How to Deal with Difference and Similarity in Culture

Thanks to a friend for the gentle reminder reminding me (gentle reminder is more formal, like when the university sends you a reminder about having to register your courses or whatever.. generally friends don't give gentle reminders)... why do we exchange students go overseas, is it all experience about the difference? about experiencing differences?

We listen, we talk, we observe, we judge. Mostly we only see the differences, and our emotions and presumptions are act like a magnifying lens.

In fact where we put our attention on counts very small. What we give our attention to does, in fact, count for very little/ in fact, what we pay attention to counts very little. Last time (here, do you mean "a while ago" or "recently"? It is quite a Malay/Singaporean thing to say "last time" about any period in the past. If you mean "last time you saw me" they you should say "last time I saw her", add a description of last time you did what) a friend of mine who travels a lot told me these simple words for which my heart were deeply touched which touched me deeply: "we're all humans." (who is that? haha oh I wouldn't know ;-))

I'm not saying not to look at the difference differences. It's cool to speak about that especially in terms of culture and it's probably the most prominent reason to travel. But what's the point we stand at But where do we stand? Do we take it look at discrimination as a sources of hurt, opposition, discrimination, or instead as harmony and friendship? Think it over when we want to share sharing opinions, particularly when to the public. Being polite must be a principle applied. Being polite is of utmost importance (principle applied is quite formal again, and this sentence sounds better)

Think why and no hurry to complain don't complain without reason, learn to analysis analyse and appreciate:)

photo frm: 林美石磐步道Linmei Shipan Trail,宜蘭@台灣Yilan@Taiwan