lost in translation

being on china almost for 2 week really like lost in translation. me as 2nd generation of Chinese descendant who have already mixed in indonesia culture found china is strange things.

my father who 1st generation and most of Chinese indonesia (china peranakan) born form 1950-1970's love and respect china, he said "you are chinese people, you must know from where you are, like a river, u must know where the upstream" so going to china it a mandate if you able.

from that point i feel like it same like muslim tradition (well indonesia it one of the largest country with majority population religion is islam about 95% , it normal i know their custom and culture) where there must be Hajj.

so here i am in china, and got culture shock, everything said in "普通話 / 普通话 Pǔtōnghuà" with every corner with 拼音 pingyin. without their national language, there still about 400+ local language with their own accent really make me lost.

force me to feel home sick, the old saying is true "time is the only answer" i gradually able to listen and having light conversation in chinese. but still found so many different between me and the real chinese people.

• they never FLUSH the damn toilet, really make me puke is their toilet. never look into their flushtoilet. except your own hotel room
• SMOKING in EVERYwere ANYwere. and worst their cigarette can be smell form 50m
• Spit, they MUST, NEED, ALWAYS SPIT, with LOUD sound
• SMELLY, they rarely took shower. so beware
• No RESPECT, their always FORCE to cut the Queue. amazingly don't feel guilty about it
• LEG, amazingly they can and dare to put leg in top of chair on ariplane
• different place different behavior. so much that i dont able to tell

NB:
in Indonesia we have national language "bahasa indonesia" aside about 100+ local language.
the biggest ethics are hokkien people