Voila le post d un expatrie au Vietnam, Tôm Càng, sur le site pour expats : http://www.expat-blog.com, je me permet de citer un joli post qui sonne vraiment trop vrai !!!! Il est en anglais.

Les * sont celles que j'approuve a 200% !

YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN ASIA TOO LONG WHEN

1. The footprints on the toilet seat are your own.*
2. You no longer wait in line, but immediately go to the head of the queue.*
3. You stop at the bottom of the escalator to plan your day.*
4. You habitually punch all the buttons as you leave the lift.
5. It has become exciting to see if you can get on the lift before anybody can get off.***
6. You're willing to pay to use a toilet you wouldn't go to within a kilometer of at home.
7. It is no longer surprising that the only decision made at a meeting is the time and venue for the next meeting.*
8. You rank the decision making abilities of your staff by how long it takes them to reply "up to you mister".
9. You no longer wonder how someone making US$200 per month can drive a Mercedes.***
10. You accept the fact that you have to queue to get your number for the next queue.**
11. You have considered buying a motorcycle for the next family car.**
12. You accept without question the mechanic's analysis that the car is "broken" and that it will cost you a lot of money to get it fixed.
13. You find it saves time to stand and retrieve your cabin baggage while  the plane is still on final approach. **
14. You think the Proton and Kijang are stylish and well built cars. (malaysian cars)
15. You walk to the pub with your arm around your mate.
16. You answer the telephone with "Hello" more than 2 times.
17. Your are quite content to repeat your order six times in a restaurant  that only has four items on the menu.
18. A T-bone steak and rice sounds just fine.
19. You believe everything you read in the local  newspaper.**
20. You regard traffic signals, stop signs and copy watch peddlers with total ignorance.**
21. If when listening to the pilot prove he can't speak English, you no longer wonder if he can understand the Air Traffic Controllers.*
22. You regard it as part of an adventure when the waiter exactly repeats your order and the cook makes something completely different.***
23. You're not surprised when three men with a ladder show up to change a light bulb.
24. You think it is normal to wait six days to get your laundry back or pay 50% surcharge for same day service.
25. Taxi drivers understand you. ***
26. You own a rice cooker.***
27. Due to selective memory you honestly believe you could return to the western world.**
28. You can shake your hands almost perfectly dry before wiping them on  your pants.
29. YOU UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE ABOVE REFERENCES!

some more :

You stop saying 'thank you', 'sorry' and 'please'.

With so many ways to say 'I', your identity becomes a blurry concept.

You only realize that you're picking your nose because of the horrified look people give you.

You drink red wine with ice, in a beer glass while shouting "môt! hai! ba! vô!" (1, 2, 3, down it goes).

You promise you'll be somewhere you have no intention to be.

During meeting and training, you can actually sleep with your eyes wide-open.

You think it's perfectly normal to call people at 6 A.M.

From a japenese one :

J1. You 'bow to people' when saying thank you.... even though they are on the other end of the phone line.
J2. You bow to the ATMs when they give you money.
J3. You perfect the art of sleeping on a subway train, while standing up.

And other more again !

-you dont say hello and thank you to the taxi driver or shop assistant.***
-you dont hold the doors open for people behind you, or better you try to get inside the room without having to touch the door.****
-you find it normal to live in a shoebox size appartment because the building is new and facilities that you only use once a year (because they are crowded eg the swimming pool) are great.
-it is ok for you to see in the trains old people having to stand up because teenagers have taken all the seats and wont have the idea to give theirs.
-it has become an habit for you to wash your dish with the glass of tea before you can eat.
-you find everything horribly expensive when you go back to Europe and understand the impact of the euro currency.***
-you are freezing when it is 15 degrees.*
-you dont know your neighbor and never say hello when you see him/her.
-it is normal to see people step back when you want to ask them a question because they dont know you and they might think you want to rob them.***

Sources : http://www.expat-blog.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=148

Qu'en pensez vous ???? Pas mal non ???