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我常问的问题,“你会用筷子吗?“。我住在韩国,日本,和中国。在每一个国家,我有,更多的往往不是没有要求,得到一个叉时,可用。我有礼貌地refusde说我用筷子就好了。有时候,我必须做进一步的解释。
筷子是我最不担心当我吃在亚洲的家庭或餐厅。事实上,学习如何使用筷子带我只有几个星期。这并不是说我是熟练的,虽然。学习如何使用筷子对于我来说是容易的,而学习礼仪和如何进行自己的表是相当困难的。有多少次我必须说“不,谢谢你”的时候我真的是“不,谢谢你,我真的吃饱了吗?我如何去拒绝更多的食物而不得罪人?如果我坚持,我仍然得到更多,这是适当的就不要吃它吗?这是不礼貌的我从哪里来。
我所享有的许多伟大的膳食和我交往的人都曾经是伟大的。我越来越意识到,我永远不能回报我所得到的东西。我不知道如何感谢所有的人谁,我吃在亚洲。
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