An interesting collection of graphic files showing how Western and Asian cultures differ based on a general perspective.
Opinions:
Way of Life
Wanting to go to either one of these two continents? You might need it. Hope no one will be offended because all cultures in the world have their own weaknesses.
(More pictures after the jump…)
Punctuality
Contacts
Anger / Displeasure
Queues
View of myself
Sunday on City Streets
Parties
Restaurants
Stomach ache
Travelling
Definition of Beauty
Handling Problems
Daily Meals
Transportation
Life of an elderly
Shower time
Moods and weathers
The Boss
What’s Trendy
The Child
New Things
Perception on Each Other’s Culture
March 6th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
WOW, some of those are great. Being from a western civilization, I still think the Asian pictures are much more representative of what a better society could be for quite a few of the images like: The Child, The Elderly, Way Of Life, Contacts… So we could all benefit in sharing and learning from other cultures.
March 7th, 2008 at 3:58 am
Great depiction. I think almost all of them are really true, some almost hilarious (queues, parties and opinions)
March 7th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Absolutely fantastic. There is no need to take offense at all.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Good comparison
March 8th, 2008 at 5:19 am
I don’t think I agree with anger/displeasure…
Not all Asians are like dat…
I donno about Westerners either
March 9th, 2008 at 9:40 am
So funny, much of it is true! I’m from the west and living in Asia now… Yes, Sunday is shopping day as everyone seems to work 6 days a week and boss is 10 feet tall lol
March 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I don’t know… Asians seem to be very punctual. Especially Japanese.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Unable to comment on your latest post!
March 12th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Great pictures. What lovely comparisons and so true.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:10 am
@Rajavanya - I agree. Its an individual trait and not specific to any culture or region.
I love the queues pictures though. I totally agree with those.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
These are great! I’ll have to pass this post along.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
omg, I laughed at quite a few of these. Some made me think a bit hard too. I loved this post! There’s nothing better than looking at other cultures with a new outlook.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Lol good pictures, I’ll be saving a few of these!
March 19th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Being a blogger from China, I basically agree with what these pictures conveyed.
In fact their author is a Chinese girl born in Germany. Her comparison between the Chinese and Western cultures is very profound.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Some of those are great and shows there are some similarities between the two. WOuld would be interesting is a country by country set.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I agree that a country by country comparison would be neat to see.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:13 am
I would also like to see country by country comparison.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
These are funny! But I have understood that differences between f.ex Japan and China are huge, so I guess it’s not just that simple.
March 29th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Sometimes a picture can say a 1000 words and I think that these pictures make that point very vividly. You could not express these sentiments in words with the same impact. Excellent post
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April 13th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
good comparisons … and smwer they seems to b true
somewat diff thing on ur blog then any others … thats a good one
… All d best
April 18th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Its amazing how much you can actually learn from investingating those images. A few I sort of knew but others I had to look further to actualyl assess their meaning.