This week, we had presentations about each person's target language. I thought everyone's topics were all very interesting. I didn't realize how much work goes into preparing a house for a guest in Pakistan. I wonder whether this sort of process is the same throughout Pakistan, in which people from different social classes do this or only one particular class do it or is it done in certain parts of Pakistan.
I thought India's lunch messengers were really interesting. I didn't know that messengers would bring their lunches to them. It seems to be a really cheap form of delivery, but I do wonder what form of transport these messengers use. If the clients aren't bringing their lunches because of a lack of space and hindrance to getting on public transport, do these messengers have the same issue when delivering the lunches? Do they use the same transportation as the clients or something else? How many lunches do one messenger deliver? But overall the concept is great since food preparation can take a long time.
What is the fascination with western culture in Asian countries? It seems like light, fair skin is the number one desire for any Asian. Why is this so? It's so sad to see how social media has changed people's perception of themselves. While people can easily change their figure, skin tone is a different issue. It's harder to do so. It's definitely contradictory views. Western societies see dark skin color as pretty which is the complete opposite as non Western societies. But when thinking about this, it makes sense why this is so. People with pale skin color probably do not necessarily want it since they already have it. The same goes for someone who has dark skin color but doesn't want it. The real problem I see is that societies would judge a person poorly based on the color of their skin. They show preference for people of a certain tone, which is absolutely degrading for others. While judging a person by their appearance and beauty is not exactly ideal, it's better than being judged by skin tone. It just shows that India as well as other countries have a lot of work to do in order for all colors to be accepted as beautiful.
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