Thursday, February 12, 2009

Culture is different...

Something which is weird in our eyes may seems normal to others. This is closely related to culture and ways of life we had. Malaysia is a country with mixed cultures, religions and races. It is all about respect when we spot the difference between different ways of life you found on other people.

Here is the story:

Few weeks ago my school headmaster is grumbling about a little Year One boy which I name him Anthony. This little boy had been urinating at the school fence, shooting straight into the flower bushes.Anthony is removing his pants when headmaster saw him and shouted to him from far. Instead of stopping, Anthony just urinate till his satisfaction.

Headmaster took a few lessons to teach him to urinate and ways of using the school toilet. Pity this little boy. I understand that it was not his fault. I believe his longhouse did not have any toilets around. It is normal as I had been to a lot of longhouses with no toilets. During the visits, I also urinate into the bushes as they do. This time, it's the location which is not suitable.

Today my school headmaster start grumbling about a little Year One boy again. It is Anthony again. What did he do this time? No one teach him to have his defecating process in a toilet so he made a pile of "chocolate-cake" at the end of the field. As we always said, teaching and learning is a never ending process. Headmaster will have another few lessons to teach him using toilets again, this time adding a new topic "Some Other Functions of Toilet".

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