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When I was in Guam,
I think that was the first time I had ever looked
at the map to actually see where it was located. And
it was pretty far over. I was like, that's a long
way from home. So it was like 29 hours by plane to
get to and that was interesting
because actually cross the dateline. Dateline, to
actually get there. So that was interesting. I did
not know where - exactly on the map where Hawaii -
how far Hawaii was from California. You know. So
when I looked at the map I saw
where a lot of things were located. China, Hong Kong.
I didn't realize how far over on the world I was going.
So it was kind of scary, but exciting at the same
time.
The most challenging thing is being
open to a lot of different things because growing
up in the city, you don't really have to be open top
a lot of different cultures. You don't have to be
open to a lot of different things such as the food.
It's different shipping because when you're in the
city, you know, you can get in your car and you go
to the mall and that's it. But being in the Navy,
you can't really say, okay, well, I'm going to do
this because when you go on a deployment and you go
overseas, it's not like you're going to jump in your
car and drive away. Being overseas,
I got to see a lot of different things, driving on
the wrong side - what we would call the wrong side.
That was interesting. Being open to the food, to the
food. It's like, well, I'll
go to Japan and China and try the food, but I'm going
to eat McDonald's the rest of the trip. So you have
to be - I think that was the hardest thing for me
was being open to a lot of different things.
The most exciting is seeing - seeing
the world. That's interesting because when
you learn you're going to go to a different place,
then you go and research that and see what's there
to do, how's the culture, what's the do's and
don'ts of that culture? Because I knew in Australia
you can't spit gum on the ground. You know. And you
wouldn't know that unless you went and read up on
it. In Japan it's not good for men to cross their
legs. That's disrespectful to them. And once again,
reading up on the culture, tapping your chopstick
- your chopsticks, that's disrespectful as well. So
you learn a lot of different things by reading up
and basically getting to understand the culture.
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