I never thought it is this hard to work with different people. Well, 'different' is a redundant word there, because every person is indeed different. I mean different in every way: cultural, religious, technical skills, language, personality..
This group of TWU has trainees from UK, US, China, and India. I notice that people who come from the same country have variances in their spoken English. I learn that even people who have very similar background as I do -- for example, from Indonesia, speak a little Chinese, brought up in similar Chinese culture, went abroad for college -- can be very different from me!
Of course, some things are genetic, but every experience we have in life affects how we think, adapt, solve problems, interpret, and react to events.

Although I have set in advance, a principle that "I'm not better than anybody, so i should be humble," but I fall far from it every now and then. Sometimes it's as simple as "I hope he/she is more open to my suggestions." But not being able to let go this expectation once in a while, affects my interaction with my peers. I also have a problem of "being self-sensitive, instead of environment-sensitive." I'm easily upset of little things people do that I don't like --> self-sensitive. But I never thought that people think of the actions I take and they react on that --> not environment-sensitive.
For example, a few of us went to Hyderabad. One night we went to a bar to chill out in the evening. I didn't like the idea, but it happened after dinner and I had to go with my friend's only car, so .. I guessed I just followed. The policy was that each man has to pay 1000 rupees upfront, while women can get in for free. Apparently the bars here are lacking women. 1000 rupees is about 25 US dollars. So my friends started talking about whether it's worth it to enter, because it was 11 pm and the bar was going to close in an hour, and we might not buy enough drink to cover that admittance fees. There were two guys and four ladies. After some talk, some people agreed to cash-in for 2000 rupees. But I made my sudden remark, "I won't go in".
Ok, so I shouldn't have said that (and there are a number of reasons why I shouldn't have).
That attitude of mine certainly made a stereotype out of me. I know I shouldn't care much about what people think of me, but I should be careful in my expressions, not to offend people or make them feel that I hate them (or what they do, which is the same thing).

I should be the salt and light "in the middle" of the world, which means I should mingle first and foremost.
That time in the bar was just one of the incidents. A friend reminded me that I am often.. oblivious. It's hard for me to tell what people think of me and when they make reactions on me!
Aah.. the next training weeks are going to be tougher and tougher. But I want to learn. This is my training field.