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This is why most Asian I know are F***** up, Part II... but seeing as how I've been out of Irvine for more than a year now; I'm in a better place now, hopefully.
This by any means is not intended to be derogatory by any means. I'm simply trying to be a cultural coach here; and as always, I'm asking for feedback on how valid my observations are. If you deal with Asian of any kind, I feel it's important to at least be aware of cultural differences from Western Culture.
These differences are so divergent that we don't even have words to describe it. They simply have never been translated. But they exist, they are real, they govern a lot of what you "feel" when a bunch of Asian gather together.
A quick google search brings up these hits for LiMao & KeQi
http://secondchina.com/Learning_Modules/AWARE/content/AWR_polite_limao_keqi.html
Very similarly, Iranians have something call Ta-arofhttp://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyt...of-in-persian-and-limao-in-chinese-EGt6yktsWY
If you have just 10 minutes, just listen to this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdyMkFMY_Xk[/youtube]
I don't have time to go into the specific details; and I can go into more detail about personal experiences later. But it is the MAIN reason why Asians drive me so crazy!!!
This is why most Asian I know are F***** up, Part II... but seeing as how I've been out of Irvine for more than a year now; I'm in a better place now, hopefully.
This by any means is not intended to be derogatory by any means. I'm simply trying to be a cultural coach here; and as always, I'm asking for feedback on how valid my observations are. If you deal with Asian of any kind, I feel it's important to at least be aware of cultural differences from Western Culture.
These differences are so divergent that we don't even have words to describe it. They simply have never been translated. But they exist, they are real, they govern a lot of what you "feel" when a bunch of Asian gather together.
A quick google search brings up these hits for LiMao & KeQi
http://secondchina.com/Learning_Modules/AWARE/content/AWR_polite_limao_keqi.html
Very similarly, Iranians have something call Ta-arofhttp://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyt...of-in-persian-and-limao-in-chinese-EGt6yktsWY
If you have just 10 minutes, just listen to this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdyMkFMY_Xk[/youtube]
I don't have time to go into the specific details; and I can go into more detail about personal experiences later. But it is the MAIN reason why Asians drive me so crazy!!!