Originally posted by JackTheBat at 3-7-2012 11:18
... my excerpted quotes are out of context, but one key point is that if u overpay...
yup, quotes out of context are always risky ... certainly Sharky is far from being a role model that many people would want to emulate! ... and noone should ever be afflicted with his experience of growing up as a kid. So I think your own personal observations and experience will carry more weight than his: we just don't look like he does and (thankfully) won't make the impression he makes.
I do agree about overpaying, I don't know anywhere that overpaying gets you additional respect, and especially not in Asia.
You get a lot more respect for knowing your way around, and fitting in, and being able to challenge the ways people try to take advantage of your possible ignorance
and - especially from girls - you get a TON more respect for speaking her language ... that is (another quote out of context) where I do agree with him, there's much less emotional connection in speaking a foreign language than in being spoken to in your own mother tongue. Come to that, I'm not actually agreeing with Sharky, as much as agreeing with what he has been told by the girls who are willing to talk to him.
One of the best ways I know to get genuine GFE is to speak her language.
But Sharky won't ever find that out
his suit of armour is too thick |
