This phrase is weird and sound rude if we textually ‘import’ to Malaysia. How dare you are asking pay to professor? We use to have a lot of parking spaces in Malaysia’s universities and of course there have some special allocation for our respected Professors. I realized this, when I went out for dinner with my Professor.

Why did you park your car so far from our department? I was asking him. “Oh.. it is expensive to park nearby our department”. Oh ya! I subconsciously response in Malay words. “We are all same..” he replied. As long as you pay then you deserve it.

This is one of the scenario of Canadian’s culture where they believe in equality. Canada is a geographically vast and ethnically diverse country. Immigration from all over the world were greatly influencing Canadian culture. In fact, they value multiculturalism and Canadian culture seems inherently multicultural today.

But it totally different in Malaysia as Malaysian still strongly hold to their tradition of respecting people, especially who have title by giving them a priority or other special privileges This is the unique of the world. Individually have their own tradition and believe to certain principal.

After all, both difference reflect competitiveness, which necessitate work hard to stand tall with others. As the saying goes, the far we go, the wider we look. I appreciate the difference, indeed.