<Tab/>Going into this project, I thought to myself how fun it would be to assimilate myself into someone else's world that is completely different than mine. Being partnered up with Mies, I had a good feeling that I would come out of this experience with a completely different perspective on the world. With Mies' parents being Italian and mine being Korean, I was expecting myself to show Mies a unique culture and learn one from him as well. However, as I have come to find out through multiple activities together, Mies and I are not very different at all; in fact, our lifestyles and cultures are almost one in the same.
<Tab/>I have known Mies since sixth grade when we went to elementary school together; however our relationship more closely resembled that of friendly acquaintances rather than good buddies. …
