That's all I want to say. To be honest, I love the way how American express their feeling and emotion. For the most basic thing, to say "I love you" to your Mom or Dad is also a big difference. For American children, if I wasn't wrong, I have observed that it was just very familiar and easy to say that to their parents. For me, I would be a challenge. Frankly, I have had never said "I love you" to my Mom. It always made me feel nervous and feel totally abnormal. Yet for the kids in the U.S, they just live with it. I think maybe it because of the way we were educated. In Vietnam, we were taught to keep our feeling and emotion. Even parents don't use to express their love to their children. That's how it works for the whole generation.
For the couple, the way they kiss each other in the public somehow make me really impress and admire them. When I first came to the U.S, I already prepared for those kinds of things but the first time when I saw a couple kissing on the Guadalupe streets, I was blushing. In Vietnam, if a couple express their love to each other in the public, it would be seemed as a rude and impolite attitude.
For friends, they express how they feel, say what they think and somehow, I have a feeling that American talk a lot. I had a chance to hang out with 2 native speakers, one guy and one girl. They kept their conversation going on and on, even they jump into the speech to show their opinion about the topics. At that time, I didn't know how to interrupt them to show my point of view, I thought that it would be a rude attitude.
To conclude, I love the way how American utter their feeling, emotion and mind. It's more easier to survive with this life.
For the couple, the way they kiss each other in the public somehow make me really impress and admire them. When I first came to the U.S, I already prepared for those kinds of things but the first time when I saw a couple kissing on the Guadalupe streets, I was blushing. In Vietnam, if a couple express their love to each other in the public, it would be seemed as a rude and impolite attitude.
For friends, they express how they feel, say what they think and somehow, I have a feeling that American talk a lot. I had a chance to hang out with 2 native speakers, one guy and one girl. They kept their conversation going on and on, even they jump into the speech to show their opinion about the topics. At that time, I didn't know how to interrupt them to show my point of view, I thought that it would be a rude attitude.
To conclude, I love the way how American utter their feeling, emotion and mind. It's more easier to survive with this life.
2 comments:
I loved your blog! YOu are so right, America is full of love and emotion!
I LOVE EVERYONE! I will admit that sometimes I get myself in trouble because I am so affectionate and outgoing… but I can’t help it! I love talking to new people and getting to know them. I make eye contact and smile a lot when I talk to people and I love to give hugs or handshakes. I also tell my friends and family that I love them all the time. Some of my friends think I am crazy for saying it, they feel like saying “love” is a powerful thing (it is!) but I love lots of people and want them to know that! The love for my children is different then the love for my friends and the love for my family members is different then the love for a boyfriend or husband… but love is love and when you feel it, why not say it!?
We are a nation of “touchy-feely people” and I love it! I also love to people watch, I know it sounds creepy, but again….I can’t help it! It is so interesting to watch how men and women react to each other, especially at a bar! They lean in towards each other, looking into each other’s eyes, the girl might touch his arm while laughing (fakely) at one of his jokes, he might touch her leg on “accident” when reaching for his beer…and then by the end of the night (after a few beers) they are walking to their cars with their arms entangled with each other like they have known each other forever. It’s amazing to watch.
Pregnancy! Ah, the glow of a pregnant woman is wonderful! When I see a pregnant woman it is hard for me not to reach out and touch the miraculous baby bump! I know how annoying that can be when YOU are the pregnant mom getting touched by random people (I have 3 children of my own) but those bellies just look so touchable!
I understand that some people HATE people like me but who cares! The warm touch of another person is an amazing thing, connecting us as humans. Life is all about experiences, so make some! Next time you are out, shake a hand or give a hug to a person you don’t know and spread the love… it’s the American way!
“I love you!”
The things Americans take for granted - it’s amazing to think that there are many countries around the world where the citizens do not have the freedom to express themselves . Blogger Thi Huynh a Vietnamese citizen emphasizes that limitation of freedom to express oneself in Vietnam in a simple but honest blog entitled Freedom. In her blog Huynh speaks of her admiration of Americans for the ease and freedom in which they express themselves.
Thanks to the founding Fathers and the Constitution of the United States, Americans are free to express themselves in various ways, as explained in the First Amendment. This brings to mind a recent topic discussed in our Government class – Snyder v Phelps. In that infamous case, Phelps and his Baptist Church prevailed in the United States Supreme Court after they were sued by Mr. Snyder, who felt violated by their protest at his military son’s funeral. According to the Judge , Phelps and his church were protected under the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment which granted them specific freedom of expression.
Would something like that ever occur in Vietna ? Would the Phelps have had the rights to protest at a funeral? Would the Phelps’ freedom to express themselves at someone’s funeral prevail in a Vietnamese Supreme Court? Probably not .However ,despite my despise for Phelp’s action, I still prefer the United States way – Freedom to express or not express. Noam Chomsky an American philosopher says it best , “If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”
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