Hi guys, I'm back, and today I will talk about 2 types of people today.
It's been quite a while since I first arrived in Sydney and I made a few friends here and there since then. However, after getting to know them for such a long time now, today I realised some of the ugly truths some of my foreigner friends have.
Well for the first type, the truth is not that ugly, like ugly in the 'take drugs', 'smoke' and 'gamble' way, its the 'studies' type of ugly:
I got this friend in class. We had this physics quiz sometime ago and then after everyone finished the teacher began giving us the answer. So question one, okay everyone got correct, question two, some got it wrong okat that's fine, and then when it comes to question three, half the class got it wrong. Everyones reaction was like 'What? How come this is the answer blah blah blah?!' I got that question right so I didn't say anything, but then when I look at the answer from my friend on the right, yeah he got it right too but you know what he did?:
He also said 'What? How come this is the answer blah blah blah?!' like everyone else too!
You may not consider this as a big deal, but let's stop and think for a second. Why is he doing that? Why must he 'lie' to everyone that he got the answer wrong yet he got it correct? So for me, there is only one conclusion: that guy is just selfish, and I've known this all along. Since the beginning of the course, I noticed that he is a very humble guy and always like to ask questions, which is good by the way. He did pretty well for the semester one exam too, which was great, but today it is clear to me now: he just don't want others to be as successful as he is doing.
Now for the second type of person, I blame it on his inexperient. He is older than me, but because he was so narrow-minded, sometimes some of the things he said and asked my is so insensitive, it was really hard for me to really answer his questions. Some of the questions he asked me were 'Are transwomen in Thailand born that way? Do they still have a pen+s?' Then I was like, what the hell, why do you want to ask me this kind of questions. Not only does it hurt my feelings, but it is also kind of insulting to Thailand altogether, well that's how I feel about it of course.
Some of the other questions he asked me were also about my religion. I'm a Buddhist by the way, and while there are a few kinds of Buddism (I think), I believe in the kind where one of the rules are 'You are not allowed to eat beef'. In Australia, the majority of the dishes here contain beef, so I can't eat all of them. So one day, my friends, including the guy I am talking about, and I went to this chinese restuarant for lunch. We ordered a few dishes and then I requested that please do not order ones with beef inside. So everyone agreed, and then this guy just began asking me 'Why do you believe in Buddhism? Why don't you eat beef? Cows are reared so that they can become our food'. I was so angry. Why can't just accept the fact that some Buddhists doesn't wat beef? Why do you want to redicule something I believe in? However, I told myself 'Nevermind, it's okay, don't be angry at him, he doesn't know a lot of things, he don't even have a religion so its understandable'.
Met 2 of these kinds of people here, and everytime I think about them I just felt so mad. Or maybe is it just my own thoughts that is driving me crazy? Maybe its because of me staying in Singapore for too long until I considered multi-racialism to be something every country has. Well, this taught me an invaluable lesson: You will never be fully experienced in life, and every day is a new lesson for us. This experience has taught me about this kind of people how I can avoid unneccessary conflict in the future. That's it for today's post, thank you, c u
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