i have nothing against women's way of dressing here..i only found really odd the contrast between wannabe-perfect face, hands&feet and legs or arms not at "their par"DaisyRae wrote:Cissiboy,
Yeah, I was kinda culture shocked about how liberated women are when it comes to dressing up. But I don't think men give them perverted looks (??) here so women are comfortable wearing erm.. less clothes.
EXACTLY !!!sundaymorningstaple wrote:It's no worse that seeing perfect face with flawless skin, nails done to a T and pedicure to go with it & Hair tastefully done. Clothing and accessories perfectly kitted out and then see a flash of "Tramp Stamp" on the small of her back to totally ruin the look.
I got my big toe injured during last month's IT Show at the Suntec. I was going up the escalator and there was a massive human pile-up at the top. There was a crowd control coordinator with a megaphone exhorting people not to stop at the top of the escalator but it didn't work. I almost fell down because I was trying to sneak into the tiny available space on the top of the elevator so I can go directly to the other floors. But it was too late, somebody or several people back stepped on my toe.irvine wrote: And they don't give way, expecting you to give you all the time. And the stopping at the top of the escalator taking ages to decide left or right. I once screamed "Helloooooooooo!!" at a middle-aged man for that. He turned around and glared at me. And of course, I glared back. Hahaha!
For me, my biggest culture shock is that... in a country so small, majority of the locals are not that "spatially aware."
Frankly, if you were not in a crosswalk and were jaywalking you deserved to get rolled down. Just because others are doing it, doesn't mean it's right. I've seen the police ticket 15 people at once here for crossing "at a crosswalk" before the greenman came on. While they were in a crosswalk, they were crossing when they shouldn't (and I know - I was one of them - it's a $50 fine by the way). If everybody sticks their hand in the fire and gets burnt, are you going to do so as well just because they did? Frankly, had I been driving and somebody jaywalked and held up their hand like they were dog crossing any were they damned pleased, I'd have tried to run you down probably. Sorry, but this time you were in the wrong. And if I missed, I doubt if I'd have looked blankly at you. I'd have probably rolled down the window and given you a piece of my mind for being so inconsiderate in the first place by jaywalking. Maybe if you had of gotten hit, you would learn what the consequences of Jaywalking are.irvine wrote:Blunose, I agree and have experienced everything you said. Sigh...
I was in Mustafa the other evening with my husband. Granted the roads around that area are always crowded with pedestrians and cars, I always take caution when crossing the road, always holding my hand up to indicate 'please let me cross'.
This young chap with his girl was just at where we were crossing the road. There was a safe gap distance so we thought it was fine to cross while holding up our hands. Who knows, he just went on rolling forward and his car was so close that the bumper was like an inch from my knees. I freaked out and was yelling at that driver and the girl !@#$!@. .... And of course, they looked at me blankly, with no apologetic gesture or look in their faces, as if I were wrong.
COME ON!!
1) I am probably wrong for jay walking. Although... plenty of people cross the roads at Mustafa area. Furthermore, we crossed only when there was a safe gap between cars.
2) He could have honked at me if he were really in a hurry. Why did he allow the car to roll almost into me?
Sigh... I can only come to one conclusion: Selfish immature driver with no comprehension of what consequence he would face if he were to roll me down.
Something we agree on!sundaymorningstaple wrote:Sorry, but jaywalkers just get up my nose when they think they're in the right.
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