~~Due to the effectiveness of Canadian ‘political correctness’, the word ‘stupid’ had become an insult rather than an adjective to describe a person of low intelligence - or at least this is what has been said several times. Read more…
~~Having been a bit busy of late with work and a 10 day trip to my favourite haunts in Thailand, I have missed what’s been going on here at CLM. The 36 questions seems to be a hot topic of debate and I am sure I will get chance to put my comments in just as soon as I have swallowed it all. But for now I am raging with desire to post another blog. Read more…
Those of you who have any experience of China and it’s culture will know that ‘face’ is probably the number one most important thing. Read more…
Learning a second language is something that many people think they can never do, but it’s actually easier than you think, for several reasons. Read more…
Bore Warning! This blog has the potential to be the most boring blog I have written so far, so before I start I want to issue a ‘Bore Warning’. Any cross-cultural relationship is going to have ‘language problems’ and I want to talk about ways in which many of us can learn to overcome language barriers. Read more…
I know my fellow blogger Barry believes in it as do many people I am associated with here, but does Karma really exist? I guess it’s up there with ‘fate and destiny’ for example. I’ve never believed in any form of ‘God’, but somehow the fate, destiny and Karma idea just won’t leave me alone. Read more…
~~My late good friend Gareth used to write blogs about the “Perils of China” and I can think of no more fitting way to honour this great man than to write a blog using a similar theme. Read more…
~~We all do stupid things from to time to time and quite often there’s nothing wrong in that, especially if no-one gets hurt. What may appear ‘stupid’ to one person may appear to be quite ‘normal’ to another, so where is the ‘boundary’ line between ‘normal’ and ‘stupid’? Read more…
There’s been lots of talk here recently about ‘right and wrong’ when it comes to certain traditions and cultural issues. Barry has come under fire for his Day 22 part 2 blog and my Forum thread “What kind of man do you want to marry - another viewpoint’ has also received some interesting comments. Sometimes when there’s a difference in opinions, values, traditions and cultures, it’s easy for us to try and reinforce our own - but in reality there is no ‘right and wrong’ - it just ‘is’. Read more…
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