That’s What Makes It Unique

Comments (25) ♥ January 27th, 2010

I realized that we, the world wide web users, come from different countries and cities, don’t we? We are grown in different social background and customs. Some of the cultural differences may cause a misunderstanding between us. Now, in this blog, let’s get the things cleared up a bit. I will tell you some general stuff I got that might be different from yours. Ready? Here it goes.

I live in Indonesia and it is quite similar to most Asian countries. But I do believe that every country must have its own uniqueness and character, as well as Indonesia. Since Indonesian blogger is quite ‘rare’, I think I will be the first one to share some of the general customs.

School
The first thing that came to my mind was school. I realized that the education programs here are so different from the ones in other countries. In my school, I have two curriculum to learn; one is the Indonesian curriculum and the other one is the English curriculum. So my school is a bilingual school. Well, not all Indonesian schools have two languages to learn, but fortunately my school has. We have to learn the same subjects in different languages, with different teachers too. It’s nice actually, because the students can learn in two languages at the same time! But unfortunately, we cannot choose our desired subjects to study. According to the government terms and conditions, we must learn ALL the main subjects in our country. So, as a student, I have to learn Science (including Biography, Chemistry, and Physics), Social Studies, Culinary, Mathematics, Mandarin, English, Literature (both English and Indonesian), Accounting, ICT, P.E., General Knowledge, et cetera. I have to learn those subjects since I first entered elementary school. Isn’t it cool? We have to learn everything so that we will have the basic to do everything. At the end of high school, we can go to college or university and that’s when we’re allowed to choose our own subjects.

Food
Indonesian food is mostly spicy. It contains lots of spices and it tastes awesome (in my opinion)! I have nothing much to explain about the food. The uniquest thing about it is the spiciness. As for the most delicious Indonesian food, I can tell the delicious soups named Soto and Rawon, both are my favorites! Those are the ‘pure’ Indonesian food as they’re not affected by cuisines from other countries.

Fashion
Indonesia is very proud of its fashion style called Batik. It’s the name of the pattern actually. It has become famous since last year and if I’m not mistaken, it has been globally famous! If you haven’t known about Batik, you better check it now. It’s like the newest fashion trend from Indonesia. I only have one piece of Batik clothing in my closet though haha.

Well, that’s all I can think of now. It’s not very much, but my mind is kinda blank at the moment haha. Forgive me. You can share your country’s uniqueness too! Tell me what’s so special about it.