Superstitions

★Which part surprised you the most? What kind of Danish food do you want to try?
It's in her presentation....but I think Ms Denmark's pronunciation and intonation are differ from American English. So it was little difficult to understand for me. I surprised several things about Denmark, but....the most surprising thing for me is she is the most beautiful in Denmark! Hahaha She is exactly beautiful! I want to be her, if I could. Haha Also, I want to eat apple soup. When I heard it in her presentation, I thought " It sounds delicious!" because I like apple very much. When I go to Denmark in the future, I'll exactly try it.

★Do you think it is important to talk about superstitions in cross culture communication class?Why?

Yes, I think so, because every country has different superstitions! Superstitions was invented by human from historical fact, weather, appearance, circumstances and so on. I think superstitions in every countries influenced by them so it is important to talk about superstitions.

★Is communication affected by superstitions?

I don't think so. I've never talked about superstitions with my friends, family and so on.
If so, I will look down on people who believe in superstitions because I never believe in them.

★Do you believe in superstitions? If yes, what superstitions do you believe? Why do you do, use, or believe in them?
I don't believe it at all because it' nothing but an illusion. I think people who believe in it are stupid. In Japan, not so long time ago, left-hander is called "giccyo" and used to be frightened because people believe that left-hander was a demon. It's so stupid! That can't be it! I am a left-hander but I'm not a demon. Like that, I think superstitions are nothing but a stupid thing. So I don't believe in them at all.

Time

★Please explain a time proverb in your culture.
「歳月、人を待たず」「光陰、矢の如し」 -Time and tide wait for no man.
They means passage of time never wait people so we MUST care the time. Both proverbs are almost same meaning. And the latter one is famous proverb in Japan. I like them because it's true. We don't have time machine like Doraemon. I think all of people must keep them in mind.



★What do the following proverbs mean:
☆ Time is money.
Time is money....I think it's a very famous proverb in Japan. It's "時は金なり" in Japanese.
I think it means time is fugacious and important and if we idle away, we would regret like money. So we have to care it very much.

☆ A stitch in time saves nine.
It's "転ばぬ先の杖" in Japanese. It's also famous proverb in Japan. I think it means if we chew up some troubles which we can make prognostications, we would not need to panic.

☆There's no time like the present.
It means it's the best time to do it! Now or Never! This chance is a present from God!

☆Let's meet at 4. If I'm not there by 5, leave without me at 6, and I'll be there at 7.

Is this a proverb? I think it's a verbal promise of yore. People make an empty promise to friends, family and so on because people didn't have any mobile phone. So if they can't meet on time they can't contact with each other. But they don't be worry because they made the verbal promise. Before someone knows its mean transmuted like proverb.