Intercultural Behaviour

Intercultural is very important in nowadays society, it helps us to get along with other people from other countries having different cultures. It is essential as there have been an increasing number of foreigners coming Singapore to work and invest.

One of the intercultural conflicts that I encountered during my work as a sales assistant is when tourists, who mostly come from western countries could not understand why lingerie such as briefs and panties could not be tried on. When we tried to explain that it will be unhygienic to try on, they will be furious with it and started arguing that they could do it in their own country and why it was impossible here. When they knew that briefs and panties could not be exchange, they started to disagree and started asking how they are going to purchase a correct size. Some of them would understand in the end but others insisted to look for manger to complain about it. On the other hand, Singaporean and Asian tourists would understand why such things could not allow.

It would be very hard for the western people to understand the norms in Asian countries; many conflicts are hence resulted due to the lack of understanding about the other party cultures and beliefs.

Blog #3 – Saving the one and only Earth

In this research project, I’m would like to explore on the topic of ‘Saving the Earth’. The Earth’s balance has been upset throughout the years of the human race. Growing human populations, global warming, depletion of natural resources, species extinctions and wars make this an extremely dangerous time in our history. Research has shown that the Earth’s life span might be shorten if humans still continue to upset its order. So are NUS doing their part on conservation of our Earth too?

The importance of this attitudinal survey, allows us to gauge the awareness level of students and lecturers in NUS on conservation topic. In addition, to influence them that more can be done to improve the conservations of the Earth. This survey also can be provided as a means of suggestion and feedback from the student body as well as the lecturers, allows a better overview of what more can be done.

The objective of this research report is to find out whether NUS is able to increase the awareness of the environmental problems in the university. This research will undoubtedly lead us to better understand how we can change our attitudes towards our environment and thus insure a healthy future for our planet.

For this project, the target readers will be the Campus Sustainability Committee. The potential readers are the students and staffs of NUS.