Hallo! Where do you come from? What do you like and hate the most about your country? Well, I'm from Indonesia, I like Indonesian nature the most. That's so beautiful. Unfortunately, most of Indonesian don't really care about the environment. Garbage's everywhere which causes floods in rainy season. Floods, garbages, and traffic jam are things I hate the most about my country. What about you?
Peace,
Za
Amanda I think the word bogan might be a little bit Australian specific for italki haha... However, I agree 100 precent.
I think it's important to note that it is healthy to look at your own country with a critical eye. If you cannot criticise your own nation perhaps you should be asking why that is? As an Australian we have it better than a lot of other countries. We have a good standard of living, a relatively free and fair society, and beutiful weather. However, we also live in one of the most expensive countries in the world, have issues with endemic racism, and the gap between rich and poor is growing not declining. So, beware assuming that any country is a paradise - every country is flawed.
On a positive note - once you establish flaws in society you can begin to attempt to fix them :)
I love that I live in a country where you can be free to say what you like, to have or NOT have religious beliefs (most Australians are not religious), and feel safe travelling around - even by yourself. I love our natural scenery and the wide, open spaces, where you can find peace.
What I don't like is our current government, who are insulting our next door neighbours (Indonesia) and now trying to destory our environment by revoking World Heritage areas.
I am also ashamed of redneck 'bogan' Australians, who say things like: 'Australia should be white, and only English spoken here'. I work with Aboriginal people everyday and I find this disgusting. Aboriginal people are the First Australians and there are still over 120 Aboriginal languages spoken here today. How can these 'bogans' say that the First Australians should be 'white' and not allowed to speak their own languages?
@Oussama: No, it's not. You need to read more to understand the present. Iraq is not easy country. Once, someone told me when I was a kid that if Iraq face a hard time then this hard time will spread to all Arab countries. Now, what do you think?
George Orwell said “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”
I think his notion more than true. You maight be surprised , if I told you that I see people repeat something happen before 2000 or 3000 years ago. Ofcourse, they don't know. If you want to know the future, if you want to understand the present then you must understand the past. Also, you need the understand the effect of environment , surrounding, ideas, geography on people behaviour. After that, you will not be surprised anymore.
What I love most from Indonesia is its large diversity which manifest in the ethnic groups spreading throughout the archipelago, the linguistic diversity where people in every region has their own language, yet still use Bahasa Indonesia as lingua franca, and the various of food which make me droool every time I found them in the street (street foods). Nevertheless I hate the bureaucratic hurdles, making it hard for me to get the official documents
@Oussama: Now,there are Some people hate Iraq because of Babylonian Empire. If you want to understand the present then you must understand the history.
