Cross Cultural Communication-a visit during the spring festival

It’s the first time that I spend my spring festival far away from home, but I really feel at ease with seniors, friends and others during this period of time. Yesterday, Mrs Moh Keng invited us to pay a visit to her home. It was a quite different experience for me since I had never visited a local family before and I think we had a great time. When we gave the small present-six tangerines to her and her mother, they only took two and returned the left. Then I asked “Is it a kind of custom” and the answer was absolutely right. With her explanation, we knew that Singaporean only return part of gifts given by others during the spring festival. It is distinct from what we do in China. We usually accept all the presents and will give back something else next time or just refuse it. On my point of view, it is complex because we need to remember each one who gives us something and what he or she gives us. After learning about this interesting custom, we ate delicious cookies such as Love Letter and else I cannot figure out their name. Most of them were local food which I seldom see in China. Some were coconut base and some were made by Mrs Moh Keng herself. Afterwards we had a nice native lunch and played games in the afternoon. In conclusion, I felt very thrilled to have such a visit yesterday and I hope that I can have more chances like that in Singapore.