Food Culture
Sunday, January 13, 2008 just a thought about food culture, in relation to meeting culture: i took this project-based course last year and one thing that struck me was that the reason why the majority (i'm using the term 'majority' very loosely here) of project meetings in singapore tend to be more focused than those i've had over here is because the tendency to talk about out-of-point stuff here is ginormous. and considering that i am fully aware of how bad it can get in singapore, that's saying something.i had put that down to the fact that singaporeans tend to do their off-shop talk after their meetings, but americans don't seem to have that culture. and it just occurred to me that it would be impossible to do here, mainly because it's really hard to get everyone to agree on where to eat when you actually have to pick a particular type of cuisine. i mean, not everyone likes italian. or thai. or american. and, for gosh's sakes, just because i'm chinese doesn't mean i want to eat chinese all the time (and damn if i could only pound that into certain peoples' heads...)
this revelation has made me appreciate the food court. a lot.
2 Comments:
eeps suddenly i feel like eating italian food!
on the other hand, my experience with americans and discussions is that they are extremely focused, competent and efficient to a degree that awes me. the amount they get done in half an hour is quite amazing.
goes to show it's pretty hard to generalize a country as big as the states.
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