2009年10月25日日曜日

HOMEWORK - The Languagr of Clothes

The Language of Clothes
1. DO YOU JUDGE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY WEARE? WHY?
Sometimes I do. We often heard "Do not judge people by their looks." but I think What people weare sometimes shows what they are. ex, who weare a wrinkled shirt should be sloppy.

2. DO YOU THINK JAPANESE SOCIETY PUTS AN IMPORTANCE ON CLOTHING WHEN JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY?
I think the old Japanese society does and the modern doesn't. That's why the old has prejudice against differences: foreigners, but I don't feel like that so much recently.

3.WHAT COLORS ARE YOU WEARING NOW? DO THEY REFRECT YOUR MOOD?
beige, brown, pink, yellow, light blue.. I'm wearing a floral-print dress now. I cant say these colors refrect my mood but I can say dresses especially floral-printed are refrect my mood.

Friends
1. WHAT ARE SOME SUBJECTS THAT YOU WILL NEVER DISCUSS WITH A FRIEND?
About my biggest worry.

2. DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FRIENDS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS? GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES? GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES.
No, I don't.

2009年10月17日土曜日

HOMEWORK - Death and Funerals & The Language of Clothes

1. Death and Funerals
a. DO YOU HAVE ANY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OR A HOST FAILY? IF SO, HOW WOULD YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONDOLENCES TO THEM IF A FAMILY MEMBER DIED?
Yes. I would bring them bouquet of flower to express my condolences.

b. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A FOREIGN FUNERAL?
No, never.

2.The Language of Clothes
a. WHY ARE JAPANESE DESIGNER LEVEL CRAZY? WHY IS WHAT YOU WEAR SO IMPRTANT?
Japanese have absorbed and assimilated foreign ideas and cultures suce as Japanese believe not just a religion Buddism but other religions, so Japanese have more flexibility. That's why Japanese designer level crazy I think.

b. WHAT DOES "DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER." MEAN TO YOU?
Just as the term indicates. We never know the inside of people and things before communicating with them or examining them properly.

HOMEWORK - Wrapping & Death and Funerals

1. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE WEB SITE'S DESCRIPTION, THE JAPANESE CONCEPT OF "WRAPPING"? WHAT DO YOU DO THAT CAN BE CALLED "WRAPPING"? GIVE EXAMPLES FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
Each piece of cookie is wrapped individually, and futhermore, they are all beautifull packed in a box wrapped in paper in Japan. That can be make people happy when they take the wraps off.
Buildings under construction are covered in Japan. That shows "Japanese Underserved Kindness".

2.a. WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU DIE?
Go to the other world where is nothing spetial.

2.b. WHY DO JAPANESE HAVE DEATH MEMORIAL SERVICES AFTER A PERSON'S DEATH?
Not to forget our appreciation for ancestors cause we tend to dismiss the past. And also to have a time for the family function.