When cultures meet…

This may sound like a super serious post… but there is nothing serious to it!!

There Is this jargon that’s commonly used in the 21st century, that of “global economy” ..but lets put aside at the moment the economic aspects.. and try and look at this term socially…culturally..

Can u imagine the people of the world speaking all the languages known in the world...like speaking French while trading with france..speaking italian when ordering a pizza??? and so on..now u might wonder why I am getting into all this and complicating my life….well the thinking so much bit started after this incident….

I went to the doc’s clinic today across d road… An old Chinese lady was d doc’s PA… d doc’s an Indian... she was to plan the appointments and give away the medicines from the in house pharmacy… now that’s her job role... There were 2 indian labourers who had come for an appt….after the appointment they went to the lady to get the medicines.. she carefully explained to the men in TAMIL (they very obviously looked like tamilians, and tamil’s also 1 of 4 singapore’s national laguages so tamilians co exist here) the number of times d medicines should be consumed… “moon velai ore naal le.. rathri after sapade” and then she counted the medicines.. she went on and on….onne, rendu, moone, naale.. she went on…. Both mum n I were in awe.. we have certainly appreciated how beautifully cultures co exist in singapore….but haven seen a chinese speak in tamil before.. this place surprises me everyday.. and I am in AWE…