Food in Culture

Since I am a Russian nationally, I am going to tell you about foods in Russian culture. The biggest holiday in Russia which is includes a lot of food is the new year's. Unlike here in USA, the new year's celebration is much bigger in Russia. This holiday is like all the holidays throughout the whole year put together. When it comes to food, you won't see more food on the table on a new year's party than anywhere else. The types of food vary. There is always all kinds of different types of food. Mostly Russians focus on meat, so a lot of food has meat in it. The reason for this is probably because they are always hungry, so meat fills you up pretty nice. If I would have to pick one food that is the most important on a new year's party, I would have to say Vodka. If you were to go outside on the streets on January 1st, you would not see a single person or a car for the whole day. Everyone is drunk, passed out, sleeping home (or not home). Like in many other cultures, food and eating, unites people. 100% of time when I come to visit my grandmother, as soon as I step inside her house, she jumps up to go put some food on the table. It is Russian tradition to sit down and eat with someone, or at least drink tea. If you don't do that, it might be viewed as a sign of disrespect.

Community

To begin, Criminal Justice course at Everett Community College is a community. Not counting that the collage name already has a word "community" in it, what makes this group a community is the students and professors who are involved in Criminal Justice program here. What holds the group together is similar interests of each and every one of us there. The need of knowledge and personal interests for this subject is what people share in this community. Some of people there might be taking Criminal Justice because they were forced to, some might be taking it because they just like this subject, and some might be taking this course because out of all professions and careers this is the one that seem to fit the most. The tensions or differences work against the cohesion of this community is that every person has a different life and his or her own opinion on what is right and what is wrong. This makes the community be more solid and stick together for the interest to learn more and explore each other.

I fit in well in this community. It feels great going to a class that you are looking forward to and knowing that you will learn something new today and have fun while doing it. This community is like a team of fellow brothers working together who share same interests in this field of profession. This is what makes me be a part of this community.

Whats In My Wallet

What contains in my wallet, tells a whole lot about me, like it would with any other person who uses a wallet. Before I start, I will tell a brief experience which happened to me today. As I went with my mom to look at a car she found for sale, I dropped my wallet in her car and didn't notice. When we got home, I was so upset that I thought I lost my wallet. I looked everywhere, did not find it. Last place on my list to look at was my mom's car. I was so happy when I found it under the passenger seat. How the heck did it slip out of my pocket and got under the seat perfectly so it couldn't be noticeable without looking directly under it. Now back to the subject. If a person would find my wallet and open it, the first place they would look is the large pocket on the side which is for the money. They would see that I got few one dollar bills, couple of five dollar bills, and one or two twenty dollar bills. This could tell about me that I do use money on the regular basis, that is why it is not all in nice, perfect, crispy large value dollar bills such as twenties or hundreds. The next major thing that would stick out in my wallet is my driver license which is under see-through plastic cover. My ID card would tell a whole lot about me. My license number, my full name, my address, my weight (at least when this ID was made), my height, my sex, eye color, bate of birth, and last but not least - my photo. Next on the list, would be my cards, as I have a lot of them. I have a Costco gas card, which if a person knows, that it has one of the cheapest prices for gas. It might tell that I am a wise one, and care for my money. Next to the Costco gas card, I have my Debit card. I don't know much it could tell about me which would make me stand out from other people. On the other side of my driver license, is more cards. The tip of a YMCA card can be see, and a Vitamin World card behind it. Those two cards could tell about me, that I do or at least try to stay healthy, by going to YMCA and being active. In the next pocket of my wallet is a blue paper Everett Community College card which has my student number on. This could tell that I am a college student, it could also tell that I have not the best memory because I cannot remember my student number after two full quarters of college. Behind it is a Traxx Indoor Raceway card. It could tell about me, that I am young, like to do fun things from time to time, and might even tell that I am a male, because go-carting stays on the boy side of things. If the person who picked up my wallet goes deep into my wallet and checks every crack and every hole, they would notice a paper behind my driver license card. It is a admission ticket for the San Francisco Zoo. This might tell that I like to enjoy the nature and animals in it. Looking at all of this taken together, my wallet reflects exactly what I am. It shows that I am a regular teenager, who pursuits further education after high school, who likes to go out and do fun things once in a while, and also who likes to keep himself organized and in order.

Sorry if it's a bit too long, not sure if we supposed to be formal and professional about the blogging or just sms text style of writing.

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Hello, my name is Eugene. I just started doing this whole Blog thing, so I am not familiar with any functions, or purposes of having a blog.