Cultural Differences?

the world has 194 countries.

from which spring various countries, nations, people,cultures.

the people of the world were too sensitive and intelligent enough to come up with a universal language and basic rights and laws to combat the chaos that the disparities among us will possibly bring.

i am glad they thought of that.

but i'll be more glad if people from all the countries in the world will appreciate and apply the importance of which.

in the language aspect, i am not saying that they really have to learn english even if it is against there will. i know there are a lot of people who are not that open to learn the universal language because they have their bias to their language. and one thing more, some do not feel the need learn such.

good thing, in the philippines; as early as kindergarten days, we were taught how to speak the universal language. that worked really on my advantage.

so i'll let the issue of learning english pass. people do have their right to decline on such if they do not feel like doing it.



ok, the meat of the matter is about how we should view the basic rights that govern us all.

i have been in korea for almost 6 months now and i have many encounters which always lead me to raise the question: "cultural differences?"

abroad, some things will never fall into the same manner you experienced it wayback in your country

things from one place to another differs, including the people's belief and ideals.

we may be different on how we get things done, how we address issues, how we tackle tasks and how we respond to complaints..

but

one thing holds true~~~once we talk about human rights, it is the same set of rights known anywhere.

you do not need a book,a computer or a sage to check whether you stepped into others' rights.

you can definitely feel it, oh well that is if you are not that too naive. or evenso you are naive, there will always be a way that the basic rights will get into your nerves. each one is aware of the basic rights. it is our personal yearning that others will give due respect to it.

what i want to air out is.. this phrase "cultural differences" cannot always answer to the confusions brought by diversity, it cannot be used to clean one's hands from overlooking others' rights.

it's a lame excuse on an issue..especially if the issue is, as what i have said- about bypassing the rights of other people of the other culture.

whatta heck!!! why always say that to us???!!!???!!!

basic rights wherever you go are the same despite of the race you belong or what kind language you speak.

it is just so disappointing to note that some people are taking too much advantage of that phrase.

going to another country is surely no joke.

you will adjust to their culture and the kind of people there are.

it is more disapponting or shall i say distressing when you experience the agony of trying to figure out their track of mind and their actions. and in return, they do not give damn effort to understand yours..

you get burned out trying to understand the unfathomable.

you'll realize later on that~~ you are then too naive to give home in understanding them because you have already exhausted all the possible means and efforts that needed to be done.

sometimes, i wanted to think that it is better to be ignorant on what is right from what is wrong..

sometimes, it pays to be dumb about your rights so that you will not get hurt or pissed off when those were bypassed.

but what can i do, i am knowledgeable about my rights?!?!

i cannot help but to assert and fight for it eventhough i am put into the hotseat.

my consolation is~~~at least after all this thorny journey, i'll reach the end happy or joyful shall i say, for i just did not let others stepped on my rights without even saying a thing to them.

i already started to fight for my rights. come what may, wherever this will lead me, i'll have peace of mind.

i will never ever regret the day i decided to assert for what i believe is upright.

"our anger and frustrations come in various packages. inasmuch as i want to keep mine, i just simply cannot. once provoked, you'll realize how foul the package i got"

"you'll dread the day you annoyed me"