Casey CP #5

On February 15th, 2020, I went over to Dakhil's apartment for a house party with many other CIES students and other friends of Dakhil. I brought a blueberry wine produced locally in Plant City, Florida for Dakhil and others to try. I wanted to show the kinds of products Florida has to offer since they may not be familiar with it. Dakhil was surprised to learn about wineries in Florida but was interested. Dakhil ordered food and prepared drinks for the guests because as in Saudi culture the host takes care of his guests needs while they are at his house. We talked about how manners are different here in the United States because the same gesture is not always extended to guests by an American throwing a party. Here in the US we use the term BYOB "bring your own beer/ booze" to let the guests know they will need to bring their own food or drinks. He thought this was rude of the host because they were the one who invited so it would be better for them to not even throw a party in the first place. Dakhil set up a table for a game of beer pong which I had never played and was surprisingly good at. Dakhil and I also participated in karaoke, Korean and Chinese style since we did have many Asian students at the party which was very fun. Dakhil and I set up our next meeting for March 1st, 2020, after the beginning of the new session. Dakhil is very busy during the next week or so due to assignments so I figured we could wait until he's got his main priorities completed.