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Question: Discuss about Cultural Border Crossing. Answer: Culture is refers to set of ideas, attitude and various traditional beliefs that vary from person to person of various backgrounds be it of different nationality, race or religious beliefs (Greene Vzquez-Montilla, 2016). The differences can be in form of language, arts, rituals, social norms and many more (Ahlers, 2014). Cultural border crossing is known to occur when one person from a social background crosses over and interacts with a person from anther social background (Stewart Gachago, 2016). Being used to living abroad as a foreign national is a very challenging and dawning task. I am Indonesian national living in Australia. Studying a an Australian university I must communicate with people from various national backgrounds and as per as my study requirements I had the task to interact and establish communication with an Australian national who has a vastly different cultural background and life experiences form me. To achieve my task requirements after my lectures and classes were over for the day I went to Sydney bay area with the mind set to interact with a local and interact in an informal approach. After strolling for a while by the bay I spotted an elderly man standing alone looking towards the sea. I was a bit hesitant to approach at first fearing what the outcome of the approach might but I was confident and approached him with a simple hello! I was welcomed with a hello from him too. It was the spark that helped me over come my hesitation to interact. After a general introduction I asked him about this work and how life is in Sydney? I got to know that he is a retired army man and is going through some economic trouble. He was slowly opening up and it was getting easier for me to bridge the cultural gap. I told him about my country and what I was doing in Australia (Ttsy de Zepetnek Wang, 2014). After listening to him and knowing him from a personal point of view I got to know he was a lonely person even though he did not express it but it was evident as his only son was also in the army and was serving as a UN peacekeeper in Africa. We had various discussions even though we were practically strangers and I stared to view the world though his eyes and perspective be it due to the fact he had more life experiences than me or he was a local. I had no experience of otherness while the conversation as he treated me like a son and asked me if I was facing any problems in Sydney and he even gave me his number stating I could call him if I needed any assistance he even invited me to his house. It seemed he was not facing any difficulty to open about his life to me as he was egger to talk with someone and share his views. He even viewed my culture as very exotic and deemed it as a fascinating and would like to visit Indonesia someday. To conclude my attempt at border crossing was successful as I was able to perceive the country that I live in from a locals perspective. This has enabled me to understand Australian culture and it has given a boost to my confidence to interact with the locals and my peers. References Ahlers, J. C. (2014). Linguistic variation and time travel: Barrier, or border-crossing?.Language Communication,38, 33-43. Greene, E. D. J., Vzquez-Montilla, P. D. E. (2016). Border crossing: the impact of cross-cultural, experiences on teacher candidates. View of multiculturalism in the classroom.Revista Conrado,12(56). Stewart, K., Gachago, D. (2016). Being human today: A digital storytelling pedagogy for transcontinental border crossing.British Journal of Educational Technology,47(3), 528-542. Ttsy de Zepetnek, S., Wang, I. (2014). Mapping the World, Culture, and Border-crossing.