..The Marriage Culture..

                

               According to the dictionary, Marriage generally means “the relationship that exists between people of the opposite or the same sex. When defined broadly, marriage is considered a cultural universal. Actually, the definition of marriage varies according to different cultures. In some cultures, marriage is recommended before making any sexual activity while other cultures does not matter marriage after making sexual activity. For example, through comparing the marriage culture in the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we can see that in America, it is okay if you married someone after making sexual activity. In contrast, in my country, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the low prevent that you marry someone after making any sexual activity; moreover, you just will be allowed to make sexual activity with somebody as long as you are married, unlike here in the United States, you might do sexual activity with someone even if you are not married. Another difference is that in the United States, the same-sex marriage is allowed. However, in Saudi Arabia, the same-sex marriage is prohibited at all. Furthermore, in Saudi Arabia, men can have no more than four wives at any one time, with the requirement that they are able and willing to share their time and wealth equally among the respective wives.  On the other hand, in the United States, men mostly not allowed to have more than one wife. In deed, I see marriage is a cultural universal that modifies according to different cultures, and, generally, there is no doubt that marriage is an interesting thing.     

..Clothes Culture..

            When I look over the clothes culture of my country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the country I am living in right now, the United States of America, I had noticed that there is a big difference. In America, people usually dress causally, unlike in Saudi Arabia where people always dress in formal clothes, and they like to be formal. Also, Saudis love to use perfume or cologne whenever they go out. In contrast, Americans do not use perfume or cologne as much as Saudis do. Actually, I like both of the clothes cultures, and wherever I go I like to follow the way that people dress there.   

..Gymnasiums and sports..

           Whenever I talk to my friends about the United States of America, they said America is the best place for sports. Actually, I did not realize that until I arrived in the United States. I found that most Americans really care about sport, unlike in my country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

In America, every place you go you can find a gym close to your home. It is also cheap to become a member in the gym. In contrast, in Saudi Arabia, it is hard to find a gym close to your home; also, it will be expensive to become a member in the gym. Therefore, no one will be willing to go to the gym because it will be far away, and if not, the prices for being a member will be so expensive compared to the prices in America. In addition to that, American society has a diversity of sports. Americans already have four professional sports to choose: American football, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey. The first three sports of the four professional sports were invented in the United States. As a result of this diversity, everyone can easily find his or her interest. On the other hand, football or “soccer”, what Americans call football, is the only common sport in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, if you like another sport besides soccer, you will find a difficulty to find a place where you can learn or play this sport. 

In conclusion, it will be great if you live in a society that cares about sports. Also, I hope that over the next few years we have many gyms and some sport diversity in my country.         

..Transportation..

       

           When I think of transportation in my country, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I noticed that we only have two kinds of transportation, which are cars and airplanes. I also perceived that each family owned at least two cars. Therefore, when I drive my car, I usually find many traffic jams and accidents; furthermore, your chance to be late will be high. Also, according to the statistics I found that 17 persons died every day because of traffic accidents, which made Saudi Arabia first in the world in traffic accidents. Moreover, one side effect of luck of diversity in transportation is that there will be no other choices to get to some place you want if you could not find a car or an airplane. In addition, another side effect is that you need to have enough money because you have to buy a car; thus, poor people usually can not have a car. On the other hand, when I moved to the United States of America, I see that there is diversity in transportation. As a result, you can get to any destination you want through several ways; you can use a car, a bike, a train, or you also can use a bus, in addition to airplanes. This diversity provides what works conveniently for you. Therefore, you do not need to be late or stuck with traffic jam. Also, having more than one kind of transportation allow is beneficial as everybody can use them. For instance, poor people who do not have money to buy a car can use the bus instead. In conclusion, I hope that next years we have diversity in transportation as what America has.