Learning about traditional culture

“Third culture” might be an issue when we talk with people from the “origin” country. Although it’s a bit narrow-minded to look at people only from their “nationalities”, such expectations are often seen and probably we will also see from now on.

Hina doesn’t mind speaking her native language with an English accent because English is her first language. But it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t value culture of her origin. She is quite interested in learning a history and culture.

She got a traditional dress as a gift from our guest.

She tried dancing with it. She kept asking me to teach how to dance the traditional dance properly. Since I don’t know it and there is a certain way of dancing the traditional dance, I asked a professional to come over to teach her the introduction.

I hope she would enjoy the class and absorb a culture from it.

Curious about the sun

Hina has been thinking about what would happen when the sun exploded. Especially yesterday, she couldn’t stop talking about it.

She read science books, she researched it on the internet, and she also talked to people about it.

It would sound like a random question, but she became curious about it after she read about the space.

Hina had an art class yesterday. But she couldn’t focus on drawing because her curiosity led her to the same topic about the sun.

The art teacher was very patient about it and Hina

Building mutual understanding by traveling

Hina and I have been traveling a lot since early 2019. In 2019, we traveled about 12,000km together.

Through traveling, both Hina and I learned what mutual understanding is.

Mutual understanding really needs experience and practice rather than being taught. When it’s taught, we feel like we “know it.”

However, experiences make us more humble to learn because it teaches us the wisdom of ignorance.

We are going to start the first trip in 2020 today.