the Loo

I get people asking me all the time, how is it like living abroad, in germany to be on the money. Please, spare me. And one that hit me clueless is- how’s germany different from Malaysia? I’d say pretty much everything. Unless you would narrow down your interrogative proposal, the best answer i could come up with is [the weather].

For the first few months it almost felt awkward, very awkward at that. At this point of time, you started to overthinking things as your paranoia surfaces right up from your feeble mind and fragile flesh. It’s pretty tense. Took me some time to loosen up.

You might want to hone your german language skills before ever coming here. The first thing we acknowledged was that the Germans are very proud of their language. You dont want to ask them directions in English as they might ignore you. But they can be surprisingly friendly if you throw some german into your sentence even if you read it wrong, or even attempt to. -Or so we were informed. (Most of them don’t really speak English) Anyways there are relatively larger english-spoken german community in some places densed with tourist and foreigners like Berlin for instance. So rest assured.

The transportation here is really convinient and reliable. The system is much to my surprise, undeniably superior. They have an exact schedule of estimated time of departure and arrival, undoubtly precise on every minute. If you would want to have a long trip, please make sure to make it in time and stick to the time plan. They will leave sharp on the dot. The time plans are accesible from the net, ticket booths and the Reisezentrum on every station. Wouldn’t cost a dime.

Shopping has never been easier. I like the fact that i can use my bank card as a debit card, which I can use it in any grocery store. That is why i scarcely ever had cash with me. Saves me the trouble.

Online shopping is swift, safe and smooth. Im such a bum, and i don’t go out to stores quite often to get stuffs. And stuff like vacuum cleaner, microwave and all those big ass electric appliances are such a pain, and i can’t imagine to be moving around with those in a train or a bus. You can have your wares delivered within 3 to 7 days, and they’ll send it right to your doorstep. Everything from customer service, money-back guarantee, package retour etc. are first-rate. Just make sure not to spend your money too much. Remember, less is much, and much is really too much.

OK, since i’ve been writing quite a lot, and nobody would ever want to read anymore if I keep on dragging this too long, so i guess i’ll make a lists about random stuffs which you may find it interesting to know.

• seemingly women smoke more than men. Don’t be surprised if you run into a woman in veil carrying her baby,smoking. Boy am i surprised.
• motorbikes are rarely seen on the streets. While bicycles are common stuff. It’s a must-have.
• No.1 is written like no.7, no.4 is like no.9, and no.9 is like the letter g.
• In numbering system, comma"," replaces dot"." and vice versa. 5 euros 20 cents and 5000 euros are written €5,20 and €5.000 respectively. Dont get it mixed up or prepare to mourn over your gravely mistake!
• Every noun is written with cappital Letter.
• There are words with fricken 3 asses! i mean "s"es. Well tell me how you read that. hisss
• I just discovered a word with 3 f’s. Shifffahrt.(boat ride)
• For some reason, they have same identical handwriting and that is so weird it pisses me off.
• Any unwanted furnites are to be left outside. The mobs will clean it up in seconds. So don’t leave your things outside unattended or it will be mistaken as a give-away.
• Everything is german-dubbed in the televesion. Movies, TV shows, cartoons, interviews to name a few. The only english-based entertainment available is MTV channel (with german subtitles).
• All new-release movies showing in the cinema are german-dubbed.
• You know that chequered exercise books we used for mathematics in standard 3/4? They fricken use that in college!! And what’s retard about that, i got looks for using blank A4 paper or that lined ones. God and I think they’re the freak.

Theres more to it, and im pretty much tired and it’s 4a.m. i’ll update the lists as soon as it hit me.

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