Learn to speak up and be polite. I realised many Asians are very shy to speak up even if its just to say 'hello' or 'excuse me' or 'how are you doing'. We tend to just shy away and keep our thoughts and feelings to ourselves 'thinking' its polite not to say anything. Its not. Today i had the misfortune of meeting an old grouchy man at the money changer. 4 people in the line (me included) and he went straight to the front and change his money. I confronted him to tell him that there is a line but the old man said he didn't know and thought we were all just looking at the exchange rate only. Anyway, it soon turned into a bad confrontation because voices were raised and the old man still didn't admit to his fault or apologize. There were children watching as well and i told the old man that i hope his children will grow up to be better ppl. We should be polite to old people and they should show a good example to the young ones. This old man kept saying ' no no no no no'. Maybe i'll give him benefit of doubt that he really didn't know there was a line. But when told there is a line, no matter how old you are, apologize and be sincere rather than deny and shout to us calling us stupid. So i realised how important it is to voice out. This is just 1 small example but a notable 1. When unsure, ask. You will never gain anything without asking. Don't asssume. Assumptions have almost always proven to cause problems. So speak up people! Learn to say "excuse me, are you queing up?" or apply to whatever situation you are in. Now have a great day everyone.