Somethings Are Different

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Just a quick note on my idea that somethings are just different. For example sometimes I find myself going up a set of stairs and looking up I see a crowd of people headed toward me. I realize, usually too late that I am on the wrong side of the stairs. Sometimes things are just different. The same thing happens to me when I am walking down the sidewalk. I find myself getting mad because I feel like people are blocking the entire sidewalk. However, then I realize that it is just the difference in space between bodies. As a Canadian I am use to a large amount of personal space between people. 

Here in Macau things are different the concept of personal space is different. The people on the sidewalk are not blocking the sidewalk, they are just leaving a smaller space for me to pass them. By Canadian standards they are blocking the way. By Chinese standards this is just normal. I am slowly learning sometimes things are just different. Not wrong or bad, just different.