Funny memories
I was remembering some silly and funny things that I did before arrival to Pakistan and during first 1-2 months of my stay.
These are some of them:
- Asking Nida before my internship if I can wear sandals with open toes in Pakistan
- Creating application for delegates at Pakistani conference. Question number 8: “Are you a vegetarian?”
- Being afraid to brush my teeth: “water must be poisoned!”
- Messing up dupatta (women’s scarf) and parata (bread) in my communication with people
- Accepting invitations for random dinners thinking “we are just friends!”
- Addressing elder person with first name only, without adding Mr. or Ms.
- Sitting on men’s side of the room and being reluctant to move even after waiter asked me to (in a coach-restaurant in a train)
- Wearing casual shalwar kameez on formal occasions and formal ones on casual gatherings
- Telling my secret to a really trustworthy person and finding out that half of Karachi knows about it on the next day
Now, looking back, these things really make me laugh:)
Some of them are connected to cultural differences that I learned after some time only. Some - with the fact that I was new to the things that are common in this country.
Anyways, I was totally confused at that time. How nice it is to now the rules:)
