Recently I asked my students to list what they felt they found 'odd' about foreigners to help them explore differences between people and cultures and also what they felt foreigners would find 'odd' about them.
Here are some of the findings.
Indonesians find 'odd' about foreigners.
What makes these lists more interesting is the fact that I asked over 400 different students and the results came back pretty much the same. So there must be some truth in this.
Here are some of the findings.
Indonesians find 'odd' about foreigners.
- Tall
- Pointy noses
- Different colour eyes
- Different colour hair
- Show skin
- Wear Bikinis
- Free sex
- Openly show affection in public
- Drunk
- Smoke weed
- Drink from the tap
- Use toilet tissue not a small hose in the toilet
- Don't shower at least 2x a day
- Always have a backpack
- Look great in simple clothes
- Not polite to older people
- Call everyone by first names
- Call people by rude names
- Are carefree
- Like to walk everywhere
- Walk fast
- Not religious
- Wear shoes in the house
- Sweaty
- Get sunburn
- Like dark skin
- Obsessed with cheese
http://indonesia.travel/news |
Tourist (Bule) clearly happy today
What Foreigners find 'odd' about Indonesians.
- Selfies
- Selfies with foreigners or strangers
- Find Selfie Sticks important
- Going to school at 7am
- Eating rice 3x a day
- Eat random things
- Eat everything with Chili Sauce
- Eat everything with their hands (not soup)
- Durian
- Eat the whole fish
- Always Eating
- Obsess over coffee
- Complain about the heat
- Complain about the AC being too cold
- Very polite
- Very noisy
- Respect older people
- Bathrooms are always wet
- Walk slowly
- Religious
- Have lots of children / brothers or sisters
- Spend all their time with family
- Go with tour groups for holidays
- Won't queue
- Dress properly at Airports
- Always using their phones
- Always shopping
- Complain about dark skin
- Wear jackets and jumpers in the sun
- Have no concept of personal space
http://indonesia.travel/news That Damn Selfie Stick..... |
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