European living in Asia for substantial amount of time by now, staying in Singapore, Japan, HK. Not sure what OP likes to hear, but the most important thing is

European living in Asia for substantial amount of time by now, staying in Singapore, Japan, HK. Not sure what OP likes to hear, but the most important thing is to live with intellectual and cultural curiosity. I've seen a lot of expats tossing away local peculiarities just because they were conditioned things should have been done differently. In other words, keep remembering about Chesterton fence [0] [0]: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence