Thank you Chiho

Hi Chiho,

Thanks so much for the advice. I think food is a great gift, especially fruit ;) I completely agree with you about trying to find out what the person wants first instead of giving them what you want. I think that's not an easy thing to do, though. Sometimes it's very difficult to know what people like unless they directly tell you what they want.

Is gift exchanges common for New Year's holiday as well. And if so, do people usually give food again?

Summer Gift Giving???

Hello everyone :)
Now that it is summertime, I know that it is the tradition to give gifts to family members or bosses. Could someone please tell me what kind of gifts are appropiate to give. I've heard food is a good gift. What other kinds of gifts are good?

I saw Da Vinci Code too!

I enjoyed the movie as well. I read the book first, however, which I really liked a lot. The one thing that I did not like about the movie was the casting. I don't think that Tom Hanks should have played the part of Robert Langdon. While I was reading the book, that's not who I imagined playing the part. I was thinking it should be Harrison Ford, although he may be too old now to play that character. Other than the casting, I thought the movie was good and true to the book, except for the end.