Before coming to Australia, I was given warnings by almost everyone I knew. Mom, Dad, grandmothers, grandfathers, various uncles, aunties, cousins, friends, not so good friends, acquaintances, strangers, blogs, my employers and trainers, new co-workers, and well... Wikipedia... the culture of Australia is very different. Don't lose yourself.
Duh.
I would like to begin ranting on this now.
What is culture?
I would like to begin ranting on this now.
What is culture?
It is a way people live life, I guess.
Correct me if I am wrong here, I really don't see a huge issue people make about culture at all. Maybe, I am not cultural at all... I mean, back home(India) I follow movies, theatre, and sport. I eat the cuisine, chat with my friends, discuss issues ranging from time-management to time-wasting, finance to fun, politics to pornography (though the last topics are one and the same thing).
But then, this is how I live.
If this is not my culture, I don't know what is.
I fail to understand why people choose to make a big fuss about cultures. If you hop on a vehicle, drive 50 km in any direction in our country, the culture would be different. The way of life would be different.
I am going to be 6000 km from home, flying almost a 10000 km to get here. Don't you think the way of life would be different?
Correct me if I am wrong here, I really don't see a huge issue people make about culture at all. Maybe, I am not cultural at all... I mean, back home(India) I follow movies, theatre, and sport. I eat the cuisine, chat with my friends, discuss issues ranging from time-management to time-wasting, finance to fun, politics to pornography (though the last topics are one and the same thing).
But then, this is how I live.
If this is not my culture, I don't know what is.
I fail to understand why people choose to make a big fuss about cultures. If you hop on a vehicle, drive 50 km in any direction in our country, the culture would be different. The way of life would be different.
I am going to be 6000 km from home, flying almost a 10000 km to get here. Don't you think the way of life would be different?
OF COURSE IT WILL.
What to do?
Nothing. Have fun. And stop cribbing about the culture thingy.
Live your life, enjoy and have fun like they do. What else there is to it?
It might change you, then?
Live your life, enjoy and have fun like they do. What else there is to it?
It might change you, then?
Of course it might, I might like it, I might not like it, I might start dancing like Gangam style just for the heck of it. Your point being....
Well, would you like to change?
Everything we do, small or big, every decision, every option, every happy or every sad moment teaches us something and changes us.
You might lose your culture, lose yourself...
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This conversation is going in circles.
Ciao.
