Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Today I Noticed Something!- Random Thought

Something I've recently notice is that the division of the student dormitories. There are major groups that study at this school, not including the other students at the new campus. In my building the one floor is mostly Indonesian students, another mostly Laotian, and Afghan, with the exception of single occupant rooms. Still another floor where is mostly Africans, and Indians (not Native Americans), with the exception of people moved from the other building and myself. Now I don't know the floor dynamics of the other building but with the exception of the late comers from Mauritius it's mostly 韩国 students and 欧洲人. My question is, is this for any particular reason?

I'm not complaining I'm just making an observation based on a major daily event, lunch. Lunch is an important part of many cultures, and Chinese is no exception. For those of us who attend classes from 8-11:50 lunch in directly after. Lunch groups are pretty predictable, like looking at a high school cafeteria. 亚洲人跟亚洲人,非洲人跟非洲人,欧洲人跟欧洲人 and I bounce between 非洲人 and 亚洲人 while my fellow American is pretty consistent about eating with the same 欧洲朋友们. I just thought it was interesting, watching the daily activities people positioned differently will travel awkward distances to be where they feel most comfortable. Interesting how no matter what country we're in or from food is a unifying factor. Just food for thought:)



韩国- Korea(n)

亚洲人- People from Asia

非洲人- People from Africa

欧洲人- People from Europe

跟- with

朋友们- friends

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