Vietnamese Time?, ASIAN TIME? Options

[matt]

As you know, “khong an dau khong phai me, khong di tre khong phai Vietnam”
for instance...At the Vietnamese weddings people usually shows up 1 or 1.5 late...if the invitation says 4:00, they show up at 5:00 or 5:30, I wonder is that only Vietnamese people do this or other asian do it too?

[minikensun]

NOt all Vietnamese do this. Some do, some don't. I always come ontime. However,waiting is terrible!

[vIeTpRidEs_wOrLd...]

NOt all Vietnamese do this. Some do, some don't. I always come ontime. However,waiting is terrible!

yup , some do , some dont , maybe somthing just came up and u haev to finish that before u come to the party .. whoknows <?>

[minikensun]

We often have a seminar eveyweek. We invite guys at 2:00 PM but the seminar is always started at 3:00 . . It makes us so worry. Even , u know, some comes at 3:30. I say them : It's going to end .HIc....hic.... Once , we invite an American professor, and we have to start ontime with 4 people ! nothing to say !

[TrueViet]

Dude, who is that chick on your thing vietprides? Damn, shes hot.

[vIeTpRidEs_wOrLd...]

Dude, who is that chick on your thing vietprides? Damn, shes hot.

shes Minh Tuyet , a Viet singer !!

[TrueViet]

oh she sure doesnt look like Minh Tuyet.

[vIeTpRidEs_wOrLd...]

oh she sure doesnt look like Minh Tuyet.

yeah , its a poster of hers man !!

[ngo.ngochy]

i think it's a Viet thing.. .. a friend of mine went 2 a wedding where a Viet girl marry a Chinese guy, the ppl in the groom's side all showed up like an hour earlier than the bride's side.. lol.. anyway, i was invited 2 a wedding at 7:00, i came at about 7:40 but i didn't get 2 eat until like 8:30!!! was hungry.. lol

[Ryan]

that's why when you want them to show up at 7pm, your invitation should say 5pm. If you don't know about this, eat before you go to the party.
Vietnamese sucks in time management. No wonder everyday is holiday in Vietnam

[redhotchili]

lol!

this site is really very interesting... i always get to learn new things. here in the philippines we also have filipino time haha...

i'm happy to know that filipinos are not the only ones who do this. reading your posts, the exact same things happen here

[ngo.ngochy]

^ oh, lol, so it's prob an asean thing

[redhotchili]

maybe it's not an "asian" thing (i mean there was this poster who told us about vietnamses marrying a chinese the the latter's relatives came an hour earlier--personally this is unimaginable )... maybe it's just a vietnamse-filipino thing

[desirelove]

maybe it's not an "asian" thing (i mean there was this poster who told us about vietnamses marrying a chinese the the latter's relatives came an hour earlier--personally this is unimaginable )... maybe it's just a vietnamse-filipino thing

We call it "Korean Time". I think it is a pretty common "culture" in Asia. Not a good thing, though.

This post has been edited by desirelove: Jun 19 2004, 10:33 AM

[redhotchili]

so it's korean-vietnamese-filipino time... whoo! so, anybody else wants to join our little club of late-comers?

mmm... i think japanese are not like this, am i correct?

[dalawapo]

^ oh, lol, so it's prob an asean thing

hahah an asean thing!!?

[kimmie`licious]

i do that *viet time* all the time ..i dun like to be the one waiting LOLS

[ngo.ngochy]

i do that *viet time* all the time ..i dun like to be the one waiting LOLS

same here.. i hate 2 wait.. i usually show up late, but sometime i still have 2 wait 4 others.