Monday, May 4, 2009

final blog, i really appreciate this semester!

This semester I have learnt some basic skills. For example, how to use dream waver and movie maker. I still remembered the first class, we were very exciting to create our first blog, and we made our Purdue space. I really appreciate this class, except learnt some basic computer skills, I also make a lot of friends. Especially I want to mention my partner Amna. She comes from Saudi Arabia. Compare with china, our culture are very different. Before I knew her, in my mind Saudi Arabia is a very traditional and rich country. However, that is a superficial understanding for Saudi Arabia. Amna told me in her country, they are allowed to have children as much as we want. For example, in the past, the family numbers could be ten or more. But right now, some family has changed; they do not think more children are a symbol of power and support. And she introduces some traditional food for me, such as “kabsah”. They do not celebrate New Year. But they have two celebrations, one of them is after “Ramadan” and the other one is “in the end of the ear”. They need to buy new clothes and then every family get together to celebrate this holiday, not only the parents and brother and sister, but also uncles and aunts and grandmother and grandfather and nephew cousin and whole family. I am very appreciate Amna teach me lots of their culture, and I also learnt a lot of things from my classmates.