Cimin Embracing China: Day 17 of embracing china

Morning's class was cancelled. Thanks Mr Wong! haha. But even without morning class, i think i have taken up the habit of waking up early. Today i woke at around 7 plus. Super early. Then we went to the canteen for brunch. I wanted you tiao thou! but they didn't open the store. So winson and I walked out to the food street and bought my you tiao. hehs.

At 1, was xiao ling lao shi's class and also our last IS lesson with her. Xiao ling lao shi is a very joyful and patient person. She was always smiling without fail. And she does not lose her temper with us even thou sometimes we are so noisy that she cannot continue her lesson. She would always calm us down with her patience. Xiao ling lao shi is also always so friendly and helpful. During class she will ask about our upcoming excursions and always find our information for us on her own enthusiasm. Last of all, what she does best is to impart her knowledge to us!

Today we learnt about china's business etiquette. So these are the informations that have gone in my brain today. Not in order thou.

1. Calling people by their job tittle. For example, you address the salesperson as shou huo yuan and call waitress fu wu yuan. In Singapore we call them xiao jie(miss) but over here in china xiao jie is a form of discourtesy. It has another meaning to it .. haha go search yourself.

2. The host from china will treat the guests to dinner. It is impolite to reject them. And so, the next time the guest will have to treat back the host.

3. Birthday gifts cannot be opened in front of the giver. It is also a form of disrespect. However, usually gifts are not wrapped.

4. People cannot give clocks as birthday gifts. As it means sending funeral in chinese. They dislike the number 4 as it meant die in chinese.

5. Giving face(mian) is of utmost importance in China. It is very rude to shout or insult at people on the streets or in front of others. Because the chinese want to feel superior, they do not like showing their weakness in front of others. Another thing that was told to us was that in class, students would usually keep quiet when the teacher ask questions. Even if some of the students know the right answer, they would still not reply to the teacher as they were afraid that their answers might be wrong and thus lose face.

6. The chinese are generally polite. When receiving a gift, they would refuse for 3 times before actually taking it at the fourth time.

Okays, till now these are the points that i can remember okays. Its just that at this moment i can't recall all of them. I do pay attention in class most of the time =X