a nurse. He went to the toilet, peed and returned to the nurse. The cup was empty! He returned the cup to the nurse and said, "I do not need this, there's a toilet available" lols!

Yes these happened in real life!

3) And there's also an article about studying while listening to classical music does help to make learning more effective. I think it's true. I tried just now and it makes me feel more relax than this morning. I was freaked out earlier cause I just found out that I have two exams next week and another 2 on the 10th of July. God please save me :/

Act Global, Think Locally

HSBC: Local Knowledge is Important

These are HSBC ads shown during my Management class last Friday. I would just like to share since I am very interested in cultural differences issues. it is always important to learn about a specific country's culture first before flying there to where you want to do business or study :)



Being nice may sometimes mean a different thing. In China or for Chinese in general, emptying your plate is not a polite thing to do. It means the food is not enough and you want more. In Brunei, UK or elsewhere, it is just the opposite. Hence, never leave your food untouched or your plate/bowl empty because for Chinese this is considered impolite. Even if the food is not delicious, just eat some and always leave some.



Germans are very cautious about almost everything and they take things quite seriously. In France, it is just the opposite. lol. I doubt hit-and-run accidents crime rate is higher in Germany than in France. So don't drive fancy cars in France. haha.



In Japanese culture, exchanging gift is normal and often expected. In the above case, for every hole you score when playing golf, you will have to present a gift to everyone you play with. In America (i think), you will just have to treat them a drink. Quite Expensive eh? ;)

Funny DHL Ad in Korea



Incase you don't understand the commercial: the gf basically delivered a kiss instead of normal package and the postman finally delivered it to the bf! They deliver everything and everywhere! LMAO!

Little Britain

One of my favourite scenes from Little Britain

Topic: Cravings
Mary (Indian): Fish and chips (loud and clear)
Margarett: Sorry, say again?

After repeating twice and still could not understand what Mary said, she then came to the conclusion "Maybe some sort of dish we seldom find here" and wrote on the board "Curry" that was hilarious! lols I salute Mary for being so sporting! In every episode, everytime she speaks, only Margaret couldn't understand her haha

Hey c'mon... it's Little Britain! They got all different types of jokes there.... from gay to political jokes! You just need to keep an open mind ;)