HIGH BEAM

If you are able to drive car, there are two things that you could not avoid no matter what.

first : horn

I could say that every countries use 'horn' in the same manner, of cause, we use it to scold those bad-selfish-terrible drivers. so i will not say much about it.

second : high beam

Do you know that, there're two meaning for high beam??

Most countries, such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China use high beam in the same meaning...which is 'to warn'.

- To warn when we drive so fast and want the car in front of us to give us way.

- To warn when we see cars want to come out from side street, but it's too near and we can't break our car.

- To warn cars in the opposite directions that in front of them have polices detect for speed car.(in Thailand: especially on tollway and road that connect between provinces)

-etc.

anyway, Do you know that high beam in UK means 'give way'. I realized this second meaning of high beam during my summer when i was there to work. When i first saw my host family did high beam, yet they slower their car, i was very confuse coz i never know about this meaning before. After that i also saw many taxi drivers also did in the same ways high beam and slow the car to give way. So this is one of the things i learn that UK different from Thailand.

Anyhow, is there any other countries that did the same as UK did?

let's hold hand!!

May i ask you first

1) Do u think it's normal for boyfriend and girlfriend walk hand in hand?

2) Do u think it's normal for girl walk hand in hand with girl?

3) Do u think it's normal for boy walk hand in hand with boy?

Most of you would have at least '1 yes' for those three questions, right?

Well, my answers are all ' yes'. ^^"

The first question is quite common for everywhere in the world, for a lover holding their hands.

The second question, it's also normal for Thai people as well. If you stay in Thai more than an hour, you would see many girls walk hand in hand, while they're shopping, walking across the street, or waiting for car at the bus stop. Me, as a girl, doesn't feel odd to hold hand with my friends who are the same sex at all.

However, it was my direct experience for me and my sister (we both hold hand with friends - different time and place) to have foreigner guys ask us whether we (me and my friend)(my sister and her friend) are lesbian? ^^"

Since the one who ask me, he's a friend of my and we are quite close so this kind of question just make me laugh~ and wonder why he perceive in that way. Anyway, he just only told to me that in his country(UK), girls will not hold hands with girl or else they're lesbian couple.

The last question...this one it's quite difficult for me to explain. I know that most of foreigners won't think it is normal if you see man hold their hands (which is not shake hand). Even Thai man also don't think they will hold hands with their same sex friends (which I ask from my brothers and his friends).

But do you know that in Korean society, a man hold hands with a man is common things, they are not gay. For Korean people, man can hold hands with man and it's show pure relationship and friendship among guys. If you don't know much about Korean culture, it would be very easy to misunderstand them.

Holding hands has many meaning in it.

It would means i feel safe when you hold my hands.

It would means I miss you so much.

It would means i'm scared...can you be my shelter?

It would means i rely on you.

It would means let's go together.

It would means I love you.

For all positive meaning, isn't it good to share love and care in a pure sense?