Perceptions and Misconceptions Breakfast

Hey all!

Special thanks (in no particular order) to Ren Chang, YK, Sefan, Bomi, Egle, Hoi Yee, Mereck and Nadya for openly coming to the MC Flat for an early breakfast, as well as creating such and open and dynamic environment where we were all able to express our views on the topic of perceptions and discrimination.

Here are some lessons I learned… please add you own:

• Ukrainian pancakes taste REALLY good when paired with Malaysian dried fish
• Dating is a very expensive ritual for men in Nigeria as it involves the giving of a lot of gifts.
• There is such thing as a military democracy
• Sefan should be a diplomat… he has a skill of discussing the very sensitive topic of Islamic-Dutch relations in the Netherlands by truly showing the whole complexity of the situation, and without offence to anyone.
• Dvorzack (sorry Mereck, I do not know how to spell his name) is Czech

It was a great morning, and I think we are all beginning to scratch the surface of who each other is, where we are coming from and how we view the world; can’t wait to know more.
If anyone has any ideas for a topic for next week, or if you would like to do a country presentation, please leave a comment, or email me at ejwatter@gmail.com.