Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Multi Cultural Car Ride

So...on my journey to and from Providence to see the Google Crawl seminar, I had the privilege to ride with four different students from our pro-sem class. It was a great way meet some of my classmates since I was unable to attend the first weekend of class due to work. I felt as if I had missed out on the introductions. So we had some good conversations about different cultures and travel among other topics. It very refreshing to be in a place where I can learn from so many different types of people and what they bring to the table.

A funny tidbit that I learned and for some reason never thought about was that within some Asian cultural practices, tanning is not a practice. I learned that people take whitening supplements and creams to make themselves look more pale. What a contrast it is too western culture which tries its hardest to battle with the sun and become tan. I am looking forward to learning more from my classmates in the upcoming months.

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