China vs. Malaysia

回来了几天，竟然发现马来西亚的公路是多么的有次序。而且，在路上驾车的时候，我竟然心情轻松开朗，还有那一种享受驾车的滋味。即使是塞车，我还不会因此而觉得烦躁。路上的开车人士多么的有礼让精神，转左转右的时候会打信号灯，会向其他开车人士打手势示谢致歉等等。感觉上好像马来西亚的公路文化进步了很多。但是，其实是我本身的问题。从前在荷兰住过一段长时间，适应了那一种所谓文明高尚的生活，所以回来的时候还真是不适应。现在，在中国住了几个月后，习惯了那一边紧凑路上没有礼貌的生活。这真是一个很大的对比。看来，马来西亚是进步了，而中国真是需要一点的时间。加上，上海真的是太多人了。摩擦的机会自然而然也大了起来。真是可笑，连我的朋友都觉得好笑。在不同的环境下生活，会跟马来西亚产生一个如此之大的对比。

Been back few days now (in fact will be leaving in 2.5 days), I realized Malaysia traffic is so in order. In fact, when I drove on the road, surprisingly I felt relaxed and happy. I actually enjoyed driving (compared to before I certainly swore a lot on the road). Even though I was stuck on the road due to traffic congestion, I didn't feel annoyed at all. Somehow, people on the road seemed to be more civilized. For instance, they use signal to indicate turning left or right, they even raise their hands to another driver to show gratitude or apology, etc. Is it that Malaysia traffic culture has improved a lot? I guess it was me. When I was living in Netherlands, I got used to that kind of so-called highly civilized lifestyle. Therefore, when I came back, I certainly couldn't adapt to so-called lower-standard lifestyle. Now that I have stayed in China for 7 months now, somehow I got familiar with the lifestyle over there - fast-paced and not-care-of-others-most-of-the-time. Maybe, Malaysia has certainly improved a bit. But, I still believe that the main reason is that I have some comparison. In addition, Shanghai is really too crowded, therefore the chances of conflict certainly is much higher.