I went jogging on Sunday during the cool day... and I got lost... jogging and jogging and jogging... through the farms and the small villages, and I felt very Other out there in the rural roads. People laughed and yelled out at me as I ran by. Clearly I understand it, but I hate to be Other sometimes. I'm quite shy in fact, and I wish that no one would notice me. It is the reality of life in another culture.Last week we talked about Cultural Syndromes, and this week we will look at different kinds of non-verbal communication. I think we will discover that these two ideas are closely connected.
It is important not to stereotype. We may look at Cultural Syndromes and then easily say that some cultures are passive and others are active; some cultures are instrumental and others are expressive, and so on. It is important to keep clearly in our mind that not all individuals in any culture share exactly the same syndromes.
What are your cultural syndromes? How does it affect your communication with Others? These may be difficult questions to answer, but I wonder what you think about this. Aj. M
"Our life is never individual… it is endlessly enriched by the presence of the other, and consequently impoverished by his absence. Alone, we have no name and no face, no one to call out to us and no reflection in which to recognize our features." Alberto Manguel
My cultural syndrome is when I came to this university in the first day, I had to meet with many new friends. Their culture and my culture are differnt because we are the different at hometown or places. Most of time, my friends and I have different ideas. I feel like the other of my group of friend because maybe we differnt at homwtown. I came from the northern of Thailand, but my friends came from the central of Thailand. So, it must has diferrent ideas, culture. Somtimes my friends luaghed me. I felt lack of confident.
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I think. When you go another places, you will see the cultural syndrome.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, it is different because you are the new for them and they may see you like a stranger.
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Good evening Aj. Matthew,
ReplyDeleteFinally I got to be in the first five who give a comment!
As you know, Thai people are really shy and they do not express their feelings or emotions in public. As a result, it caused me a really big problem when I was in the USA.
I am not sure that my story may count as a cultural syndrome or not but I think it is.
One day, there were wrestling matches in the high school where I was in. I also participated in some of the matches too. It was the second time I wrestle. While I was wrestling, one of my best friends was there watching me. She was one of the nicest girls I have ever met. It was the first match that I won. Just right after the whistle blew I walked out of the mat. I was in a really happy moment and that wasn't enough. The girl that I was talking about before just walk right up to me and gave me a hug! She said "I know you can do it Nueng!" For her it might be just a hug but for a seventeen year old Thai boy who has never been hugged before, can you imagine that?! I was being Thai so I just stood there and tapped her in the back.
So, what do you think? At that time I thought everyone might look at me but actually no one did.
I think that "being shy" thing is a cultural syndrome that every Thai has.
Nueng
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Living in new places and environment seems to be my cultural syndrome. I have to accept and adapt myself to the situation in order to live my life easily. I have to speak, smile, and so on as the first step when I meet new people. I have to behave what people in that culture always do because I don't want to be the other for them. Moreover, I think I have a problem about controlling my emotion in public. I don't know when it is appropriate to hide or show my emotion. I'm 50:50. Sometimes I feel free to show my emotion, but I'm too shy! (-"-)
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Good evening Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, cultural syndrome is living in the different place and different culture. It is because I have to think carefully how can I behave in the right way people want or behave properly.
I once have been to South Korea where it can make me to be "the other". At there, while I was haging out with my host sister,I held her hand and then she was really shocked. She told me that in Korea, holding hand between girls means they are a lesbian. I shocked and told her that it's very different from Thailand that I can hold my friend's hand without any complains. From that situation I was the other because I think I can do this thing like in Thailand.
well, living in another place makes me confused and uncomfortable at the first time before learning their culture.
"it takes time to learn new culture, but i'm willing to learn them more!"
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Good evening Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteI think, Cultural syndrome is one of situations that every people have been faced with that.
I myself, used to face with one situation that very shocked and I am very shy.
I used to live in American Society, one day we had a small party which had many things that I never know before. Especially, "Games".
My friends asked me and my Thai friends to play "truth or dare" which I didn't know at that time.
But, I'm Thai, I knew that I wouldn't choose dare at all.
I think that It is very shy to do something in front of many people, in contrast, If i choose "truth".My American friends will ask about sex surely, so I had to be a liar every questions and I chose "truth" every quesitons too.
Moreover, "Spin the bottle" which is the other game that I have to deny my American friends because I can't kiss them neither mouth nor cheeks. I told them that in Thailand, we will not kiss anybody that we are not close to.
However,I think that cultural syndrome will not a syndrome at all, If we know how to change and adapt ourself accurately.
For me,I think that learning other culture is very adventurous.
Knowing much more cultures will be more benefits in my life.
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ReplyDeleteGood evening Aj. Matthew,
ReplyDeleteWell, I think cultural syndrome is the different many things such as thinking, behavior, tradition, and so on. However, we should be behavior and adapt with the same culture that we staying. Although, it is difficult for change the behavior to other people. But you should your behavior that they do in each culture for example greeting, helping, and so on. Sometimes you are not doing greeting or smile for relationship with other. Maybe it make you are syndrome person in a society. Maybe you are as mute person.
Last week, I went to a camp with my friends and teachers at the mountain in CR province for helping and donation many things to villagers. It is Karen village. Some people can not speak Thai. In addition, the important I have to adapt my behavior many thing for example food, speaking, abode for them. I am excited with new environment also. Finally, I can stayed and did any activities with them very happiness in last holiday.
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In my opinion,cultural syndrome can happen everywhere, because I think people have their own ideas. Sometimes, I work with a friend as a partner; I find that my idea doesn't match with my friend. People always think as well as me that their thoughts are right, while others are wrong. Therefore, sometimes I have a conflict with another one because of the different idea. I used to think that when people argued me what I didn't believe, I thought they were so stupid. However, after I took this course, I have studied how to accept and understand the people who have the different cultures from me.
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In high school, I have studied at the tutor every week. I can remember well. I introduce myself in front of the class. I feel shy and speak silent. When I begin to study I feel like the other. Nobody smile to me. They only look at me. I have no friend and I do not know everyone. The teacher tell student sit in group. I have no group. They did not accept me.
ReplyDeleteNow, I have already known why classmate deny me. Maybe the first impression I am shy and lack of confidect. They may think I am unwise. In tutor, every student is clever. They always deny the person who has dumb.
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Good evening Ajan Matthew...
ReplyDeleteLucky that you could find the way back from your jogging ^^
From the question, what are my cultural syndromes? well, I'm not sure that is is right or not. I think that I sometimes cannot choose to work neither in group or individual. I sometimes prefer both of them. I don't even know myself that I am expressive or suppressive because I sometimes could hide my emotion but I cannot control it many times. People around me can see and know how I feel from my face. I don't know that it is good or not. When I feel anygry, I never yell or shout or anything. I just try to ignore and try to not pay attention to what makes me terrible. One thing I can say about who I am is I am a passive syndromes. I always accept the environtment around me and I never ever want to change it at all. If I don't like that environment, I will try to adapt to it firt. And if I really cannot adapt for it, I just leave. That's fine for me.
Take care of yourself, the weather is getting colder and colder.
This morning I told you that the temperature was 16 c because I saw from the sign in front of the campus, but after I have checked from the meteorological department, it was 12 c only!
I hope we will not get a cold from the weather that is changing rapildy.
See you in class on Wednesday!
Bolandia :D
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ReplyDeleteMy cultural syndrome is shyness. I am shy girl
and always afraid of everything because I have
no any confidence to do something to
everyone’s face. For example, I always speak
quite low or as a whispering and my face turn
red, my hands shake, when I have a
presentation or discussion. I hate to be Other
also in every situations. As I am now, I could
adapt myself to be in any surrounding because
I do not want to be Other so I have to join
and assimilate with them.For that reason, it
can help me to be more confident girl right now
because I can have presentation without shyness
and it makes me to be optimistic girl than the
past. Adaptation is very good for us when we
are in a different culture. !!!
Hathaitip Phanmetharit
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These are excellent stories so far.
ReplyDeleteGrace and Nueng... those are absolutely reflections of your Thai cultural syndromes. You made me think of my culture, and that it must be so difficult for you if you go there.
In my opinion, cultural Syndromes is different behaviors and difernt ideas of people who come from other places.
ReplyDeleteI have an experince about cultural syndrome when I went to my friend's home,in the South of Thailand.
It just the first time that I went there. Everything in there is diferents from my hometown. They did something that I've never known or seen before. Sometimes they looked at me like the stranger (I was a stranger there). I didn't know how to do. Sometime I thought how could I stay with them. I felt frustrate at that time.
However, I tried to understand the diferrences. Everyone who come from any places,also has diferent culture.
I learnd that if I go to any places,I should adapt myself or my behavior in order to get along with those culture.
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Good evening Aj. Matthew....
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I believe that I can't understand what's cultural syndrome..because I have no listen to you in our class yet !!!!
In fact, I think that I used to relate with cultural syndrome when I was a first year student in this University.
Aj. Brian tought me in Foundation of English two course...
I think that I could quite say and do something in what I want with Aj.Brian. I mean that I can communicated with him more than my classmate...You know???
Once I used to "thump up" with Aj.Brian in order to told him that I pretty angry you because of your assignment. On the other hand, he didn't understand what I mean....Finally, I had to told him what it mean..
This is my real cultural syndrome that I faced up..
P.S. I don't want to blame or refer to Aj., but it's just my study case!!!
Thanks na ka....
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Hello! Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteToday, we learn about Nonverbal Codes in CCC class. I love it because it can make me know feeling of other people without language communication. I like the movie that you show to us and I would like to see it if I have a free time. For your question in the class, you ask that if I get a pregnant, how I would tell my parents. I think that this situation is very serious for my family, so I will tell to my brother first and then we will tell to my parents together. I do like this because I know that my parents will be very angry me and don’t want to talk with me surely. My brother can help me to explain and make them clam down.
For the question of this blog in this week, cultural syndromes in my opinion mean living together between people who come from different culture, so they will have something that different and conflict. Last summer, I have a chance to travel at Sweden. I faced with one situation that can make me shy. One day, my aunt and I went to visit her friends. That day was very cold, so after we finished drinking coffee, we sauna in the sauna room. My aunt and I always did at my house but something didn’t the same way. I wore a tower in sauna at my house but they didn’t wear anything!!!!!!. It made me become to other if I wore a tower. I came in the sauna room with red cheek. There are 6 people in that room. They use a bunch of leave hit my back and they said that it will make relax. After that I had never sauna with any people. This situation can make me know that Swedish didn’t worry and it is normal thing for them. It is different from Thailand. We can not do like that because we are taught that we can not undress to somebody’s face. However, I believe that everyone can adapt yourself to go along with new culture if you stay with them for along time.
Finally, I want to say that “If I don’t want to be Other, I must adapt myself to new things or open mind to get it”.
I want you to share something or some situation that you think that you can not understand and can not go along with it in Thai culture if you want.
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Good evening Aj.Matthew :)
ReplyDelete“Difference places it means difference culture”
In my opinion, I think that a cultural syndrome is a difficult for people. Some people will feel uncomfortable when they live in other places that they don’t familiar with.
I have some my experiences when I studied in high school.
I went to Kanchanaburi province with my friends and the teacher for camping. I feel uncomfortable very much because that place has the difference culture with me. I tried to adapt myself with the new environment with new culture.
Have a night day (^_^)"
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I think it is difficult to live in different culture because we have different cultural syndromes that make us different from others.
ReplyDeleteSometime, we can be tight or loose, universalistic or particularistic, expressive or suppressive, active or passive, diffuse or specific and instrumental or expressive. These all cultural syndromes can change by the situation.
But if we look at the whole, we can see that Thailand is loose culture because we are open and quite friendly to everyone so that make us be a loose culture. Even though, we are loose but one important and very tight in our culture is vertical culture (hierarchy). Thai people are very respectful especially to the royal family. We can find the majesty king’s picture in everyone house. Moreover, Thai people usually suppress their emotion especially in the public because we all know that Thai people are quite shy and they usually encounter every think with smile!
For me, I think that my culture syndromes quite similar to all Thai people because I live in Thai culture, but in some situation my culture syndromes also can change. Therefore, I think we cannot apply our culture syndromes to all people because sometime it depends on their own choice.
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Good Morning! Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I wanna say that "Different places, different things" as many friends said that
Thai people are quite shy, then we'll shy to express our feeling.
For this our disadvantage behavior, it is the conflicts of the differnce in many cultural.
We always make other people (who are out our group) feel beware and have to watch out for
something that what we are and they'll feel as the cultural syndrome like us.
So,because we're different but we can share our syndrome to other.That why we have to study in this course @ "Cross Cultural Communication" It is can make us more understand in other out group.
Moreover, it is probably to make us become less of shame and not to shy away from other
to communicate with.
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Good Morning! Aj.Matthew *_*
ReplyDeleteI think "different place is different a new things" that is a different culture. I will find the cultural syndrome when I stay in another place. It is difficult to live in other place that I do not know the culture and etc enough.
I will share my expereince that relate with cultural syndrome.
In last three year, I went to MFU university that is my frist time to went to Chaing Rai. I do not know the plac to travel or the culture that it had different from my province. I had not friends that study with the same major or same roommate. Therefore I will adap or change a little bit abot my culture and study or learn the new things.
Have a night day (^_^)"
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Good morning!!!! Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteI think it is difficult topic for me,
but I think it is interesting topic as well.
In my opinion, cultural syndromes is
shared about pattern of belief, attitudes,
norm, roles, and value.
I agree with “Difference places it means
difference culture.” Moreover, I have some
experience to shared with you
about cultural syndromes.
Last year, I went to Singapore.
I had a chance to talk with a Singaporean.
He told me that his country is very clean,
and people are discipline. I agreed with him
because since I arrived at here.
I didn’t see people who did wrong
traffic regulations and so on. As a result of,
this country was instructed in roles and
attitudes that different with Thai people.
Everyone in Singapore was instructed
that if someone did wrong thing, it will wrong
in values of Singaporean as well.
From this cause, it makes Singaporeans have
rule more than Thai people. Therefore, it makes
Singapore and Thai are different culture as well.
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If we talking about the cultural syndrome we will see that there are a lot of cultural syndrome which always effect to people whose new in that place.
ReplyDeleteMy experience about the cultural syndrome is...
When I was grade 10 I have to changed the high school because my father got higher position and we have to moved our family to another district.
I felt very strange when I were there. Everything was very new for me I have to understand a lot because my new friend quite different for my old friend. I have to change some of my rutine, my language, and also some of my habit. It's a little bit hard for me at the first time but after a few weeks
I know enough about their culture and I can adjust myself to be a part of them at last.
It's a little bit effect to my life there but after I know and understand about the different betweet me and my new friend. I found the middle point and my life there are not become a problem anymore....
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"Cultural Syndromes"
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about my cultural syndromes because I think they are different in each groups or societies. From your experience, it's normally behaviors but it isn't normally for you. If you often meet this situation, you will fine. It can happen with everyone who is new for strange place.
For my cultural syndromes, it happens in small group. I mean I and my roommate. We come from different family, society, instruction and so on. We frustrated in each actions or behaviors. When the time passed, we felt find and good and more better. We accepted each other.
"Time" is necessary for cultural syndromes in every places, communities, societies and so on.
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ReplyDeleteHello! Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteFor my experience about the cultural syndrome is a different norm, value, belief, attitude, etc. I think different places are different culture. It just across the province can be different. I live in Uttaradit, north of Thailand but I was born in Phare, north of Thailand as well. I feel it’s so different. Phare people eat sticky rice in diary life and it is main food but Uttaradit people are not. I don’t know it depends on particular place that I live but I think it is right.
Moreover, I want to tell you about Korean guy. They are so different with guy in other country because Korean guy always have touch skin each other such as hug, kiss, touch the body, touch the ass. Touching skin between guys is strange thing of other guy that is not familiar with this kind of culture in Korea. In this case, a guy comes from Seattle and start to live in Korea. He is new at there and It‘s sure he is not familiar when guys touch skin him like a gay such as hug closely, kiss as cheek or trap him ass. It makes him uncomfortable about that behavior. This culture is not strange for Korean guy and they also are not gay. Korean guy have related each other closely. It is just norm or attitude of Korea. I know because it has ever been big news in Korean about the culture. I think it is different to share culture. If whoever does not understand in other culture, it may be got a problem. I think every culture is so beautiful. We have to learn and understand in other culture truly. All of above is things that I want to share with you and I don’t sure it is cultural syndrome. However, I feel thank you very much that I can share idea with you.
Good Luck.
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I have never been to aboard before so I don't have that experience like my friends.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a cultural syndrome when I visited my grandma but I'm not sure.
My grandma's house was located in suburb. When I was little, I didn't like to go there. It was because there're a lot of old people and undeveloped area. Every time I got there, I was besieged with my grandma and her neighbor.
They kissed my cheek and hugged me. They treated me like a little angel. I was cry and found my mom. The kids who live there stared at me. I felt other that moment. I think, my grandma might feel lonely and she missed grandchild.
Now I haven't been there for a long time because my grandma died 5 years ago. I missed her.
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About the question for this week, my cultural syndrome is universalism and my best friend is particularism.Both me and my friend always conflict to each other because our cultural syndrome are difference. The situation that makes me and my friend conflict such as:I think a person who has white complexion, high standard of living is good .The reason that makes me think like I mentioned earlier because other person tells it good and I also agree with that kind of thinking .However ,my friend tells me that sometimes a person who has white complexion or high standard of living might not good. She explains that: that kind of thinking(white complexion or high standard of living) is good because other person give a value in to it ,in fact it might not good even though just a little bit.
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From my experience, I have my best friend who has something in common with me but sometimes we have the same and different ideas. I think it is normal because in the real world, no one does not have the same ideas. For example, in ccc class last week you asked our the question about we prefer to show expression in the public or not. Our answer is different. I prefer show expression while she keeps her feeling. I think sometimes it is good to have different ideas because if we have the same ideas all the time, we will bore each other. Besides, we will learn what she thinks and why she does. The world will be colorful if we are different. :))
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Good evening Aj.Matthew ^^
ReplyDeleteFor me, cultural syndrome is a behavior, thought, or an idea that we think other people will do or think like us.
I have an experience that makes me become a stranger and feel uncomfortable. Two years ago, I went to visit my aunt in Korat province, and in the evening about 5.45 p.m., I went to the market. While I was strolling in the market, I heard the Thai anthem because that time was 6 p.m., everybody in there stopped doing anything and still stood up. On the other hand, I still walked to look for goods. Every eye sights looked at me; I did not know why people do that until a merchant told me to stopped walking. At that time, I feel so bad and shy about my behavior; I did not know before that we have to stop doing everything when we heard the Thai anthem because in my town, Songkhla province, people do not do like that even if Songkhla is one province of Thailand.
However, that event makes me know that although we live in the same country, we have the different culture, and we do not think that other people will do/think as we do because different places can make different culture.
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I think cultural syndrome is every place except my house or my room. Every time when I go out from my room, I must to see many people are difference culture and behavior such as in university; my friends differ in culture, behavior, religion and idea. These things are difficult for my adjust behavior when I want to talk with them for the first time.
ReplyDeleteI don’t like to control my behavior and emotion, but in real situations I must accept them.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Aj.Matthew!
ReplyDeleteI think this comment will tell about my feeling of cultural syndrome from me.
My cultural syndrome is 'shy'. Mr.Nueng said in his comment and I think it true.
I shy to speak with each other. I want to talk with anyone but shy to greet them "Hello".
I shy to express my feeling to each other and cannot control my pressure.
I think my cultural syndrome make me repress and wait time to explode.
I cannot talk to anyone easily.
I feel hard to say "I care you"
However, I try to break my shy and ready to say 'Hi' to everyone or anything special to 'someone'
I really hoped that it will come true, soon.
Mr.Rawin Petchwattana (Win)
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ReplyDeleteHi Aj. Matthew,,^^
ReplyDeleteI do have cultural syndrome to share with you too. It's about northern culture that i've never known before even though i'm a northern people.
At that time, I lived with my aunt in Chiang Mai. She was a cooker, so she sold her delicious food at the market. One day after finish my breakfast, I rushed out to the market without washing my dish and spoon. I had just left them in the sink. When she came back home and saw those stuffs, she was very angry at me and complained about my lazy behavior. She told me that “if the used spoon remains in the dishes, the northern people believe that on that day they will not get any good luck.” I really didn’t know that there is this kind of belief in my culture. I felt very OTHER at that moment. However, it’s okay for my aunt because our culture is the loose culture. She said “Never mind” to me, and warn me not to do this again. I was in the state of Unconscious Incompetence at that moment. That’s very bad for me.
thanks....^^
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Good evening
ReplyDeleteThis week starts getting cold. I'm getting lazier more and more days but I still have got to wake up early! (so sad)
For the questions, my cultural syndromes are...
Simple, more tight but less loose, individualistic, both vertical and horizontal, particularistic, suppressive but expressive(music), passive, specific and both instrumental and expressive.
And of course, they affect my communication with people of all ages because when a cultural syndrome meets another which is opposite, surprising things always take place.
For an example,
When it comes to movie or music, it's often difficult for me to communicate (not that serious!) with my people who like other different kinds of movie or music. I feel so happy and they feel annoyed when we listen to R&B, soul or pop songs. I cry impressively and they fall asleep deeply when we watch drama films. I see that once these different ideas collide, there is always a barrier between us. I'm like 'what makes you sleep when watching an oscar-nominee film?' and either they're like 'how can you stand watching a dull film with no excitement?' We knew that this is something that can't be comparable but we do because we insist on our cultural syndromes.
I also think that sometimes, cultural syndromes are what make me a more matured person. In high school, it was a day I had to submit two pieces of homework to a teacher. One was mine and another was my friend's which I borrowed. Then I felt like I didn't need to go to school that day because it rained heavily but I knew I had to go. Then I woke up late that day because I thought I had time and I did things slowly before going to school. Later it turned out I was too late for homework submission. My friend was speechless and disappointed and I blamed myself on that. Because I put my emotion first before the responsibility, I made someone miserable. Since then, I learned that in some cases, we have no choice for which cultural syndromes we have to insist but reckon what we should do depending on the circumstances.
Alright! have a nice dream and I think a man in white shirt is like your bro! (JOKING!)
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I like this comment Winai Liu... you're right that we can't do anything we want, because we live with other people. Because we live with other people, we develop culture between us, and therefore we develop rules and behaviours between us. Our need for each other creates culture, which creates rules and norms, which creates behaviours and beliefs, and so on and so on... I would like to be brothers with everyone.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Ajarn.
ReplyDeleteThe cultural syndromes, although Thais have the culture, they are still different in each part. I can see it clearly from my friends who came from many parts of Thailand and also the foreigners. Some friends are Christian. Some friends are Muslim. Some friends are Buddhist. They differ in religions, belief, and thoughts. Surely, it is the difficulty when I communicate with others. I am a northern student coming from the countryside. I am familiar with my local culture so when I come here at the first time, I feel I am the other. Especially, the spoken language and physical appearance, these are very strange to me. However, I learn and adjust myself to live in MFLU society. I tried to communicate the foreign teachers because many times I am shy and not dare to speak English. But now, I feel free and confident to speak with others.
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Good moning Aj. Matthew !!!
ReplyDeleteI came to the blog the day when you just updated the new question but i didn't understand 'cultural syndromes' anymore. So, i had to waiting for other comments and try to understand them.
I think my cultural syndromes are likely the collectivistic, loose, supression and passive. My cutural syndromes are depended on the situation or up to personthat I communicate with. For example that I told you in the class when I had a presentation in front of the class I will shy and exciting. In deep I want to cry at that moment but I can't because It very wired. On the other hand, if in the class have only my close friends, i may be cry or i will not shy anymore.
And more example of cultural syndrome which I have seen it. Now I am using computer in a library and I see many different cultural syndromes. The man who is watching a movie wigh his headphone laughed very loudly, then other looked, laughed and stared at him (mee too). After that he just laughed quitetly by himself. It shows that his cultural syndromes is emotional expression but he still have the passive cultural to change himself quiet in the library.
see u at the class ^^
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Good morning Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteThis week is so cold; I try to get up at 7 o’clock every morning for studying.
I really care about time because I went to the class very late for the first class in your writing course.
For your question, I thought about my cultural syndromes when I was studying in the class. Sometimes, it was different from my partner that makes me understand more. For example, I am collectivistic because I like to focus other people before think about me. But some of my friend told me that she will focus on her first. For example, she will make money to take care her and her parents. If she do not have money, she cannot take care other people.
I think people are not the same of thought and behaviors. If people around the world are the same, they cannot live with each other.
The cultural syndrome in my experience, I do not understand why one of my friend thinks that her point is true. In Thai culture, it is so bad that some person like to work with excellently person not close friend. I think everyone can solve the problem but it is different way.
No one right
No one wrong.
No one perfect!!!
Nowadays in Thai society need a good person not only intellect.
Thank you for this blog and thank you for this lesson that you taught.
Miss Nattaya … Mary
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syndromes is the culture,Language, and believe, so it will affect to lifestyle and you must know what should do or don't. When you would like to communication with people are different syndromes, You should know their syndromes because it will affect to communication with them.
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Hello, Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteFor me, I think everyone has been faced with Cultural Syndrome, but I’m not sure about this situation.
My friend, who used to be a very shy one, went to America for a year, and she changed a lot when she came back.
I was shocked when I saw the kissing scene, and of course, it was not in the movie!
My friend and her boyfriend kissed in the school, Thai school! It might not wrong to show their love but for me, I think holding hand is enough for the public. It is not proper in Thai society at all, to see people kissing in the school.
However, I think it is good to express our feeling, but it depends on how to express it properly.
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Good Evening Ajan Matthew.
ReplyDeletewell the experience like that,I have faced on my life too. I think that it is kind of difficult to be stranger. Like I don't know hot to talk, to communicate, to be part of them or sth like that. In Thailand is not very like that for me because I'm Thai and I'm be the same as Thais but for my life in Brazil wasnt like that. I'm really a stranger and feel other from them. People in town look at me and doing sthh like gossip and talk about what am I come from. Somebody say Nihou or Sayonara to me as they guess that I come from Japan or China. Well, that totally not me but I can feel that I'm really other from them.
For one more example, when I went to Hight school for first day in Brazil. everybody look at me and always watched me when I'm doing the things. Even the little girl, she saw me and her face is like confusing that why am I different from her. The bad feeling that give me cry about this was first orientation that youth exchange students come from every countries, they dont talk ti me only Kosuke from Japan. I can really touch how bad it is. Only the same asian that I can talked to. That's not really good for me on that time.
Well, for the question that you already asked about What is the Thai cultural syndrome? I suppose maybe "shy" becausr in the realistic Thais dont do well to try to be part of society or some group that very different from them.
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Hi! Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteI think that everyone must face with culture syndrome more than twenty times of their life. Then it is qiute several that I or you may feel like others of some groups. I also have experiences about culture syndrome when I went to America. I found that no one easy to talk with me. I went to worked at the outlet and then there are lot of American who are different in stereotype to me. I really shy when they look at me.Therefore, I really understand in your feeling.
Let's talk about your question!!
My cultural syndrome is quite the same as general Thais but I have not too strick about the culture which become severe syndromes. I think my cultural syndromes are depended on the situation. Then I do not specify to do only right thing that my ancestor need to do.
Therefore, I quite sure that nothing is perfect way which is strick to do but a perfect way is followin the situation and solve problem in the propriate way.
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Hi! Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteI think that everyone must face with culture syndrome more than twenty times of their life. Then it is qiute several that I or you may feel like others of some groups. I also have experiences about culture syndrome when I went to America. I found that no one easy to talk with me. I went to worked at the outlet and then there are lot of American who are different in stereotype to me. I really shy when they look at me.Therefore, I really understand in your feeling.
Let's talk about your question!!
My cultural syndrome is quite the same as general Thais but I have not too strick about the culture which become severe syndromes. I think my cultural syndromes are depended on the situation. Then I do not specify to do only right thing that my ancestor need to do.
Therefore, I quite sure that nothing is perfect way which is strick to do but a perfect way is followin the situation and solve problem in the propriate way.
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ReplyDeleteExactly as you said Aj.Matthew, the question is quite difficult. The cultural syndrome might mean the cultural difference. Weather it is passive or active, vertical or horizontal, individualism or collectivism, there will be some distance between cultures.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that I will give you the correct example or not but I'll try. We can see from the backpacker or foreigners that come to travel in Asian country. They are from the individualism culture, so they come alone or in small group with freedom to learn new things. When they lived here, I'm sure that they will think of themselves as an out group. They have to adjust the differences between their cultures and our. However, the distance of culture is always affecting the communication. We might have to adjust to the new culture.
For me, I have my own cultural syndrome. I am from the tight culture, individualism, horizontal culture, passive, and so on. Most of my characteristic is quite normal for the mixed Thai and Indian. Sometimes, my cultural syndrome turns as the obstacles in communication for people who from different culture. However, we still have to adjust. I believe that while we adjust and learn different culture, there will always begin of the new culture because sometime we feel uncomfortable with the culture we lived in, so we decide to act as who we are and the way we act is the new thing for culture we lived in. In other words, we try to be ourselves in others place. That relates to being the out-group. You might hear the quote said "Do as Romans do when you are in Rome". It might help us from being the out-group.
I'm quite confused about some terms but I'll surely make it clear, so in next topic, i can raise some good ideas...
By the way, your picture is nice.
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Hi! Aj M,
ReplyDeleteCultural Syndromes!!!!!
Invidualism VS Collectism
This expereince may be.
When I was an intern with an organization.
I could feel that they are very individual, but me. They go to have lunch alone and shopping alone. I feel surprised.I could not do like them.
When I go to somewhere or do something, I want to go with someone because I will feel confident with my group. If I go somewhere that I am not familiar with, I would feel bad and strange. After finsing internship, I realized that their society is very different from my society and I may have to face that situation again and become a part of them.
P.S Really enjoyed
Thank you,
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Hi aj.M…
ReplyDeleteThese are excellent questions for me to think about myself, my communications through my cultural syndromes that I express to others.
Hmmm…I have been thinking about this discussion for days.
Well…my cultural syndromes are simple because I like calm and relaxing in the society. Moreover, loose because I would not so strict about the cultural norms and when I see the out-group people make mistakes in my culture, I would not blame, and say “its okay”.
I believe that everyone can make mistakes and we can learn from our mistakes to improve it.
In addition, I prefer both collectivistic and individualistic depending on situations. For example; when I work in groups, I would respect the different ideas and listen to everyone’s thought. And I would not choose the smartest people to work with, but I do choose my friends. Certainly, I cannot live alone in the society, and it is impossible for me to do anything that I want. On the other hand, I would be individual sometimes when I need to go somewhere, and learn new things by myself.
I always suppressive or hide my emotions. Because I am so shy and I think that it is impolite to express the direct emotions to the public. And I respect the authority, it is not for the customs but I do the real respect to the respectful people like parents, teachers and so on.
All of these cultural syndromes affect to my communication. For example; when I was in high school, one of my friends would change section because there were many smartest people in that section, but she did not close to them. She also said that even she was very close to me, she did not care much about the friendship, but she cared about her beneficial that she would get from all of that smartest people. :( At that time when I heard her insights, I felt angry, but I kept quiet and walked away from her. Therefore, the communication between my frind and I was failed because we were not understand each other.
I am trying to finish my stories now! :)
See you in class
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Hi, Aj.M
ReplyDeleteFor the question,I think my cultural syndromes is living in Chiang Rai now. Chiang Rai is not my hometown. Everything is different including language, culture, food, weather, etc. Firstly,I lived in Chiang Rai. I could not understand dialect of Chiang Rai. So, I do not get anything that people said with me in dialect. When my northern friends talked together, I could not guess What did they talk? If they gossip me, I will not know anything. For food, I could not eat dialect's food.For the culture, it is quite different Bangkok(my hometown). In Bangkok, I have never seen many feilds and farmings. I just see traffic jam and people who are busy. When I must live here, I have to adjust and adapt myself. Although, it uses a lot of time, I have to do it for survival. But now I still do not understand northern language. 555
Chiang Rai is very cold.
Take care yourself na ka ^^
Good night my husband teacher.
Pornsuda Mutchima
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Cultural syndromes are a pattern of belife, behavior, attitude and value that pepole always think and believe to them. Moreover, it is the powerful chanel that can catch the largre group of people come to communicate and share the idea together.
ReplyDeleteHowever, cultural syndromes of each person always difer and can be changed. It depends on the situation or place you face at that time.
Anyway, I think that cultural syndromes is what the thing that we believe and do at the moment. That is my cultural syndromes.
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Sawaddee kaa AJ.M
ReplyDeleteYes! "It is important to keep clearly in our mind" Sometime we learn and know so much other but do not know clearly in ourselves.
My cultural syndrome may be tightness.
My papa is a police that is apart my syndrome.
I also learnt in boarding school. I had to keep many rules to live there. It became apart of my life. Then, I moved my place and everything seem nice until my test day! While I did my test, some people who sit beside me asked me to copy. I did not give the answer and I was blamed by that one. She told other that I was selfish person. I was very sad in that time, but I could not do as they wanted. Thus, I had to stand with uncomfortable feeling for a while.
For my high school, I’d never been bad student. I was always on time, right hair style, joined school's activities and etc. Because I didn't want any problems and I was happy to follow the rules.
Actually, it isn't mean I'm a kind of strict one. I’m talkative and cheerful with other. There is just a line of my behaviors. It affected that I had to stand hard about bad feeling from them.
Somebody ask me that" you're sad or not about there is no chance of fun stories or excited feeling as cutting classes" Maybe, I might be too fearful for those thing.
Now, I use to break some rules but it's not so serious. It's just dressing.
For emotional expression, Thais were taught to keep the emotion inside. We may call the manners in society. So, the shyness may be the winner for Thai cultural syndrome.
Thank you for great learning!
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These are good comments again... I wonder how you will communicate if you meet someone with opposite syndromes to you? Do you try to communicate, or do you avoid it?
ReplyDeleteFor me, I think my story is one of cultural syndrome.
ReplyDeleteOne day, I went to visit my friends (Thais) in Malaysia. I painted my back-hand with henna. I made it just for fun then we went out of the campus to shopping mall.
During on the way, many people looked at me at that moment I think; maybe they think I am a pretty girl with beautiful dress.
I feel a little bit nervous because many Malaysian look at me very strange.
Actually, it is not, in Malaysia painting henna mean you are married or during the honeymoon. I know what it’s mean after 3 days.
What do you think? At that time, I was only 17 years Thai girl.
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ReplyDeleteMy culture syndrome is Expressive and Individualism. I think my culture syndrom might affect to my communication with other sometime because when I get into other, I often feel strange; I do not feel different (sometime). So, if I sometime need to communicate with other, I will try to communicate effectively as much as I can do it possible because I avoid to miscommunicate and I do not want to have a conflict with other. Moreover, I choose to be passive culture more than active since I think if I am a small spot of other's group, it is the best way to communicate well.
ReplyDelete"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with other." Anthony Robbin
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ReplyDeleteJust got back from lunch :D
ReplyDeleteToday is quite chillin', isn't it?
When I studied about Cultural Syndromes, it really made me think a lot about how another culture could affect you. I went abroad and spent times there almost one year. Of course, I must have got some of the cultures where I was. I have changed in many ways since then.
My cultural syndromes are always in between because of this too. For example, I live in a country that has a collectivism cultural syndrome. At times, I have a very high individualism. I like to be with myself in a quiet place and do things alone. However, I also want to be with friends and don’t like the loneliness. I wonder why sometimes I feel different in the same situation.
Having different cultural syndromes haven’t affected my communication with others, if you’re talking about Thailand. However, I have one story to share with you when I was in USA. It was Homecoming week and I had a chance to go to the dance. There was a guy who was quite good-looking danced with me. Because of my cultural syndrome back then was suppression, I didn’t show how excited and nervous I was. It was nice dancing with him though. The fairy tale ended, he said something nice to me. All I could do was smile and nothing came out from my mouth. I wish I wasn’t so shy so that I could say something nice to him too :( That was the old story. Right now, emotional expression is my cultural syndrome. Can you see how much the culture changed me? This is very interesting. I express my thoughts and emotion more than I used to. Sometimes I even call myself “loud” lol
You know, I love learning about different cultures and different people. It’s interesting and fun. If I meet someone who has a different syndrome from me, I would try to communicate with them for sure. It is quite challenging, in my opinion, to communicate with people who think and act differently.
Have a nice weekend!!
God bless you
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Ps. Sorry if some part doesn’t express clearly about what I really want to share with you. It is difficult for me to explain; I don’t really know how.
Peereda Hongto
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Section 01
Q: What will I do when I meet person who has an opposite cultural syndrome?
ReplyDeleteA: For me, I will continue the communication. My habit is to learn new thing and that's why I will try to communicate with the people who has opposite culture. I will try to understand their communication style and their culture also.
Hello! Ajarn Matthew
ReplyDeleteYesterday I’m study hard and I’m so sleepy all the time because I go to bed late and get up early also. The class in this week of you made me interesting because we could share identity about non-verbal communication, symbols of language that used in each country and so on among the class.
By the way, in my opinion about Cultural Syndromes, it just different place, I think it is a Cultural Syndromes because in each place has different social and surrounding environment. So that, in some situation can be different as well.
I have a story to share with you about the different culture. Last three months,
I had chance to touch with Japanese people and Korean people in my brother’s company. We are worked a part-time job together. We used English language along with sign language to communication. Japanese and Korean people are very cute and friendly with me. Some girls like to hug and kiss me for greeting. I feel strange because I am new at there and we are not a close friend.
In the first time, I feel uncomfortable because my culture or my social is so different from their culture. When I had lunch with them, I saw Korean people are mixed everything together in the bowl such as curry, vegetable and meat but not in Thai. Thai people won’t mix. They will eat in each type of food.
As for Japanese people, when they ate they will chomp. They told me, it means that food is very delicious. I feel humorous but I can take their culture in easily because I’m quite open mind to them. However, it depends on the individualistic or attitude of people because someone can’t take this behavior of Korean and Japanese people. It might be conflict between groups as well. It stills quite conflict with Thai culture because Thai people think it’s not polite.
All of above, I believe that Cultural Syndromes can be change and adapt together.
For me, I can accept and ready to learn new things from other culture.
Good bye, teacher
See you in class :)
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Section: 02
Good afternoon Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, cultural syndrome will happen whenever we contact with other culture.
For example, I went to Myanmar for shopping the one thing that made me bowl out is burmese usually flob while they walked. catch sight of the road there were many spit, and made me so revolt. In Thaidland we will not do like that, because it is not polite. However;I thought that burmese do not think like me, because it is their cultural syndrome. I thought that.
What are your cultural syndromes? How does it affect your communication with Others?
ReplyDeleteI never feel like I used to face with culture syndrome because when I met anyone who came from different culture than me I always know that they must do something different than me. And I will tell myself to be open-minded and reasonable.
If they don't know, tell them to know; and if I don't know, tell me what to do--that's what I always do.
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Hi Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteFor me, I always adjust myself to the place and the group which I live. Sometime I feel everything is go on its way, so I must follow the way of culture that specified for long time.
The first time when I arrived Mae Fah Luang university. I fell uncomfotable for living, but I adjust myself for everything such as eating, saving money, and everything that I never did.
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Hello, Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteIn my life, I have ever been to aboard. I had gone to Myanmar. There is many places familiar with Thailand, but people are difference because they are controled by military. Everything and everybody are complicated for me. I knew that difference place can make me feel fear and nervous.
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Sections. 01
Hi, Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteMy cultural syndrome is when I came to other places where there is not my hometown such as my university.
I have to meet many strangers who came from different places. The strangers have different idea and culture. Sometimes I confuse about something that my friends or others doing because it is different from my culture at my hometown. It make me look like “a joker”.
Name: Thank you
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I would like to tell my culture syndrom when I was 12. I used to study English in the extra course before I'm going to study in secondary school. In our class, there were me and 5-6 boys. Can you imagine? one girl and 5-6 boys and all of them older than me. I was so uncomfortable to talk to everyone in that class exept my tutor. It's quite hard to communicate with boys who older than me and I'm too shy to start. It's not just me to say nothing in the class, the others didn't talk also. As a result, we came from to the another schools, society and tradition. Therefore, they didn't communicate each other much. The result of the two months course was finished without saying anything. I think I absolutely be other for them. I have to use my individualism as much as I can to study that course. However, I can pass it and I proud to say that my score was the hightest.
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Hello, Aj.M
ReplyDeleteI have my experience to share you about Patting on the back.Last two year, The Korean group visited to my church and they stayed at my house. I think that Korean is so kind and friendly to me and my family, but maybe some. a Korean man was talking with me and he gave me a morale and always pat on my back strongly 2 or 3 times. He's not serious to do like that and just smile and smile, laugh and laugh. Absolutely, in that moment I got pain a little bit and felt uncomfortable that a man touch me. Because I'm Thai, it's not easy that man and woman touch each other. So, from this situation I think I'm suppressive and passive because at that moment I should get angry if someone hit my back and make me hurt, but I tried to keep my angry inside and gave him smile...,tried to accept and adapt in the opposite syndrome of Korean culture in order to keep our conversation. However, I saw that this Korean man always pat on other back strongly even my grandma and her face; from smile turn to the opposite. She maybe feel like me. I think that when we're in other cultures or places we should aware and learn about attitude, belief or norm of people in that culture. Sometimes,we ignore and don't know when we act something that we think it's fine in our culture. The way we act maybe make people in another culture feel uncomfortable like me.
when I'm in other cultures which is the opposite syndromes, Some situation is the serious matter and can't really accept in my culture. I have to avoid it absolutely, then explain it to them.
I like to learn more about culture
When I'm in your class, the time pass by very fast. I want to stop clock hands and learn more.I love your teaching style Aj.Matthew
Have a good dream
"GBU" Aj.Matthew
M Y M I N T
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My cultural syndrome can be occur in every a new place. I always face with a new culture that I never know before. For example, I ever have been to America. American always greeting with hug, shake hands, kiss a cheek. When I been there first time, the most of people always greet with shake hands. I felt very shy when I have to touch with a hand of other people. A man who was shake hands with me was laugh about my face is very shy. But he knows that I never do like this before. On the other hands, every situation that called cultural syndrome is serious in my life but I like to learn more about these. Because I don't want to be a cultural syndrome in every the new place.
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Hi Aj.Matt
ReplyDeleteThai people is very shy and they do not express their feeling in public and I also be like that. I think I am the one who is collectivistic. I am not express my emotion in public, I am vertical, passive, expressive, and also specific. Sometime I feel like an other in some situation too. But I don't care with this situation so much because maybe it is not my bussiness. On the other hand I have to change my cultural syndrome to communicate with other. I have to express my feeling in public. I have to be more participate or eye contact or touching with other. So, my cultural syndrome can change. It is depend on the situation but mostly I am collectivistic.
Good Night and Have a nice weekends !!
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ReplyDeleteHi Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteMy culture syndrome is I like to hide emotion also know as suppression in the lesson. I think it really affect my communication with others especially when I’m in new places. I like to hide my emotion because I don’t want to be in trouble with anyone. I think it’s about twenty times per month that I have ideas which are force with friend’s ideas. I know it’s not good because my friends will don’t know exactly what I do like and what I don’t like. On the other hand, it’s not so bad as long as I’m not quarrel with friends. It’s kinda good that I can adjust to friends. Anyway, sometime I prefer to be alone because I’m awkward to be with friends. I know you understand this when you’re not express your exactly emotion for a week (maybe a month) you will feel frustrate. However, if I can be alone just couple days everything will better I will be back with friends and keep hiding my emotion.
Good night ka ^^
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Good morning Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteLast class that I studied about culture syndrom. I'm not quite understand it but after I read in this blog that I got it. So, my culture syndrom is the first time that I came to study in Mae Fah luang university. I am a muslim and live in south of Thailand. It is a result, my friends who stay around me look at me like a monster. I did not know how they though about me that they might think, I am rioter. That time, I felt lack of self-confidence and I wanted to come back my home so much.So, it made me that not dared to talk or smile with other pperson.
Miss.Sutassra Matchawet
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My culture sysdrome is in this semester, I changed my cross-culture communication's section from sec 2 to sec 3 and this new section have many people that I don't know and some people, I have never seen his/her before.Moreover, this section have many intelligence and active student, this is cause of my abashed and quite shy when I want to ask some question about my lesson with you in class. I felf very strange because everything was very new for me. However, I try ro adapt myself with my new section and familiarize with my new friends.
ReplyDeleteIt affects to my communication with others a little bit because I learn to adapt myself with the others and they try to familiarize with me as well.
Miss Sasirada Thapoen
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Good evening..
ReplyDeleteAj. Matthew
I have aready read your culture syndrome from your jogging story and I understand you.
For me, it happen when I have a chance to study here.It about calling of teacher or Aj to my foreign's teacher. I often call 'teacher" to them,at the same time, some of my friend calls the teacher's name.In Thailand,calling only name to someone is not polite we always use the initials word such as aunt, uncle, grand ma, etc. then follow by name.For this reason, I'm not dare to call only my foreign teacher's name. In my first year student I said "teacher" because I don't know another words that better than it. Now I call Aj. and I think it o.k and I'm happy to say it more.Finally, I think it is the way to show that I respect to my teacher.
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Hi Aj. Matthew:
ReplyDeleteI want to share my experience again. lol
I went to American as an exchange student.
In that day, it was coming home or home coming but I could not remember which one. Never mind. . .
It the party, many people were there. I went there with my host brother. I talked to many host brothers' friend. In that moment, 4 girls who talked with me and my host brother started to do something which I did not expected.
They danced very sexy around me. Could you imagine that? 4 girls who were really hot that danced around you!!! I felt really uncomfortable because Thai do not act like this.
I felt really nerviors but happy. lol
It was usual for American kids but not me who are Thai.
After that event, I expected to dance sometime because I think it will happen again somedays. lol
Thank you for enjoy with my story.
have a great night
Luck
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hi Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeletemy culture syndrome is when i went to China, i was quite shocked about the bathroom there especially in the public and in the hotel also, because it was made from a mirror and people outside the bathroom can see easily and the other thing that is strange for me is people there are drive on the right not on the left like Thailand.
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Hi, Aj.M
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, cultural syndromes are depends on each person. However, I think cultural syndrome is space between familiar and strange. Actually, we will feel uncomfortable when we have to face with new thing, new place, and new person.
From my experience, I am an individualist so I think it make me shy to communicate with others person who I am not tight. Actually, I try to adjust myself because I know everything always begin with unfamiliar but one day it will become familiar. Finally, I think different cultures can adapt to one another if we open mind to accept the new things.
“Fah”
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ReplyDeleteAfter i learnt about culture syndrome last week, i think the culture syndrome similar culture shock. I mean, people who live in different place, grow in different belief, do in different behavior, and so on are think that other is strange. Also the stranger does not know the culture, s/he will feel uneasy.
ReplyDeleteFor my experience, Bangkok, the city of people who barge in every activities; transport, working, etc. I used to took to bus which there are motorbikes come after the bus and i walked slow because i avoid dangerous. Someone behind me told me to hurry (don't you scare of car crash? I think). Then i found that everyone in the bus are afraid of working late than safety of their life.
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For the question, I have an experience and I think it’s may a cultural syndrome. I’m quite not sure about this.
ReplyDeleteI am northerner because I was born in the Northern of Thailand but I can’t speak a dialect of Northern. I used to try to speak a dialect but it’s not the same like a northerner. I always talk with other people in Thai language not a dialect. When I studied in high school, I had my group about seven persons who can speak dialect except me. When my friends complained or blamed me, they spoke dialect. It made me confused and didn’t understand. They laughed me and they thought it was funny when I didn’t know what they said to me. Sometime I felt other.
Moreover, when I went to my relative’s house (Lamphun), they want to talk with me. I didn’t understand because they sppke the other dialect (It’s called Yong). It’s not the same like my hometown (Lampang).When I went to my relative’s house, I like to be alone. I always read the book instead of talk with my relative. Actually, I don’t want to read the book all the time but I try to avoid them to talk with me. I feel sorry with my relative because I seldom talk with them. Sometime they talk the funny story, many people laugh but I don’t understand and try to keep silent. I really feel other. My parents always tell me to talk something with the relative because they’re afraid the relative think that I’m arrogant. It’s very hard for me to communicate with them. I never do it well.
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Hello Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteYou said that you felt other there.People laughed you, but why you took a photo with him?
You liked him or he was the only one that didn't laugh you.
For the question, my cultural syndrome happened when I went to Bangkok first time since I was young. I took a bus with my mom. Many people catched for the chair. No one was kind. They did not smile. It was different from my hometown. People smiled and they were very kind. They always gave the old men and women the chair. So, I don't like to live in Bangkok anymore. I love to live in the rural, "land of kindness".
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Good afternoon, Aj.Matthew
ReplyDeleteActually, I think there are many cultural syndromes in my life but some parts of them are keeped somewhere. One story reveal in my brain. I will relate you.. When I study in 2 years at here. I saw the annoucement about chinese orchestra by chinese center. They needed singer to join with them. Then, I came to register and interviewed. They asked me to sing chinese and Thai songs. Well, I thought I didn't do quite well. Then, I waited for their consideration. Once day, they called me to join with them. I'm very happy. After that, I went to practice with band. But there was something different. Every people in this band came from Chinese major and I am only one person who came from English major. Oh man! I'm lonely. Actually, I can speak Chinese a little bit. but when chinese teacher said I coudn't understand all of that.TT Moreover, they said together but not with me. you know what I felt... I felt other. This wesn't my place. The reason why I joined with this because I loved sing a song and Chinese language. I tried to endure till I showed on the stage. Then, I didn't come back again.TT
Caltural Syndrome is every places wherever we live.
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Hello, Aj. Matthew (' ',)
ReplyDeleteActually, when I have been in a new place, society or face with new situation, of course, it is my cultural syndrome.
The cultural are different is because we are different.
Some might think their way of life is the best but other it's not.
Therefore, when the other look us form the outside (out group) they may a little bit strength with our culture and also opposite.
That can cause to difficult communication with different culture but if you just open mind, accept the differences, it is not difficult to communicate anymore because we are all human, we are all the same.
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GoOD AfTeRNoON Kaaa… Aj. Matthew
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I think culture is a parts of humans daily life especially behavior; their behavior depend on the situation. Cultural syndromes are a main role to communicate; it is the important thing to live together in the society. All of human already have the cultural syndromes in their selves since they were born. However, Humans should learn the difference of each person to adaptation because different person, different though. It is better if some people can learn and adapt the new things in the short time, whereas some people still believe in their selves and anti other ideas all the time. In terms of thought, no one is right or wrong, any ideas have the reason in its.
About my experience, I would like to talk about one of my feeling. I feel bad if someone who I know isn’t genuine. About this person, former, I just know about her name, later she becomes one of my friend groups. We study and work group together but I don’t know before she won’t to work with us because we are weaker than her. She looks for a new group all the time because she wants to work with the stronger person. She cares about herself more than friends’ feeling. Sometimes, she wants to go to somewhere, she will invite especially that person who can take her to that place. If you are me, how do you feel? I feel very bad; however she will be my friend. I still talk and work together if she wants or if I can bear. The latest week, Aj. taught us about instrumental and expressive, I think of her face immediately. Meanwhile I and other my friends in group choose expressive; we concern about the relationship, surely it’s important than the duty. Opposing of her; she think of the benefit first, other things aren’t effect to her life.
No one is perfect but the main point is accepting and adaptation in the difference of other people, it will make us live together happiness. A person who think other people are stupid, let’s you know you think incorrect because the stupidest person is the person that clam down others. If you really are intelligence, even though you don’t show but other people know. The stupid person in the present will be the intelligent in the future because anything isn’t sure.
Thanks for the lesson; it makes me know others people ideas and why I think like this, others think like that. Thank you so much for your knowledge. ^^
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Hello, Aj. M
ReplyDeleteI have been many country where is different culture in each place. Some different culture is very close to our daily life such as the way how to eat.
A lot of Thai love to eat pizza by putting ketchup, oregano, and chili powder which is different from American(I'm sure about other western people) that just only parmesan.
One of my Brazilian friend prefers pizza with ketchup which makes him as stupid people from from his American friends. He still eats in that way because he thinks it is taste good for himself. Actually, parmesan is good enough for me
So I think it depends on your life style and each culture that you want to accept, adapt or refuse it. You should try it first then make a decision what is going to be.
But the most important thing is "Just be yourself,don't lose it"
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ReplyDeleteIn fact, if we are going to live in new place, new experience, new culture, or another country; we may feel clutched and I believe that everyone used to feel like that. If we face with new thing, we might feel different.
For the question; my culture syndrome seem to be emotional expression. I like to show or express my feeling. For example, I like to express feeling when I felt very happy; I will smile and talkative. When I felt uncomfortable with someting; I might express through my face like >o< or --" I don't like to hide emotion because it makes me feel very mad.
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ReplyDeleteHow was your weekend? Is it good?. For me this weekend is Fantastic. I have been going to party at Drink Solution. this is a first time that I lived there and not drunk 555. Actually I want to stop drink any Alcohol. I need to change my life. In past, I love to enjoin party. I ever going to party around 5 time/weeks or every day. I feel fun and happy when I lived there. I know drink Alcohol is not good for my health, but you know? this is a reality about teenager's life. 555 (I don't know, Is it true?.)but now i realize that I will fun and happy without it. and you know? women drunk. I think it is look so bad in people's opinion. So now I'm quit.
OK. I love your question about Culture syndrome. for me I love to communicate with people. I love to talk with people, but sometime I also love to be alone. so I think I was a individualism and collectivism, but it depend on situation. By the way, I do not understand myself. Normally I do not have problem with present in front of class. Actually I rather do it well. Because of I have high confident, but that day. I must present about proposal in writing 3. You know? I am so excited and nervous. I don't know why, but all that I know is I can't do it. I can't present proposal in front of class. I need to scream. When I must present it. Oh You know? My hand was shake, and I can't say anything. I can not say anything. While My friend and teacher look at me. It makes me think that I must do it. So I say with Mr. CL " Give me just one minute" and then I walk out of room, and I can't believe I do that I scream. and then I can present it. I so shy, Oh I think What I have done. You know? sometimes I really don't understand myself 555. So this is my story. I don't know it relate with your question or not , but I want to share My experience.
Have a nice day.
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ReplyDeleteI’ve been watch a show which is called Heroes during this weekend. This show has given me other differences of how to explain the meaning of cultural syndrome. Sometime I think that I am different from others and it makes me feel freak. This show realizes to me that nobody different but we just need a time to adjust and to feel familiar with it. There is one quotation from the show that I think it explains the meaning of Cultural Syndrome to what do I think? That is “One of them, one of us”. In that show, one side of extraordinariness is trying to against people who cause extraordinariness in vain. In finally, people with extraordinariness accept that they all are the same. If they are one of them so they are one of us” I think it might hard to adjust the freak at the beginning but finally everyone adjusts and becomes the same.
Honestly, I really don't know that my cultural syndromes are, but I'm interested in the Individualism and Collectivism.
ReplyDeleteFor someone they may like when they get together in group, it might make them more confident. For me, sometimes getting in group is good, but somtimes it makes me feel really uncomfortable to be with lots of people. I fell dizzy when i'm among crowded. I really don't like it, and it somtimes affect when i want to communication with other people. When I feel bad or uncomfortable, I really don't like to talk to anybody, so I really like the privacy. I don't like when someone always disturb or invade the distance of mine.
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ReplyDeleteFor your question, I think cultural syndrome means a new place or new culture that I never know about it. It is as same as the first time that I came to this university. I had to found a new language that it's very difficult to understand which it made me different from my friends or many people in this province. However, I think everyone in this world has to found the new things that it will be the experience for life.
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Food evening Aj. Matthem
ReplyDeleteFor the question. I think cultural can be everything when we live in the different place for example food, tradition, language and etc. It made us fell strange, shy and uncomfortable when we do somthing that doesn't belong to their culture. I think it must take time to adjust ourselve to their culture and we will get better from cultural symdrom.^^
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ReplyDeleteI do not sure that situation is a culture syndrome or not but I think it is.
ReplyDeleteI am one of the Thai people who is really shy. When I have to talk to a group of people I did not know before, I feel so uncomfortable. I cannot communucate with them as well as possible. Moreover, I do not have enough confidence to talk to them. It is because I am too shy to express my feeling or ideas; therefore, I just sitting quietly and listen to them without any words. I feel like I am a stranger when i have to face with this situation.
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Good evening Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, cultural syndromes are the different style of each culture.
In the real world, everyone can be others in these situation: working in groups, traveling to other places,and so on. Those of them can learn how to adapt and change their behavior to get well with those culture by themselves.
In fact, I live in Trat, which is near the border of Cambodia and it is full of Cambodian. When I was young, I had to live with my counsin in the urban for my studying. therefore, I seldom lived with my parents and I do not get accostomed to my real house. Everytime I back home, I seem to be others and I feel very bad for a while. After that my bad feeling is disappeared because I know how to communicate with Cambodian.
Thank you
Have a sweet dream ^-^
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ReplyDeleteIt's quite hard to answer your questions.
I think that in each place have different culteral syndromes. Everyboby must face with the problem when they want to communicate.
I will become the out group when I go to the place that not my hometown. In contrast, if someone goes to my hometown and they do not know
my culture, they will become the out group too.
Therefore, life is learning and the human know the way to survive. I think the people can adapt themselve in different situation.
Umm... no one do not want to be a out group forever, right.
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Good evening Aj.Matthew,
ReplyDeleteNice weather again :) So, it's good for your jogging. And how about this week ka Ajarn?? I hope you enjoy your weekend. ^_^
Thanks for your good topic and nice story again. Enjoy visitting this blog community every week. :) Hook questions to let students think again and again...Really nice. :P
I think the causes of feeling of being other are from new place and time. Once, you feel familair with it, you won't be other.
I think that not only you who have this feeling, but also so do I. I will tell you my story now.
I remember that when I came to the first day of my junior high school class, I didn't know anyone there. I felt very nervous and worry about new place because my close friend who studied with me at primary school didn't entrance at my same school :( So, this time I felt others of group. I felt like I stood on the empty earth alone..My head didn't propel..Unconciousness of seeing many new classmates' face. But once, I got to know them, I can get along with them very well and feeling of being other was gone away. It's like the magic, really nicely treat me!! I felt warm instead LOL.
I think if you go jogging at that zone several times, maybe you will get new friends there. LOL So, Go jogging there again and again, and you will not be other to them!! Kidding na ka haha :P
Well, I think your case is also related to cultural syndrome and non-verbal communication. This is local Thai custom that if they see foreigners or "farang", they will greet you by sending some sign such as laughing or yelling like you faced this situation. My teacher at high school was also received this greeting from students, of course, my friends and I was there and we screamed to the new face teacher in our school.:P We think that it's such a warm kindness welcome for him/her. Like superstars from abroad visit Thailand!!! LOL I hope you will understand this sign of people there from my experience naka Ajarn. Don't mind them. Unique of different culture... Maybe, you would be shocked at that time... It's the complexity and conflict of cultural syndrome ,because sometimes I feel that even though I'm Thai like them, when I go to another place I don't know, I will also feel other. Thus, not only foreigners, or in this case, you who felt other, but Thais, or in this following case, I living in Thailand also have this feeling when I went to Southern of Thailand.
My experience there was really strange from the North. I used to live with local people with "eco-tourism" trip and at that time I felt other because I didn't speak and eat like them. How sad I am!! but I couldn't bare this feeling for long. So, I adapted and adjusted myself to stay with them happily, and it changed or turned my attitude and feeling from forehand to backhand. This is the wonderful moment of mine. Valuable experience that I can't buy from anybody else, but I touched it with my hands by myself. I really like them, they are like my warm family. :) OHH!!, your topic makes me miss them so much. I'll go there again if I have time. =)
Umm..Give me a second to observe myself! and then I'll come back to comment again ...Haha it's too difficult to answer like you said ka Ajarn.
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Good evening, Aj.M ^^
ReplyDeleteHow is it going? Hope you had a good weekend since today is Sunday, meaning we all got to start another new week again from tomorrow on!! :(
Anyway, for your question, I would say that my culture syndrome is Emotional Suppression, specifically when I was in USA. The reason why I always talk about this country is that I usually felt Other out there. It happened when I was about to come back to Thailand. My friends and I had planned to cook Thai food for our colleagues. And then I asked one of them whether or not she would like Thai food. You know what? The answer that I got was No!!. Without second thought, I was not sure if I weirdly react, but I also asked why didn't she like. She said that because she doesn't eat Thai food, so she doesn't like it.
It was embarrassing and weird. Although I couldn't say anything, I still asked her to try. I couldn't dare to blame her that even she didn't want to try she could haven't answered like that in order to be considerate to us, Thai friends who proudly offered Thai pride. As Thai people, I have been told that we should keep what we think it might hurt others in our mind and reply what we think it's good. I got to keep my embarrassment and tell myself that we both are from different culture. Westerners are more likely to express their thoughts and feelings rather than Easterners.
Nevertheless, I realized how important cultural different is since then. I tend to look at American with more open-mindedness.
Hopefully, you can understand what I have tried to tell about relating to my Emotional Suppression Syndrome.
Thanks, Aj.M
Have a good dream ^^
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Hello AJ. M !
ReplyDeleteI think my family has many Thai cultural syndromes.
My clear cultural syndrome is showing on a holiday.
I don’t know why we have to come together.
We do everything together.
Such as the New Year; we will go to the temple
in the morning. We pray and give food offerings to
a Buddhist monk together.
When we arrive home, we will have breakfast together.
For my family, we always have breakfast after monk.
I don’t know why, but my grandmother said like that.
After that, we will talk together.
The elders of my family always talk about the past time.
It seems to be the legend or fairy tale of my family.
The things that I know about my family are collectivism
and vertical cultural.
I mean the elders always affected to my family a lot.
But, sometime they make me got mad.
I still do many things as they want. 555+ ^-^
Even though they’re wrong, they’re still correct.
(I’m not sure, you understand me or not 6 ^.^)
You know what? This February my big family plan
to come to see me here. I think they have to spend
a lot of money for ticket and hotel reservation.
So, I think I hate the collectivism, some time.
However, I can’t push it away from my life.
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I think this question is the most easy one (Please do not find the difficult for us 555)
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I need to tell the eternal truth that every country or culture has the difference. Every one have ever been other and in group. Every person has ever met meet with both vertical and horizontal, also suppressive but expressive.
From my real experience, I have ever met the vertical and horizontal situation when I studied at Chiang Mai College of Dramatic Art in Khon Pra program. On the account of fact that Thai dance is the heritage sending from ancient. That is why most teachers must be the royal people, but some are not. When I had class that I had to learn with royal teacher, I had to be quiet, sat with the straight back, walked slowly and used the higher speech. On the other hand, when I learned with general teachers, I can feel relaxing, less stress, and find the freedom in terms of sharing opinion.
The other experience that I had ever met was other and in group. It means I have ever been the active and passive. When I need to be the national cheerleader, I had to compete with many people around Thailand, about 200 people. I felt others because I was the only one who come from Chiang rai, and the older team brother usually laughed at me. They also said that I could not be the national cheerleader. Finally I could be the one of eighteen member in Thailand team and got the champion in National Cheerleader Competition 2006 At Australia that had the teams come from U.S.A, Australia, Japan, New Zea land, Taiwan (my hometown), and your hometown(Canada). After I got the champion and before graduated, I had to find the new member instead the old group. I became the in group who look at new people to be other.
My experience shows that we should not blame others who think you are other, because you have ever been like them.
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ReplyDeleteLet me talk about my cultural syndrome that is not far from myself. I'd love to share about my family. In this case, I mean my extend family. As you've already know that Thailand is collectivism, loose culture, vertical and suppression, my extend family is also similar because we are in Chinese family - Asian people, but on the contrary, we are different in term of loose culture and suppression.
I always visit my extend family in Bangkok a few times within a year but since my grandpa and grandma died, we don't meet much like the past. My grandparents are very strict to their kids, and of course, their grandson/daughter including me.T__T They have many rules, norms and also tradition to teach their next generation. I think it's good but sometimes it's really hard to follow. So, other members in our family, my parents and I sometimes disgreed and after that they blamed us.. We just heard it again and again. I think my experience is the conflict of cultural syndromes between loose and tight culture. My single family members: dad, mom, brother and I are in the middle way of tight and loose. We open mind to understand each person's reason. But for my grandparents, they seem to have the old traditional custom; they are very strict. So, we're in tight culture and should follow every things that they always behave and teach. Also, my extend family love to express our thought and emotion obviously towards family members. I think this is our expression syndrome and I think it's good for appropriate or the right thing. On the contrary, we don't act out or behave for the wrong things. So, seemingly it's half/half.
Therefore, human being is being called 4-dimension person or complex person, and hard to understand other sides.
BUT!!Plz Come back for my Chinese extend family again. I'd love to share with you and others here. I love this one. I love Chinese New Year tradition that elders give money for younger and it is still the same, not change...haha :P LOL One year, One chance!! AwESoME!! :)Indeed, I love my extend family so much because we're warm to be together even though it's very big, but wait!! I love only spending sometimes together. If we live together for long, conflicts will be happened. Many people, Many different ideas, behavior and so on...Anyway, right now I can adapt and adjust myself to get along with my extend family very well even though I live in single family having dad, mom, brother and me now.
This is all of my cultural syndromes that I'd love to share by the way.
OHH!! Incredible!! I love this one; saying that you stated from Alberto Manguel.
"Our life is never individual… it is endlessly enriched by the presence of the other, and consequently impoverished by his absence. Alone, we have no name and no face, no one to call out to us and no reflection in which to recognize our features."
- From this saying, I think that everyone always live with others, you are not alone in this world. Our world is divided into many parts for us to live happily with each other. Peace is always better than Conflict or War ever if we understand and know others. So, Culture is prepared for us to study each toher as we've known "CULTURAL STUDIES" or even this CCC course. Each name that we are called today is artificial but the real one is our mind, our heart, our thought, our feeling towards others. Either feel good or messy?? I prefer good ones: "PEACE","HAPPINESS","KINDNESS", and "WARMTH" even though they are rare from this earth. Differenct cultures are not the barrier for us. No boundaries between us!! We are all the same - "GLOBAL FAMILY"!. This is all what I think.
Hope you enjoy reading mine. :)
Thanks a lot.
Good night ka ^_^
Have a nice week and Please take care of yourself.
See you. :)
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Good night Kra Aj. M. ^_____^
ReplyDeleteTonight is quite very cold, isn't it? How beautiful weather it is. I love winter time.
it's already monday, we should ready and be happy with new things are coming to our life whetever bad or good. We must accept, learn and adapt it thoguh.
After i've read your question, i've noticed about my cultural syndrome and realized that i'm a Suppresion person and Passive culture.
There are many situations i have faced and i'm pleasure to share with everyone. The situation i'm going to share. It's obiously scene about my Suppresion person.
Once time in Germany, the situation took place at Secondary School. i've known a german teacher. One day, she wanted me to go her school with her. (deep in my heart i felt nervious but i hide it) It's different because i went to school not went for traveling. Then i finally went with her.
After the class had finished, She took me to a breake room. On the way i passed, i met many german teachers. She introduced me to all. i didn't know which the good way i had to do. Did i shakehand with them or Wai? i'd chosen Wai to them. And she said what did you do? i said i was greeeitng you in Thai symbol. Uhh!! On the other hand she didn't show how was interested in my culture at all. Then She shakehand with me though. T-T
(just only person did like that) T-T, never mind. Ah! I accepted and kept in my mind.
Later, on the breake room, there were many German teachers again. (you know i was sitting among many teachers. (i felt strange and uncomfortable) There was a big cheesecake on a table and she who have known me brought a piece of cake to me. Then i ate it without caring anything. Suddenly, One of German teacher asked that How to speak before you having a meal? Well, i said in Thailand, there was no specify word to say before having a meal. You Know She Told that I was 'RUDE' & 'IMPOLITE'.
That sth i've faced i thought it's bad for me coz culture isn't right or wrong at all. How come did she adjude me like that. I surely knew myself that i'm a Suppresion person on that sth. Because at that time, i didn't show aggressive or even agrument to that tecaher at all. i just hide it and talked with her later for explaining. But at that time my english was evey weak so i can't ecplain it so long. Licky me!! German teacher who have known me helped me to explain. And She said i was not Rude and inpolite immedialy after she heard. ^_______________^
Germans always say 'Guten Appetit' before having a meal. Even though they don't speak out lound, they speak in their mind.
I've stayed in Germany for almost 1 month and half for traveling. After i'd faced with this sth, i always said 'Guten Appetit' when having a meal up there.
PS, I wish you could understand of what i've said and even my feeling when i faced it.
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Good night Nra Kra Aj. M.
See you in Class on Tue.
Have a sweet dream.
AorAiriiz ^_^
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ReplyDeleteAhh!! i've read you had faced when you're jogging though the road. People laughed and yelled out at you as you ran by clearly.
*I'd like to share at the same your sitution.*
I also hate to be other. The situation took place at secondary school in Germany again. As i have told you i knew a german woman teacher. She wanted me to go to Secondary School with her
She took me tour around her school. You know German students looked at me since i walked from in front of the school untill the class. i thought Was i stranger? coz there was no Asian student drown there. Of couse yes! i was stranger and I was the one girl from Asia. It seemed like 'Odd One Out' There - -'. i thought at that time Lucky me!! no one noticed me.
Later, she introduced me to her students in front of the class. OH Gosh!!!!! How excrited and nervious i was. i'm pretty shy person. I introduced myself by saying 'SA WASS DEE KRA' to them and taught them to pronouced too. Great Time!! Germans tried to pronouned my language. I smiled. ^_^. After i had introduced, i went to sit with German's friend. She was every nice and friendly. She took turn to teach her language too. Love it. :) We kept talking without paid attention in Class on that day. Lucky me we keep in touch till now.
I think, it's good experience i have had.
There are both of bad and good i got.
'Value of Life' Even though it's not much, it's always still in my mind and learnt.
PS, Maybe, those people laughed and yelled out at you. They'd like to know you that's why they acted like that. ^_^ i thought you're not be other if you have a chance to talk with them. In my opinion Communication can helps us to close together.
* So sorry, Such a long message up here for this week, Hope you'll not bore when you read it out.*
Aorairiiz ^_^
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Good night again.
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What are your cultural syndromes? How does it affect your communication with Others? These may be difficult questions to answer, but I wonder what you think about this. Aj. M
ReplyDeleteSawaddee ka Aj.M,
My cultural syndromes are complex, tight, collectivism, vertical, passive, particularism, specific, expressive, emotional suppression culture. They are all effect to my life noticeably. If I hadn't came to that class, i would know nothing about these syndromes. From my experiences about cultural syndromes, I want to say that the emotional suppression is my main problem following with passive culture and complex culture.
It is the hardest thing for me to speak or stay in the same place with people whom I don't really know his thought-view. It's happened when I was a freshmen. People in my province separated in to two sides; Thaksin or Aphisit. It was very terrible when people making side and trying to build their community. I was very nervous and tried to escape their conversations. It happened every where, even in my home. I had to hide my thinking, my emotion, my believe, my view or any thing concerning my politic attitude from my mother. At home, we respect each other perspective when we not say it out loud. (It is kind of weird, I know.) Mother always tell me about responsibility and respectability on my words - don't say or do any thing if u cannot handle it. Southern people are very strict about politics and believe so conflict raises very fast. I had a huge problem to start talking with other people outside my family at that time because I didn't really know their side. It might hurt me and my family. Sometimes, I hope this world better to have none political issue. According to that experience, I realize to not talk about politics outside the classroom and my family. Even there were full of conflicts and arguments but every one took side before start to exchange the ideas.
Sorry if my comment is too confused.
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Hi Aj. M, Are you hungry?
ReplyDeleteI’m very hungry!!! But I’ve to finish this blog first.
Most Thai people are collectivism but it is not for my family.
My family is quite individualism the reasons are we like to live alone in peace, my father and my big brother are like to travel as well.
However, it has not any affect to me because my life is individualism as well.
I prefer to work alone. I think work in group may have a different ideas but it is slow like a snail to finish the work.
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Hello, Aj. Matthew…
ReplyDeleteI know that I am ‘Collectivism’and
‘Expressive’ because I like to work in a group or pair. Also, I do not like the individual work because I know that I do not know everything. I like the way sharing thought and ideas with friends for asking their comment and suggestion.
However, that depends on the situation.
For example...
This semester, I must study with many new friends in a new section. Without any of my old friends, I always feel sad, lonely and feel like the ‘other.’ Everyone talks funny and seems friendly with me. Nevertheless, it’s hard to make a new relationship with many people in a short time. I always scared with the new unfamiliar like an unfamiliar places, friends or any situations.
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This was the best discussion so far. I have learned a lot about you all and I really appreciate these shared experiences at home and abroad. I think that you clearly understand cultural syndromes, so now I wonder how we can use this knowledge to understand others and negotiate how we can communicate together, even though we come from very different worlds.
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ReplyDeleteIt is obviously to be collectivism. It is strange if you do things alone in this country (if you are not in Bangkok). When people see you walk alone or have lunch alone, the question 'why' coming to them?
I sometimes doing thing alone, sometimes i feel lonely. However, I sometime feel good because I can spent time with myself to think what I have done on those days.
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i'm always being an individualism.
ReplyDeletei prefer to working alone more than working in group.
For this semester my cultural is when i go to classroom to study with junia students.
it makes me feel other of them. because i'm a senior student.
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Good Morning Aj. Matthew.
ReplyDeleteMy cultural syndromes is being other. i used to live with my uncle for 1 year. in my uncle's house, it consists of my uncle, uncle' wife, 2 sisters, brother and housekeeper. i feel other even if they are my relative. they rarely talk to me or smile with me. they feel like i am not their member. so, it can make me feel cramped and uncomfortable. i just know that being other is a very bad thing. now, i try not to live with other people.
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Hello Aj Matthew
ReplyDeleteMy cultural syndromed is collectivism. It is normally that Thai students always makes a main group of friends for work together.
I moved from section 1 in this course with my close friends. We are have only 3 person that makes uncomfortabled when we need to make group work. We need to seperated ourseleves for work with another who did not talk together before. It is hard to change some part of our behavior for do group work smootly.
However, I will try more to improve my relationship with my new classmate for solve these peoblem.
I hope , it will be better and have beneficial in the future.
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Hello Aj. Matthew
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about this comment is too late.
I think I have more cultural syndrome in my life.
For example, when I go to another place where I never go there. I always confuse and don't know...what should I do?...
I confuse to do anything because it maybe different with their cultural such as I go to study at Mae Fah Luang University. this is northern of Thailand but I come from Bangkok. I don't know thier cultural but I know it is differet from my hometown or my parents very much. So, I try to change my behavior and learn their culture by myself or my friends.
Jutawan Piansiripinyo 5031006135 Section 3
Hello,
ReplyDeleteAj. Mathew ^^
On this point, I think this topic sound interested to lot of students, according to lots of comments!!
and for me..
Thai cultural syndrome, all Thai people know well that we are vertical syndrome: give an important and also respect to each people differently. So I will not talk much about it.
One of Thai interested syndrome is the feeling of ashamed expression called emotional suppression. Most of Thai people are afraid and shy to express real feeling. However, one of my observing is Thais give high credit to foreigner especially Western people but we will give low credit to our neighbor foreigners and also along to us. I could not surely mention that ....Is this stereotype or not? When we communicate to both sides, some expressions are different.
Familiarly, Thais afraid to communicate with native speakers or foreigners and this also results to miscommunication. On the other hands, when Thais talk to foreigners from Burma or Laos not only uncared about afraid but also insult them. This is truth and I experienced it!
''''''' Back to emotional suppression again, could you remember to the questionnaire of the previous chapter Aj. M.?
>>>> In public, do you hide your emotions, or do you feel free to show it?
I found that sometimes the result of questionnaire or survey might be inexact! Why not? Because ,the answers sometime were expressed to be in a good sense to the receiver. Again, this is from my experience!! - -"
and...
some friends answered the above question as emotional expression which means they feel free to show emotions. In fact, I see most of them are ashamed to express the real feeling, thought and action. And me either eiei ^^”
" WE ARE AS SHY AS TOLD SOMEONE WE ARE SHY "
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I am not sure that you get my idiom ><"
Therefore, all above are the reasons why I think Thai cultural syndrome is emotional suppression.
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Name: KIS
ID:503 1006 043
SECTION: 03