PARENTING STYLE AND ITS EFFECTS ON PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION

Have you ever heard of tiger mom? Roarrrr!! Well, it usually refers to Asian moms. There are three parenting style:

• Authoritarian
• This style put the parents in total power. Decisions are made by them. Some of us may not in favour of this style. However, some children opt for this style as they cannot make decisions for themselves. Thus, by having parents to decide for them, it makes their life easier.
• Permissive
• Basically, your parents just let whatever you do. You have the power lads.
• Authoritative
• This is the combination of both style. You and your parents share the power in decision making. They might guide you and you decide your choice.

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Non verbal communication

Every countries have their own symbols that symbolize a lot of meanings including improper meaning and one country differs with one another. Non-verbal communication is always type of
communication that tend to give unintended meaning or become the main reason for miscommunication. In Malaysia, Muslim women and Muslim men will not shake hand with each other and sometime men will slightly bow to women as the symbol of respect. In addition, when Malaysian shake hands, they will not grasp it. They also shake hands using both hands and then they bring their hand to their chest as the symbol of “I greet you from my heart”.

There is something interesting about what Hanna has shared with us. It is about the greetings. The Filipinos usually shake hands when they meet formally. Some Muslims prefer to put their right hand at the chest as a symbol of respect instead of shaking hands.

According to Hanna, she was quite surprised at first when she saw how the Muslim families greet  each other during the early days she started living here. In Malaysia, the young one will kiss the hands of the elders which is similar to the Christians culture in the Philippines. In her country, the elder will be kissed one either on the cheek or on the forehead.

Food

Fooood!!! Yummy


I know everyone like food so much just like me. Now I will be talking about food in Malaysia.
Malaysia is so famous with hot and spicy food like Nasi Lemak, Asam Pedas Melaka, Masak Sambal and more. For your information, the most basic ingredients for majority of Malaysian cuisine or traditional cuisine are coconut milk, spices, and chili. In addition, it is normal for us to consume high calorie food during morning like Roti Canai and traditional desserts such as kuih seri muka, kuih talam, tepung pelita and so on.

Normally, Roti Canai will be eaten together with curry, anchovy’s gravy, or dhal gravy .Different with Nasi Lemak , the rice is cooked with coconut milk and normally it will be eaten together with egg, fried anchovies, condiment, Rendang or any other side dishes that is suitable to be eaten together.

Roti canai

Nasi lemak

Hana's story

Being in Malaysia for the first time, I was shocked by the colour of the food. There's orange, red, yellow, white and black!!! I couldn't take it since all of them appeared weird in my eyes. I wonder how does it taste? So, during my early days in Malaysia, I just eat 'ayam goreng' (fried chicken). We do have colours in our food but I think Malaysia is more colourful haha. And it is my first time to see curry and oil floating with colours. Our food is usually dry. We do have soup but here is toooo much soup.

Another interesting experience is....the drinks inside the plastic tied with a rope. WOW! IT WAS COOOL!! Never seen one before. My friend even poured it out because she thought it was dirty.

KELAPA (coconut) and KEPALA (head). I cannot distinguish this back then. I once ordered a pau with kepala flavour. Of course I become a laughing stock haha. But it was a nice experience. So the people in the beverage stall was laughing at me as well as the students nearby.

Malaysia also has weird name for food. NASI HUJAN PANAS. I cannot remember others. Hmmm....