Tim Thomas (PF/SF) was told by the Bulls to stay home after he was traded to them 3 years ago (Bulls fan term it “Tim Thomas” incident). He was later waived and picked up by Phoenix Suns; they went to the playoffs and Tim was a contributor. Then after a couple of seasons moving around teams, guess wat, he ended up being traded to Chicago Bulls AGAIN !!
So now, the Bulls fans were speculating if Tim Thomas will be “Tim Thomased” again. But man, he is like one of the better players on the bench. Just the Orlando game, he was 4-6 on 3 pts, finishing with 17 points. More importantly, he is spreading the floor and feeding Derrick Rose to lead the team. The Bulls eventually trashed The Magic 120 to 102. Good game all round for the Bulls. Anyway back to Tim Thomas, imagine the amount of pride he has to swallow to be back with the team. I am pretty sure in our eastern culture we will not be able to swallow the pride. Quote or unquote me from previous posts, some things are just so hard to swallow… hahahaha
This is another example of cultural difference between East and West. In the West, they tend to put “business” over relationships. Conversely, the East prefers to establish relationship before moving on to business. There is nothing wrong here, mind you; just a distinction on why cross cultural interactions can be so difficult sometimes.
But nonetheless, a virtue we should learn – to forgive and forget… hard to do … I am still learning…hahaha
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This reminds me, Lernik was just chatting with me on the car journey back from New Orleans. He was lamenting that it takes a little time to get accustomed to difference in cultures. As a Russian, his “way of doing things” can be different from say Mexicans or even the Americans. So, he says he is still learning… but it is never easy to shake away the imbedded norm to embrace the new styles of interaction.
I am still learning to integrate the different culture together too. Haha
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