How Australian people serve food and drink to their guest

Observing food and drink is the most important thing to be given to the guests. In my family my mom always prepares food and drink to the guests. If they come, we always offer them what kind of drink that they want first without waiting them for asking. When I asked about how people serve food and drink to their guess with my Australian friend named Samira Alamudi who is studying in University of New South Wales, she told me that if there’s a guest comes, Australians will not offer drink or food, but he or she has to ask. If there’s a close friend comes in, they let him or her to make his or her own food or drink in their home. She said that it’s usual. They will eat with their guest in the dinning room and it’s polite to have extra. Australians always eat by using spoon and a napkin is put on the thigh. It’s normal if Australians eat while talking but it’s impolite if they make any noise while eating.

Though it’s normal that their guest takes food or drink by his or herself, but Australians sometimes offer food or drink first. For example, does he or she want warm or cold water? Normally in Indonesia, women should prepare, make or serve food and drink to their guest though that guest is their husbands’ guests. If we compare to Australia, it’s a big different. There’s no stereotype gender in preparing, making or serving food and drink. Men or women can do that. It’s because in generally Australians don’t have maids to help them cooking, cleaning, or even taking care of their babies. Maids are paid a lot there.

If Australians got an invitation, they should tell the inviter that they will come or not or ask permission if they want to ask their friends. It’s common if they celebrate birthday or kind of party at the disco. They like to dance or drink. They just go at the bar or restaurant at the night if they want to get dinner with their friends or just catch up. The bars and restaurants are clean. There are no flies and the government provides employees to make sure that everything’s clean and health. The thing that we as Indonesians don’t have.

I collected that essay this afternoon! assignments really should go die! i have a lot of assignments that i don't know how to finish them! T.T