{"id":1144,"date":"2026-10-25T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T14:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2026-10-25T14:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T14:18:37","slug":"my-passport-to-new-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/my-passport-to-new-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"My Passport to New Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1148\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2026\/10\/SHAHWAIZ-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"284\" \/>I thought I was making friends but I was also discovering new worlds. Having friends from Japan, China, Malaysia, India and Switzerland has shown me how much we can learn from different cultures.<br \/>I learned about Hari Raya, Christmas and Chinese New Year. Although CNY has its own story and traditions, I noticed similarities to Eid: families visit relatives, share food, sweets and exchange envelopes. I even joined a dragon dance with my Chinese friends during CNY!<br \/>During a cultural event in Singapore, I proudly shared Pakistani culture. My friends wore Sindhi topics, waved the Pakistani flag and learned about our traditions. I felt so happy and proud!<br \/>My Japanese friend Sajiro taught me how to count in Japanese and make origami. We had so much fun learning together.<br \/>I also discovered that Eid ul Adha is celebrated differently around the world. In Pakistan, we say Eid Mubarak, while in Singapore, people say Selamat Hari Raya.<br \/>Living among different cultures and adapting to their ways has expanded my learning and my world.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I was making friends but I was also discovering new worlds. Having friends from Japan, China, Malaysia, India&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/my-passport-to-new-cultures\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Passport to New Cultures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/413\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}