Scence1: Hong Kong Tram
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Oops I am so sorry! I was honestly apologetic as my elbow hit an old lady's head. She was asleep while my mannerless elbow hit her unaware head. Obviously her sleep was broken and now she was rubbing her head but still waved a friendly hand at me with such a benevolent smile that made my day. I smiled back and took my seat beside her.
Scene2: BMTC Bus, Bangalore
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This old lady's gesture made me remember an year old even when I was travelling in a BMTC bus in Bangalore and stepped on a young man's foot.
I was honestly apologetic that time too (my trademark style, eh!), however the other person this time was in no mood to forgive me for my crime. I tried to pass a smile and said sorry again but he kept blabbering a few good words about my north indian heritage and his unfriendly words made me stay away from him for the rest of the journey.
Judging the whole society by a single incident is never fair and just. However, the treatment given by people of Hong Kong over the past 4 months has been so friendly and pleasant that I always missed in Bangalore.
Even if people of Hong Kong doesn't know English but they certainly do know their manners.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
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4 comments:
experienced the same in Taiwan....people are so mannered....sometimes wish people here in India to be like them.. would have been awesome....nevertheless .. still good !
@Genie,
Yes, I wish, if ppl back home can bring the love they have in their hearts to the frontend of their face, it will be a Utopian society !!!!
see...u did feel out of place in Bangalore too :)
@Anu,
Naah, out of place is something different Anu. Bangalore has offered so much more to me that this incident is hardly an issue.
However, HK is honestly polite, I must say.
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