Homework2

1. a) Yes, I have international friends, and..I may write a letter for the friend and his/her family saying "I'm sorry,""you must be feeling onely," and so on. I know the way we usually do for expressing the condolence here don't match with some contries'culture, and I don't want to be rude, so I think just writing a letter is good and safe way to express my condolence to the friends.
b) No, I have never been to a foreign funeral.

2. a) Since I'm not so crazy about designer label, I don't really know why. I guess that because it represents the high quality of the goods, or because it can show how the goods the person wear are expensive and well made, and how she/he is fashionable. Also, we know bland- name goods will not go out of fashion, and we know that we can wear them through young generation to adult, so it's economical in terms of that. I think what the person wear is important for first impression, and since we tend to guess what kind of person he/she is from that, we especially care about what to wear when we meet someone for the first time. Also, I guess it's related to the background that we like to move and act together here Japan. Not many people here want to be unique nor outstanding, and wearing propery is sometimes usuful to be on good terms with people.
b) I agree with the view of the proverb "Don’t judge a book by it’s cover." I don't think the appearance tells everything of the contents, I mean, the person. Indeed, it's sometimes true, but I think if we always judge from the appearnce, we will miss a lot of great things. We will never know how the book is great without actually seeing the inside, and we will never know how the man in shabby shirt is actually smart and has warm personality by just looking at what he wears.