Actually, no. This deserves more of a response.
Cultures and their levels of response vary greatly. Misanthrope is pretty well traveled - I'm sure he'd agree with this. I'm not sure how much you have traveled abroad, if at all. The generalisations you mentioned above are not only pretty offensive, they come off as somewhat naive and misinformed. I'm genuinely asking a question here - have you traveled OS - really done it? I mean away from the main centres and experienced the reality of life in another country, it's customs and way of life for weeks or months at a time? Contiki and the like just don't count for anything in this regard.
The culture in asia varies greatly. Japan and Vietnam have about as much in common as Britain and Russia. It's a generalisation I'm using here, but Japan for example has a very rigid social structure and the methods of expressing displeasure, unhappiness and happiness are (by 'western' standards) very subtle.
Don't assume that there's no fire, spirit or feeling in the relatively minor or unusual reactions that people have to things that you might react to differently. People are people everywhere you go - the way they express things can change greatly though the feelings they experience are the same.
The idea that you have the 'perfect woman' checklist in your head is a bit silly to me.
Have an open mind, and every encounter could turn out to be 'the one'. (which is also unrealistic - there is no such thing and it's cruel to believe otherwise)
Having such a rigid list means you'll c**k-block yourself!
Relationships, especially long term ones, are all about compromise. A relationship without it is doomed to fail - no person will simply follow orders forever unless the spirit has been beaten out of them, and that's not a relationship. It's slavery in an ugly cage.
Keep an open mind - they could pop up anywhere at any time, and it's a crying shame if people miss out because the chance was ignored simply because the other party was (for example) green eyed instead of brown.
