as written by Melissa Kartini
I’ve been living in Japan for over a year now, and like any other foreigner living overseas for an extended amount of time, it’s only natural to pick up some of the local habits. I do not by any means think that I’m remotely Japanese, or anything like them, but I have found myself doing …
I would like to preface this post by stating that I do not welcome questions regarding my religion, so I’d rather not be asked about it. This is not out of shame, but rather, my preference for privacy. — Whether you’re Muslim or otherwise, if you are a Malaysian, it is easy to immediately recognize …
We’re all familiar with the Western version of Valentine’s Day, where the couple would go all out to celebrate their love. This would often involve flowers, chocolates, a fancy dinner and an exchange of gifts. It is a special day for couples, as they would carve out time on this day just for themselves. And …
For the majority of us, our teachers played a huge role in our lives. We spend 5-6 days a week at school with our teachers, who are not only there to educate us, but also to look out for us. In many ways, we look up to them as our second set of parents. They …
Every country has its own way of speaking English. There’ll always be certain words, phrases and slang terms that are different by country. What’s important is that we understand each other, right? Right. We Malaysians have our own quirky way of speaking English. We basically dot our English with a couple of Malay and Chinese …
This is part of a culture shock series that I’m doing for Japan and Malaysia. Please expect to see posts like these being posted whenever exams are approaching because apparently, I’m bad at time management. — This one was a bit difficult for me to come up with a list for. Surprising, I know, because …
Photo by melissakartini This is part of a culture shock series that I’m doing for Japan and Malaysia. Updates for “Reverse Culture Shock: From Japan to Malaysia” will be extremely erratic as I’ll mostly be based in Japan for the foreseeable future. — I know, I know, I haven’t even been living in Japan for …