cultural differences
Difference between white parents and tamil parents.
1)Girls
white family:
3-4 year old boy: Mommy, I saw a girl in the library and I love her.
Mother: O, so she is your girlfriend.
Boy: No, she is not my girlfriend but I love her.
Mother: So you like her.
Boy: No mommy, I love her.
(taken from a friend's post)
tamil family:
5 yr old tsb: amma, there is this girl in class and i like her a lot.
Mother: *stunned* what did you say, bharat?
5 yr old tsb: its true amma. she is very nice, she also gave me a chocolate today. can i marry her off amma?
Mother: *picks up slippers* what did you say, bharat?
5 yr old tsb: nothing amma. i m going to play cricket downstairs.
2)Education
White family:
Boy: *very proud* Mommy, I got like a 77 in my maths test.
Mother: Very good, sweetheart. Have some extra dessert tonight at dinner. *mom very proud now*
Tamil family:
Bharat: *very proud* Appa, I got a 95 in my maths exam.
Appa: *slow Rajnikanth head turn* What was the class topper's mark?
Bharat: I dont know appa. I think full.
Appa: *angry* WHAT? Why you only got 95 and ___ got centum? Why cant you get centum?
No dinner for you tonight.
3) Profession
White family:
Boy: Dad, I want to be a house constructor when I grow big!
Father: Very good my boy. They get around 30$ per hour. Im very proud of you.
Tamil family:
Bharat: Appa, I want to be a house constructor when I grow up!
Appa: *Takes out belt* You say another bad word like that again, Bharat, that is all.
Bharat: Ok appa. *Takes out Brilliant Tutorial PM/PD books*
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1)Girls
white family:
3-4 year old boy: Mommy, I saw a girl in the library and I love her.
Mother: O, so she is your girlfriend.
Boy: No, she is not my girlfriend but I love her.
Mother: So you like her.
Boy: No mommy, I love her.
(taken from a friend's post)
tamil family:
5 yr old tsb: amma, there is this girl in class and i like her a lot.
Mother: *stunned* what did you say, bharat?
5 yr old tsb: its true amma. she is very nice, she also gave me a chocolate today. can i marry her off amma?
Mother: *picks up slippers* what did you say, bharat?
5 yr old tsb: nothing amma. i m going to play cricket downstairs.
2)Education
White family:
Boy: *very proud* Mommy, I got like a 77 in my maths test.
Mother: Very good, sweetheart. Have some extra dessert tonight at dinner. *mom very proud now*
Tamil family:
Bharat: *very proud* Appa, I got a 95 in my maths exam.
Appa: *slow Rajnikanth head turn* What was the class topper's mark?
Bharat: I dont know appa. I think full.
Appa: *angry* WHAT? Why you only got 95 and ___ got centum? Why cant you get centum?
No dinner for you tonight.
3) Profession
White family:
Boy: Dad, I want to be a house constructor when I grow big!
Father: Very good my boy. They get around 30$ per hour. Im very proud of you.
Tamil family:
Bharat: Appa, I want to be a house constructor when I grow up!
Appa: *Takes out belt* You say another bad word like that again, Bharat, that is all.
Bharat: Ok appa. *Takes out Brilliant Tutorial PM/PD books*
:(
white family comments-
excellent bharat!
tamil family- yehn da vetti irukiya...
me- cool stuff man..i wish i had imagination like ya..i guess i wudd b bharat after that...naaah! u r better!
Posted by
Nilz |
April 06, 2006 8:58 AM
nilesh speaks tamil?! O_o
Posted by
tsb |
April 06, 2006 9:36 AM
Hilarious!
you should make it into a comic strip or something!
Posted by
tribanga |
April 06, 2006 1:07 PM
hai barat,
that is not cutural difference, thats cultural damange. do u thing that the way of white family is right? no man that freedom misused by their children. but the way of tamil family treating their child may looke like crude, but its only to make a good tamil boy.....
Posted by
viji |
April 07, 2006 1:25 AM
Viji,
I do not think the white family is right, and what I hvae written for the tamil family, though true is a bit exaggerated. I am personally very proud of my tamil and Indian upbringing, and this post was just to show people how lenient white parents are. I cannot comment on how good the way they bring their parents up is, simply because I have not even experienced it in the full. However, my tamil upbringing, specially the way I was taught how to study and how to carry myself in front of people has helped me a lot here in Toronto.
However, I thank you for visiting my blog. I must mention however, that not many of my posts are serious. I write stuff just to get a bit of humour into our daily lifes.
Thank you again.
Posted by
tsb |
April 07, 2006 7:41 AM
hey tsb...HILARIOUS!!!! how da! See, its back! some people never lose their randomness...and here's the example... keep it comin.
And i think the differences were brought out in quite a funny-nice way.
And...Yes, nilesh speaks tamil!!
Posted by
Divs |
April 07, 2006 10:26 AM
nilesh speaks lotsa tamil...now i can ake all u guys lear tamil...i know the hard core version of it...!
Posted by
Nilz |
April 07, 2006 11:03 AM
Nil, why not dive us a sample!
Posted by
Divs |
April 07, 2006 1:06 PM
Hey tsb,
i am very happy to meet tamil people via blogspot. and also happy for your reply.bye
with regards
viji
Posted by
viji |
April 08, 2006 4:42 AM
LOL to the marks one although mine used to say "What happened to the other 5%???"
- shai
Posted by
Anonymous |
April 08, 2006 7:44 PM
My dad used to say, 'how come there's no 3 digit number in maths?' and i - *look at floor desperately crushing part of dress*
dad - 'next time, u better get 3 digits there'
me - 'seri pa'
Posted by
Divs |
April 09, 2006 4:19 AM
my dad's std comment .... the day u get 110 in math, u can go out after exams, ill get u something to celebrate, u can get my sign on the report card on the first day itself,etc etc ... the most uncomfortable situation in which this comment is used is ...
me (in the hall watching TV after dinner ... jus allowing food to settle) : sigh! good dinner ma!
appa : padichchi mudichtiya?
me : over pa ... only revision left.
appa : 110 varuma?
me (i know ive lost long bak) : ....
appa : go study!
and i trudge away into the damned room that holds me like a prisoner and is dishearteningly quiet and lifeless ... BRRR!!! i shiver at the thought of those days!
Posted by
Ram |
April 09, 2006 5:12 AM
samma funny too btw! cha! 4got to mention the first thing I thought of! ... randomness is the word divs! :) ... keep it going da ...
Posted by
Ram |
April 09, 2006 5:13 AM
Watching Finding Nemo
White family
Son: Wow, what a great movie.
Father: Yeah, I like it too.
Tamil Family
Father: They should have taken Ranjikanth in this movie. It would've been so much better
Son: It's an animated movie, appa. No real actors.
Father: *takes out belt* What did you say?
Son: Nothing, appa. I just said you're absolutely right.
Posted by
Deepayan |
April 09, 2006 9:14 AM
ram - tell me abt the randomness!!!
and tsb, deepayan's comment rocked don u think? ;-) Rajnikanth!!!! LOL!
Posted by
Divs |
April 09, 2006 1:52 PM
is it wrong that i think what deepayan said is perfectly right? *shifty eyes*
Posted by
tsb |
April 10, 2006 5:00 AM
Not at all wrong sir!
Posted by
Divs |
April 10, 2006 6:57 AM
LOL so true... :D
Posted by
Stephen |
April 12, 2006 8:15 AM
is it time to ask for an update?
Posted by
Divs |
April 13, 2006 7:26 AM
Inia tamil puthaandu nal vazhthukal!
Posted by
Divs |
April 14, 2006 2:13 AM
*throws gun up to top of wall. Shoots trigger of gun with another gun when gun 1 reaches top of wall*
Posted by
Deepayan |
April 15, 2006 5:57 PM
tamil parents-
update panra !
white parents-
dude, update!
my parents-
do no use computers!
Posted by
Nilz |
April 24, 2006 11:34 AM
I know its goin to be another futile attempt...i know this request is goin to be in vain.
Yet, i bring it forward....
TSB U P D A T E ! ! ! ! ! !
I think i know all the cultural differences BY HEART now!
Posted by
Divs |
April 30, 2006 8:16 AM
Exams are keeping him busy.
Or rather, procrastinating for exams.
I know becasue it's the same situation for me too.
Posted by
Deepayan |
April 30, 2006 11:19 AM
there...deepayan to the rescue! See, the point is, we all know abt the exams ;-) still, we'll tell him to update, n say the attempt's in vain just for the fun of it!! cuz we know he wont update till may 5th...or whenever! ;-)
Posted by
Divs |
April 30, 2006 1:56 PM
He has no excuse now
Posted by
Deepayan |
May 01, 2006 6:32 PM
am very sure the exams are over....and this is the last time an update is goin to be requested...! TSB UPDATE YOUR BLOG WITH SOME BUSILY JOBLESS SIMPLE COMPLICATION IN THE TRADITIONALLY MODERN WORLD! :p
Posted by
Divs |
May 06, 2006 5:31 AM
i cant think of anything :(
Posted by
tsb |
May 06, 2006 11:17 AM
LOL..way too late here but good one!!
++ to what shai and deep said.
Posted by
sana |
June 06, 2006 6:34 PM
:D ... Mom picking up slippers and you nudging down the stairs to play cricket ... ultimate!!
Posted by
Kamal Aanand (Kamz) |
July 12, 2006 1:44 AM