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[Continued from “Winterpeg“. This is the last post under “Coming to the New World … America“. Shows how language misalignment and unfamiliarity with culture could be viewed with a mindset that could be totally unrelated. Reaching out and willing to lean will tear down inaccurate perceptions.]

In my first day in Winnipeg, I was getting myself situated as a full time student at the University of Manitoba, and finding a place to live in. There were several accommodation options on and off campus. I was looking for the closest building to the University where I could walk door-to-door with the least exposure to the climate I’m not accustomed to, while staying within my scholarship budget. 

St. John’s College Residence seemed to meet these requirements, but I wasn’t sure how would the life in the seminary residence would be. I didn’t know if religious services at the dorm would cause me being in a state of discomfort.

[Continuation of “Coming to the New World…America“. Illustrates how the people perceptions about places varying from their norms put them in a different state of mind, until personal experience and built up knowledge demystify misconceptions.]

It was almost an hour after midnight on January 2nd, 1989, when I took my seat on Air Canada flight from Toronto to Winnipeg. It has been close to thirty hours since I left Cairo. The toll of the trip and the preparation before it has infused into my senses.

In celebrating diversity in corporate America, each month carries a theme of one of our cultures’ components. February is the Black History month, March is Women in Leadership, April is Religious Heritage, May is Asian Heritage, September/October is Hispanic Heritage, and November is American Indian Heritage month. In April 2006, after displaying a video on …

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