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What I Learned About Culture When I Made A Friend In Thailand

It's beautiful to have friends from different ethnic groups, and I'm glad I have a foreign friend who I can learn a lot from.

Daniela Gonzalez
Aug 21, 2017
Corban University
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What I Learned About Culture When I Made A Friend In Thailand
Palita Chanmar

We're constantly surrounded by people from different ethnicities but not everyone has a foreign friend.

I had the privilege to meet a friend from Thai, and ever since then, we've stayed in contact.

I'm so fascinated by different cultures and the language that it has made my love for traveling grow even more. I want to make friends from all over the world and be able to learn not just the culture and their ways of doing things, but the food and their language as well!

In the same way, I was able to go to China this summer and make new friends. I was able to interact with them and be able to ask questions about themselves. It was such an amazing experience!!

This is my Thai friend. (: Her name is Palita.


She's 20 years old, LOVES chocolate. Her favorite Thai food is Pad Ka-Prao,


She loves listening to kpop (like me), and she loves to write fiction. She wants to learn Spanish and she HATES fish. She used to go to highschool with me, but sadly moved away. We still keep in touch and I'm excited for next summer. We will be taking a trip to her hometown in Thai! I can't wait to meet people from there and learn more about it. I'm really glad I met her because I've always wanted a foreign friend. I honestly don't even remember how we met, but I do know it was sophomore year. I remember every lunch period she would bring pocky sticks and give the group some. I fell in love with pocky!! That reminds me about my trip to China. I was able to try a whole mess of delicious food there, but two of my favorite dishes were these:

Scallion Pancake


Spicy and Sour Potato


The first dish (these are side dishes btw) reminded me of a quesadilla when I was there. It tasted nothing like a quesadilla though. The second side dish is basically shredded potato, with a mild spice to it. This side dish was in every meal I had in China, along with rice, and hot water or tea. I fell in love with the place, but I did miss home at some point. I'm excited about my trip next summer with my friend, and I can't wait to visit her hometown. I'm glad I met her because now I can learn about a new country and learn more about her as well. I'm glad I met my foreign friend and I hope to make many memories with her and travel together.

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