[00:01.73]But my host kept on putting more food

[00:04.27]in my rice bowl.

[00:05.88]They didn't seem to hear me saying

[00:07.72]"No, thank you" in my poor spoken Chinese.

[00:10.86]This was a very special experience

[00:12.73]I had in China.In my culture,

[00:14.87]you don't get more food

[00:16.10]if you don't ask for more.

[00:17.99]Martin

[00:19.73]I had a similar experience the last time

[00:22.56]I visited China.

[00:24.82]The Chinese are the friendliest people

[00:26.59]I have every met.

[00:28.20]After my visit to a Chinese family,

[00:30.57]my friend's grandfather

[00:31.92]wouldn't let me go to the bus station alone,

[00:34.64]he insisted on walking me

[00:35.83]to the station to see me off.

[00:37.96]I kept saying that I knew the way my self,

[00:40.23]but it just did not work.

[00:41.88]What he did was amazing.

[00:43.81]This will not happen in many other cultures,

[00:45.45]I guess. Tom

[00:47.96]Chinese people are very modest too.

[00:50.84]Last time, when I visited China,

[00:52.78]we saw the tour guide

[00:53.97]wearing a very pretty for coat

[00:55.90]on the day we left.

[00:57.25]I told her the coat suited her,

[00:59.05]but she looked very embarrassed,

[01:01.02]saying that it was a cheap one she had boutht

[01:03.07]a long time ago. I was surprised.

[01:05.47]In my culture, when people say nice things

[01:07.51]about us, we feel very happy and say thanks.

[01:10.75]Tina

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