#4 Fads

"LOOM BRACELETS"

                                                                                                               

Loom Bracelets are my favorite toy I've been doing before as a kid in the 2010s.

They are very colorful and easy to make, you can create different designs and patterns in making

a bracelet. There are also tools that you can use to make a loom bracelet. I used to make these at school and sell them to other students, a lot of students bought my bracelet. I enjoyed my loom bracelet making in my childhood memories.

"PLASTIC BALLONS"

                                                                                                              

          Another one of my favorite toys was plastic balloons. It is so fun to play with, where 

you can create a ginormous clear balloon with your friends. This is like a sticky glue that you put on the stick and blow it out to create a clear balloon and make it bigger. You can also create some different shapes and you can also stick them together to create different figures.                                               

#3 U1 Reflection

                                                                    "What I've Learned"

    I learned about cultural identity and how to specify them, based on different kinds 

of culture. For example, is culture shock. This is about emotional and mental reactions, a 

feeling of being judged, loneliness, and anxiety. 

We also discussed the cultural iceberg model. This compares culture to an iceberg, which 

has visible parts on the water's surface and invisible parts underwater. This means that we 

only see a few aspects of our culture at the top of the iceberg and there are actually more 

things that people haven't discovered yet which is the bottom of the iceberg.  I also learned a 

lot about my classmates's cultural identity, about Venezuela. It has a lot of delicious food in 

Venezuela, one example is Avepa. They also have an amazing colorful festival, where people 

dance along with the music and wear colorful costumes. I also learned about the culture in 

China. They absolutely love tea so much, it is their traditional drink. They also have a panda 

which symbolizes them as luck and peace. Lastly, we also did a group activity about the 

commonalities that we talk about in sports. For example, me and my three classmates play 

ping pong and watch NBA.

#2 My Culture Identity

 

#1 Culture Shock

HOMEWORK:

Name: Rose Pacada Castillon

HUM 107

"Culture shock"

    My experience of culture shock in the United States is about homesickness. Because the way I see people is different from me, from the environment culture, language, and different nationalities. It describes me as having trouble concentrating, loneliness, being misunderstood, and being uncomfortable communicating with other people.

When I am with a group of other students in class or in public crowded places, I feel like an outcast. I just go to the side and not talk and just listen to the topic they're talking about. People make fun of me and ask me questions ".Why are you being so quiet?", "Why are you not talking that much?". " You should talk more". It is not because I don't want to talk, it is just a feeling of anxiety inside of me that people wouldn't understand. I am afraid of what they are thinking about in their thoughts of me. 

But I found a way to overcome my anxiety by listening to music and dressing in nice clothes. This gave me the motivation to tell myself that I needed to communicate with people more, pushing myself to be more confident. I am still struggling to make friends, but I'm slowly improving myself more than before, accepting that it is okay to be alone and learning to adjust. This shows me that I am strong enough to take on challenges myself. 

Blog for HUM 107

 Hello everyone! My name is Rose Pacada Castillon. Don't hesitate to ask any questions you want to know about me. Thank You😊