Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Hello!!

Hi, I’m Yuka. How are you?
I learned body language in cross-cultural communication class last week, so I’m going to introduce it.
When you meet someone for the first time, how do you greet him? In this case, I bow to him. However, when I was in the US to study abroad last year, it was common to shake hands. I had thought people shook hands only on the occasion of business before then.
How about you?
Next, what gestures are impolite?
In my culture, it’s impolite to yawn in front of people, point people, lean our elbows on the table when we have meals.

By the way, do you commute from your parents’ house to the university or live alone?
I commute from my parents’ house and use a train and subway. It’s takes one hour and twenty minutes to get to the university. However, the station is very near to my house, so it’s very handy.
How do you commute to the university?
Please tell me.

See you!

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