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Sorry

What is a word you feel that too many people use?words A word once spoken, cannot be called back. So my first choice would be sorry. However the context and situation are most important. Why? In some countries, the word sorry has become part of the culture. The effect is, people say sorry not to apologize or fix a problem or relationship, it is just a word to get away with what they did or what happened. Just an unimportant incident, that would not need a sorry in other cultures / countries at all. In some relationships the word sorry does not exist! The hardest word for some men. (Elton John) In short: The cultural use of sorry in NZ and Australia is generally said an act of being polite, instead of rude. Which countries - in your mind - stand more for being rude, not polite? What happens, when education fails? When adequate behaviour is not learnt? More here soon to come! #culture #gaps https://videopress.com/v/oA3AEs4a?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Line Dance Country | Credit phb From Candlelight to Boot‑Scoot: Two Rooms, One Rhythm of Belonging I. Jena, Winter 1799Snow fretted the panes of Caroline Schlegel’s home, muffling the town beyond. Inside, the room was an orchestration of voices — Goethe’s measured cadences, Novalis’ luminous musings, Caroline’s deft interjections that kept the air alive. Around the table, thought moved like a dance: philosophy circling poetry,…

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The Swap

3 part series about schools in Brisbane Queensland trying to bridge the Cultural Gap between selected Christian and Islamic and State High Schools to work together and get to know about another culture. Series on SBS On Demand Initiated by the Principal of the Islamic College of Brisbane ICB. Principal of ICB | Credit SBS and Screenshot by phb Participant from ICB | Credit SBS and Screenshot phb Participants | SBS and Screenshot by phb

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The Battle Of Bali

Just read this article in AFR.com (OZ Edition) and would like to recommend this for people dreaming to live as digital nomads in Indonesia … In short: Completely sick of badly behaving Digital Nomads (many are young Russians - sic!!!) locals are fighting back and try to inform LocalAuthorities to get rid of these tourists, who are seen as intruding invaders!!! More here later, have to digest this first! Was not aware of these Cultural Gaps - here more shockwaves! From OZ yours phb Education NSW OZ l Influencers | SM | Credit phb A short story written by Franz Kafka (or someone like Kafka) Once upon a time, in the beautiful island of Bali, there was a laughing policeman. He had seen it all - the rise of the digital nomads, the clash of cultures, and the clash of crypto-rich nomads with the locals. But still, he laughed. The laughing policeman was a mystery to most, but to those who knew him, he was a sage. He knew that the world was changing, and that Bali was changing with it. The island was a magnet for digital nomads from Russia and Ukraine, drawn by the promise of cheap living and endless sunshine. But the nomads clashed with the locals, who saw them as arrogant and disrespectful. The nomads ignored the culture and tradition of Bali, misbehaving and flaunting their wealth…

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