The other reason is that having clear fair skin is a sign of status, because if you have money then you don't have to work on the fields, you are inside and your skin is tighter. So they use a whitening cream to lighten the color of their skin, sometimes with adverse results like allergies or spots on the skin.
2. French style toilet
When it comes to culture shock, potty customs hit us the hardest, don't they? In Southeast Asia many bathrooms come with a squat toilet, a French style toilet that is basically a hole on the floor. People (as its name suggests) squat and... go.