True...
maybe our english is not so good but it seems that most of
taiwanese are very friendly to foreigners as long as u speak
in english or chinese in strange accent. we always try to
give u a hand and solve ur problems as well as we can.
sometimes too zealous...i think
when i went to sg, i found that people are cooler than tw.
but i think that it's just the culture difference. and that's
ur character.
cool as in dressing well? ok, ok, only koking.
i was in taipei earlier this year. yes, i find taiwanese,
esp in taipei and the younger gen, are overwhelmingly influenced by
the japanese. the good of that are the basic courtesy extended to
all, social graces and a generally tolerant society. the downside
is the `apeing' of the japanese youth culture. i think it is too
overwhelming.
singapore societal maturity, however, is not cultivated
since independence. blame it on ourselves. even in hk, where
the pace of life is faster than here, people queue up for buses.
the irony of things here, singaporeans are so regimented in so
many things so much so that in areas where a little
exercise of self-discipline and courtesy, there isn't any. uniquely
singapore, you bet.
