Firstly, I saw a old man in a cake shop, he was having cake and coffee with his wife. I assumed that he could not see well because he wear a big glass and he asked his wife to tell him whats on the top of the cake. I thought he is a man who care about clean, he wear clean cloth and has clean hair, he was using the napkin to clean his mouth after biting the cake. I also noticed that he loves sweet food because he comment on the cake a lot and he described how he would make that cake at home. I thought he must be a good beaker and love to enjoy food. I saw he bus the table for he and his wife and when they walked out to the store, he opened the door and let his wife walked out first. this action tells me that he is a man that pay attention to his wife and like to take care of her in life.
Secondly, I went to BUZZ Coffee yesterday and saw a lady who was ordering coffee. She wore heels, suit skirts, sweater and carry a leather bag. I thought she must be an instructor or student of University of Oregon because she was carrying laptop and books and she showed up at a coffee on campus in the early morning. She had long black hair and very long eyelash, I assumed she is East Asian because I have had so many east Asian friends around, I know what do they look like and especial I know the way she did her male up on her face. Since I am a girl, I know the way a female do her make up tells a lot about where she grows up. And then , she sit down with her coffee, she took off a box from her bag, it was a box of salad. I was sure she must be a person that care about health because she eats salad in the morning! I also assumed that she values health lifestyle a lot, she wears classic clothes and eat health, homemake breakfast. Then, she opened laptop and started to work on something, This enhanced my assumption about she is students or teacher to both.
Lastly, I am taking summer class, my CIS teacher is a lady, she looks very young, I guess she must be GTF rather than professor because it is impossible that she got PHD at this age. I assuming she came from India because she has long black hair, wearing earrings, long dress and flat whose, her clothing has Indian clothing style. Also, she has accent when she speaks. I feel she is a very organized person because she has note cards on hand while she was teaching, she give her lecture in order. She also writes down the steps of the lecture on blackboard.
By observing these people, I understand that everyone has different background, position in society, values, believes. People shows these through their appearances, actions, words and interactions with others. What is more interesting is , as an observer, I also see people in a way that may different than other observers. I assume where this person come from and I assume what do they care about in their lives.
Hello, xiaoxue, it is interesting to watch your assumptions. You are a girl that be attentive to people. You describe the people very careful. I enjoy watching your post. There are a lot of details. However, I have some ideas that are different with you. The man wearing a glass and ask his wife about the cake. Why you consider think the man cannot see well? Maybe he thinks a big glass is cool for him. Also, I will ask my friend what is the material of some food sometime. This is not because I cannot see well. sometime a food will be changed into another form when it was be processed. But it is interesting to do a people watching. We can know a person a lot in a first sight just from their body, belonging and age, etc.
Very interesting observations. You notice a lot about people’s place of origin and analyze their clothing/jewelry/makeup or personal style in general to figure out where they may be from. That was really interesting to me that you have such a knowledge set from so many different places around the world that you can identify where people may be from based on their personal adornment. The first man you described, you made the assumption that he values cleanliness because of his habits of wiping his face and his personal hygiene. To take it one step further, these habits could just mean he prefers a well-groomed presentation of himself and values good manners. This could tell us a lot about his upbringing and how he came to practice manners that seem to be so automatic.