Diversity, equity and inclusion – Page 2

Diversity is beautiful

Every now and then, there are differences of opinion that shock me, the latest of which being the whole fuss around Coca Cola’s It’s Beautiful commercial at the Super Bowl. The background of the story goes like this: Coca Cola translated the song America the Beautiful into different languages with people from different cultural backgrounds singing the part where their own language is featured. There was even a Filipino girl who sang some parts in tagalog (hurray!).

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Talking the talk and why it is important to learn a few foreign phrases while traveling

Diversity, equity and inclusion, Travel

My colleague wanted to buy a box of chocolates from a Polish store but couldn’t get the vendor’s attention. If her voice was too soft or her approach not good enough for the vendor to recognise, I don’t remember anymore. But when I said “Dzien dobry!” coupled with my biggest smile, the vendor quipped “Dzien dobry!” back in her most friendly tone and welcoming smile. Our business in the store was done in a matter of minutes. I closed the conversation with “Dziekuje”.

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Attitude adjustment for travelers

Diversity, equity and inclusion, Travel

Go as a guest; act like one, and you’ll be treated like one. Travel, as in the rest of life, you reap what you sow. – Rick Steves Believing that I have always been an organized-bordering-on-obsessive-compulsive traveler, I never thought of picking a travel skills handbook for myself. Ok, I toyed with the idea, looked

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Home in a paper bill

Diversity, equity and inclusion

I joined the Dag van de Dialoog two years ago and can still vividly remember my experience. Tables all over the country will be set up again to encourage people from different cultural backgrounds to dicuss certain issues. To celebrate this initiative, I wrote the article, “Home in a Paper Bill” for Iamexpat.nl. Read it

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Food across cultures

Diversity, equity and inclusion

It’s Blog Action Day and this is my contribution: photographs of food from different countries.

“Since 2007, Blog Action Day has focused bloggers around the world to blog about one important global topic on the same day. Past topics have included water, climate change and poverty. This year, Blog Action Day will be held on October 16, which coincides with World Food Day, so naturally our 2011 theme is FOOD.” (source: blogactionday.org)

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Overcoming the Dutch challenge

Diversity, equity and inclusion

One of the biggest challenges that a highly-educated professional may face when moving to the Netherlands is the fact that Dutch is the language used in this country. Of course, that is not the case if the professional is coming from the northern part of Belgium where Dutch is widely spoken, like English to Filipinos.

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