My Family Culture

If I were to evacuate to another country, the three items that I would choose to bring with me would be my princess Jasmine Arabian nightgown, my great grandmother’s necklace, and a picture of my parents. I know the first one may sound a little weird but I had a love for princess Jasmine as a kid and my mother just so happened to actually buy me a nightgown with Jasmine’s picture on it with a hood in the back. Once I became an adult, I had vowed to myself that when I have a daughter one day, I would pass that nightgown on to her. That nightgown is very special to me and I still hold on to it til this very day. I just hope that my future daughter will love it just as I did. My second item belonged to my great grandmother. My aunt found a lot of jewelry that belonged to her and gave them to me. I had found a necklace that had a purple stone in the middle. I keep that necklace in remembrance of her. My third and final item would be a picture of my parents. I don’t have an immediate family picture of me and my brothers but I do have the separate. One of me and my brothers and then I have one of just my parents. So between those two I would pick my parents picture. I love my parents very much. They have grown and been through a lot in raising me and my brothers. I know that they will not be around forever so I do need something to remind me of both of them. If I were told to just keep one item, I would be a hard decision for me to choose. Surprisingly I would choose the picture of my parents because they are very special to me out of the materialistic items.

Culture and diversity is no big shock to me because back in 2008, I did an academic tour of Europe. Upon going on this trip, I learned a lot about different cultures and how I was supposed to let my narrow thinking down. What I did at home in my country, I could not do in Europe as well as learning a little bit of German, French, and Italian to survive. We had a translator most of the way. Even when we left Europe, some people had to let go some of the items that they had bought from certain countries and they were highly upset. Thank God that no one got rid of any items. I went home with some great souvenirs. It is always important to think about those who move to our country for whatever reason and to be able to support them in their transition. America can be quite selfish when it comes to culture but you find that in other countries a lot of people can speak various languages and can be quite open “sometimes”. We have such a melting pot that I think that us as Americans can be a little less bias and learn to embrace various cultures.