31 October 2023(Version française en bas)
RoudoudouxStrange how the mind works, leading you along country roads ...Where does the word "Mistral" come from?What is "Le Mistral Gagnant"?My grandchildren to-be.Where does the word "Mistral" come from?"Mistral"...
Showing posts with label #Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Culture. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Sunday, 23 July 2023
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WESTERN AND CHINESE CULTURES
23 July 2023What are the major differences between Chinese and Western cultures?Having lived in Thailand for about 10 years now and in Europe for longer and the Middle East too, I think I’m well qualified to compare Chinese and Western cultures.The biggest difference I discovered between the two, at a fundamental level, is their priorities. Chinese culture tends to prioritise the result or the end, whereas Western society prioritises the process or the means.China is Outcome-Driven To put it very bluntly, China cares more about money than...
Saturday, 27 May 2023
YESTERDAY, A STREAKER AT THE BALI DANSE
27 May 2023Bule Kesurupan Masuk Ke PUREhttps://coconuts.co/bali/news/naked-german-woman-crashes-balinese-dance-show-at-ubud-temple/mp4 uncensored available ...
This unusual sighting occured at the Balinese danse near Ubud Palace (Puri Saraswati) on Monday 22 May . The danse was interrupted by a streaker Was it drugs? Who knows? She was deported back to Germany, refused to get on the plane and is now in a home for mentally disturbed...
Saturday, 20 May 2023
BULLSZ BLOOD AND WHISKY
20 May 2023Strange tale of a village sacrificing a buffalo, drinking its blood (with a little whisky...) through bamboo pipes, in an animist rite to stay on friendly terms with the gods. Everyone happy. Quite dramatically shows what we were like before religion, culture, almost before language, certainly before history : that's what we were like then and that is what we are still like today, underneath the veneer.
And by the...
Saturday, 24 December 2022
COMPARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF TWO ENGLISH CULTURES
22 December 2022
A subject that fascinates me is how the way we think, and how we get motivated, changes over time and from culture to culture.You and I are different. I am different from my grandfather.But how to we think? What makes us tick? Why are we different?The West is still the dominant world culture, I would say. It's been this way for three hundred years now. Why is this? Why do western people seem to have so much vitality? Is...