Comments on: ★ A Different World http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/ News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff Mon, 21 May 2012 00:26:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chinese view Americans as Cowboys » Eddie Awad’s Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-15792 Chinese view Americans as Cowboys » Eddie Awad’s Blog Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:11:19 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-15792 <p>[...] And if you want to see, listen and read some of my observations when I visited China, proceed to my post titled A Different World. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]</p> [...] And if you want to see, listen and read some of my observations when I visited China, proceed to my post titled A Different World. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Laurent Schneider http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Laurent Schneider Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:03:08 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-167 <p>In Switzerland, the bus will never turn on his motor before driving, it is not allowed to let the motor runs with noone is in the car. In one village called Zermatt (quite well known), only electrical engines are admitted!</p> <p>If you have to stop on red light for a fairly long time (more than 2 minutes), you should turn off your engine.</p> <p>Their is a joke about swiss people: - it is 17:04. The 17:02 train has not arrived yet. What is the problem? 1) it is not a swiss train 2) it is not a swiss watch</p> In Switzerland, the bus will never turn on his motor before driving, it is not allowed to let the motor runs with noone is in the car. In one village called Zermatt (quite well known), only electrical engines are admitted!

If you have to stop on red light for a fairly long time (more than 2 minutes), you should turn off your engine.

Their is a joke about swiss people: - it is 17:04. The 17:02 train has not arrived yet. What is the problem? 1) it is not a swiss train 2) it is not a swiss watch

]]> By: yas http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-166 yas Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:11:51 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-166 <p><i>would you care to share a few here?</i></p> <p>For example one is about the public transportation. We use a vehicle called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmus" rel="nofollow">dolmus</a>, also called minibus. It means "filled up" in English. Mostly crazy drivers use these without any attention to traffic rules. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60698795@N00/47660739/#preview" rel="nofollow">Here are a few of them waiting for passengers</a>. They have stops of their own (where you can get in or out) but the drivers do not care about stops, they can stop anywhere they want. Mostly you cannot find a seat and you travel on foot in them. They take so many passengers that it looks like an overloaded luggage. Sometimes they race with each other to collect passengers.</p> <p><i>most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media</i></p> <p>That is definitely true. Our country is called little-America here.</p> would you care to share a few here?

For example one is about the public transportation. We use a vehicle called dolmus, also called minibus. It means “filled up” in English. Mostly crazy drivers use these without any attention to traffic rules. Here are a few of them waiting for passengers. They have stops of their own (where you can get in or out) but the drivers do not care about stops, they can stop anywhere they want. Mostly you cannot find a seat and you travel on foot in them. They take so many passengers that it looks like an overloaded luggage. Sometimes they race with each other to collect passengers.

most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media

That is definitely true. Our country is called little-America here.

]]> By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Eddie Awad Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:49:42 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-165 <p><em>some dog meat...it tasted real good</em></p> <p>It tastes like Chicken, based on what I heard.</p> <p><em>I’m a vegetarian so I guess I’ll pass</em></p> <p>I'm not a vegetarian, but I'll pass as well, unless I am tricked into eating it, like what happened to me when I ate snakes, I was told it was fish.</p> <p><em>We have some many things unique to here.</em></p> <p>yas, would you care to share a few here? blogging about the different and unique traditions and customs is not a bad idea. On the other hand, most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media, and especially through Hollywood movies.</p> some dog meat…it tasted real good

It tastes like Chicken, based on what I heard.

I’m a vegetarian so I guess I’ll pass

I’m not a vegetarian, but I’ll pass as well, unless I am tricked into eating it, like what happened to me when I ate snakes, I was told it was fish.

We have some many things unique to here.

yas, would you care to share a few here? blogging about the different and unique traditions and customs is not a bad idea. On the other hand, most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media, and especially through Hollywood movies.

]]> By: yas http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-164 yas Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:04:47 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-164 <p>Interesting post. Recently i was thinking about starting a blog about the things you mentioned. That would talk about the lifestyle here in Turkey, the differences from the other countries, things you can only find here and nowhere else,etc...I will do it as soon as i find time. May be interesting read for those who would like to know how the other countries are living. We have some many things unique to here.</p> Interesting post. Recently i was thinking about starting a blog about the things you mentioned. That would talk about the lifestyle here in Turkey, the differences from the other countries, things you can only find here and nowhere else,etc…I will do it as soon as i find time. May be interesting read for those who would like to know how the other countries are living. We have some many things unique to here.

]]> By: Tim Hall http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Tim Hall Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:32:05 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-163 <p>One of my friends recently returned from Korea, where he was visiting his wife's parents. He brought back some dog meat as a present for his brother. Sounds nasty to UK ears, but it's normal in Korea. Apparently it tasted real good. I'm a vegetarian so I guess I'll pass :)</p> <p>The story goes that when Britney Spears first came to the UK she couldn't believe we had our own currency and didn't use US dollars. If that's true...</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Tim...</p> One of my friends recently returned from Korea, where he was visiting his wife’s parents. He brought back some dog meat as a present for his brother. Sounds nasty to UK ears, but it’s normal in Korea. Apparently it tasted real good. I’m a vegetarian so I guess I’ll pass :)

The story goes that when Britney Spears first came to the UK she couldn’t believe we had our own currency and didn’t use US dollars. If that’s true…

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Eddie Awad Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:38:56 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-162 <p><em>a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner</em></p> <p>That sounds like heaven Laurent! I wish I had that freedom.</p> <p><em>do we still live in igloos</em></p> <p>Peter, sometimes when I tell someone that I am originally from Lebanon, they ask: do you still ride camels?</p> <p><em>you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes</em></p> <p>I was adventurous enough to snap a few pictures, that's all. No way I could try to eat a turtle, or a crocodile, no matter how much exotic they are. I must admit though that I had tried snakes and frogs before, but only once. They tasted good.</p> a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner

That sounds like heaven Laurent! I wish I had that freedom.

do we still live in igloos

Peter, sometimes when I tell someone that I am originally from Lebanon, they ask: do you still ride camels?

you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes

I was adventurous enough to snap a few pictures, that’s all. No way I could try to eat a turtle, or a crocodile, no matter how much exotic they are. I must admit though that I had tried snakes and frogs before, but only once. They tasted good.

]]> By: Peter K http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Peter K Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:31:00 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-161 <p>That's part of the problem today where the US do not seems to understand. Take Canada, closest neighbour with the longest unprotected border, as an example.</p> <p>I still get questions from folks down in the States as to where Canada is and do we still live in igloos. The world is a lot bigger than the US eventhough everything seems to be US-based :D</p> <p>Nice pics. Seems like you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes</p> That’s part of the problem today where the US do not seems to understand. Take Canada, closest neighbour with the longest unprotected border, as an example.

I still get questions from folks down in the States as to where Canada is and do we still live in igloos. The world is a lot bigger than the US eventhough everything seems to be US-based :D

Nice pics. Seems like you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes

]]> By: laurent http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-160 laurent Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:32:55 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-160 <p>:-) people not living in the usa often appreciate the freedom to have a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner...</p> <p>just a different world !</p> <p>I have just asked during my last trip in SF why there were no wine at lunch time. I got the -imho- extremly funny answer : because the russians drink wodka at lunch and after they do not go to work in the afternoon!</p> <p>cheers! laurent</p> :-) people not living in the usa often appreciate the freedom to have a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner…

just a different world !

I have just asked during my last trip in SF why there were no wine at lunch time. I got the -imho- extremly funny answer : because the russians drink wodka at lunch and after they do not go to work in the afternoon!

cheers! laurent

]]> By: Sudhaker Neelam http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/27/a-different-world/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Sudhaker Neelam Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:16:47 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=131#comment-159 <p>Thanks for sharing some very interesting facts about China. I didnot know these things before. But they all sound very familiar to me because some of them are exactly same back in India.</p> Thanks for sharing some very interesting facts about China. I didnot know these things before. But they all sound very familiar to me because some of them are exactly same back in India.

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