人外有人, 天外有天

Studying oversea brings a lot of benefits and the biggest one is people could broaden their knowledge and adapt culture difference from different cultures. Not to mention it, there are plenty of Chinese in UK but the most impressive one is that I have noticed women from Oman are really talented and tough. They are really active in class and I would like to say their behaviors made me really admire them. The term “Oman” is not really familiar but if you are a Christian and you may know Oman is really famous for mastic in Old or New bible. You may read a story about three wise men bringing three gifts to Jesus and one of the gifts is mastic.



Due to their outstanding in class, I really want to know what the educational system is in Oman. All the girls in class wear veils and sit quietly but when it comes to questions and answers or expresses their ideas, suddenly, all the Oman girls raise their hands quickly and answer or express themselves enthusiastically.



Compare to other students in class, there is only one who can compete with them. A woman form Ireland is the only one who can also answer or express her opinion or answers quickly, but I have to say for a native speaker she should do it or people may look down her. However, I found the Chinese and Taiwanese students just sit there and smile. Unfortunately, I am one of them but I am getting better now. I learn to ask questions and express my thoughts and ideas because I don’t want to let people think Taiwanese students are really weak………….



I have been trying to talk and discuss with some people from Middle East. We have seen them very often from TV but minimum chances to meet and know them. It’s a great opportunity to know them. Through the talk, I found they are really proud of themselves being Muslims and proud of their countries. They also told me in their country, every body has opportunity to accept education but when it comes to higher education, you have to compete with others and the competition is so fierce that they learn to grab every chance they encounter. Because of that, they learn to show their best parts to the others and accept a lot of new items from the world. I have to say, I admire those women from Middle East.



<在我來到英國之前,很多人都告訴我, 大陸人在這裡念書都表現得很強悍! 但是幾天下來, 我發現, 強悍的根本不是大陸那一塊, 而是來自於中東的阿曼, 阿拉伯等地, 唯一可以抗衡是一位來自於愛爾蘭的女人! 每次上課前, 我都會把握機會跟那些來自中東的同學聊天, 順便釐清我錯誤的觀念! 阿曼的女人們看起來超溫柔的, 但是一到課堂上的表現, 我只能說我真得是要豎起兩根大拇指! 讚! 後來透過WIKI搜索發現, 阿曼對於表現出色的學生, 會給于獎學金送他們到UK, USA等地尋求更高的學歷!



我跟Sadaf說我的觀察, 她馬上告訴我, 在中東, 來自阿曼的人普遍都很聰明, 即使他的人口只有250多萬! 但是他們的表現真的是我另眼相看! 我得我push我自己更用功! 阿謀！被人比下去的感覺真差.



中東的男同學如何? 其實還還挺gentleman, 對女同學很客氣! 不過要拼辯論, 我想他們還是很強勢咧 ! >