# 69

# 69

     I lived in China for more than 18 years; during this long period of time, I always accepted a lot of Chinese tradition customs and culture. We celebrate several ancient festivals and obey the old regulations.

     When I came to America last year, the new environment and culture has a lot of different from what I have experienced for 18 years. I have to say that American people are more friendly and easygoing than Chinese people in some way. For instance, in china, no one would say something like “bless you” when people around he or she makes a sneeze. American people would say these two words under any situation such as in the dorm or classes to people who make a sneeze they may even don’t recognize. This is totally different from Chinese people. Moreover, when people meet with each other at the corridor, they will definitely greeting with each other passionately. If they are not in a hurry, they may stop and chat for a while. However, this rarely happened in China, I just know two neighbors out of 8 families who live the same floor with me. We even don’t talk to each other when we are waiting for the elevator.

     Another matter makes me think American people are warmhearted is the host family. The first people I met in America is Rachel, she picked me up from the airport and provide me the place to live when the dorm hadn’t opened yet. Rachel is really a nice person, when I lived with her; she really took good care of me. She also invited me several times after I move to the dorm.