Segunda-feira, 16 de Julho de 2007

É um processo

(atenção miúda, eu tb não gosto de processos...)

 

Encontrei este artigo numa revista de expatriados de Beijing. É hen hao.

 

Durante o CGI falaram-nos dos 5 estágios de choque cultural porque poderíamos passar. Neste artigo, o autor, que está há três anos na China, transporta estas cinco fases para a realidade de um ocidental a viver em Pequim (para Shanghai é igual).

 

  • Stage One: The Honeymoon Stage - Everything is just plain weird and wonderful. Taxis come in various colours: some have three wheels (em Shanghai não). Men in beige suits are carrying purses and have extremely long fingernails (mas mesmo grandes), and some girls are holding hands. Everything is covered in neon. People stare (a lot). Women have umbrellas in the sun. Cheese is a luxury product.
  • Stage Two: The Irritation Stage - Taxi drivers always choose the longest queue at traffic lights. A simple banking operation takes half a day. It's impossible to buy a return train ticket. It feels like everybody is trying to cheat you. The so-called Caesar salad you ordered is made with spam (ainda não me aconteceu). Nobody holds the elevator door open. Everyone smokes, even in the hospital.
  • Stage Three: The Rejection Stage - Give up trying to communicate with Chinese people who don't speak English (except your taxi driver). Give up learning Chinese. Only shop in Carrefour. Live in a suburban compound. Complain non-stop about the traffic, pollution, bad manners, noisy neighbours, Chinese TV and poor quality products. Get BBC, CNN and a couple of humidifiers.
  • Stage Four: The Integration Stage - Buy a bycicle. Start to learn Chinese and practice with the taxi driver.  Say hello to Chinese people who say hello to you, even when you have a hangover. Develop a level of patience that Mother Theresa would be proud of. Start shopping in the local fruit market and cooking Chinese food.
  • Stage Five: The Re-Entry Stage - Go back home and realize how tedious "developed" life can be. Become homesick for China and make plans to return.

Sinto bocados do 2, do 3 e do 4. Continuo a achar que me estão todos a tentar enganar, queixo-me do trânsito e das maneiras, mas digo ni hao a torto e a direito e estou a desenvolver uma paciência que nunca tive...


publicado por JNA às 15:18
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