we often hear news of other countries here.. as though serious when we read / see the news reported.

but often, the ppl who are living in that country, will think of it as nothing serious.

take the typhoon in taiwan for example. when we see news of typhoon, we will think of it badly or serious over there. but when u are there yourself, you will feel that life is still the same for the ppl living there, or rather it is as per normal for u when u are there...

same applies for the violent protests ongoing in thailand.. we think of it as serious, but the ppl there may think of it nothing.

im not sure why.. is it because we are not used to such things here? eg, riots, natural disasters. which explains our reaction? or because the ppl in other countries are used to such things that they are not really affected, in other sense, over time, they learnt to protect themselves from such things?