Not that foreigner

Australia hosts a good amount of foreigners in the country.

Some data:

- One third (!!!) of the population of Sydney is comprised by foreigners;

- The biggest number of foreigners is from UK;

- Besides English, the most spoken languages are Chinese, Arabic and Spanish.

Some facts:

- According to Australian students, about 10% of the university students are foreigners, generally Asian, and generally in some sort of exchange program;

- In AIESEC, there are several members with foreign parents or born in other countries, such as China, Japan, UK and Lebanon;

- In my team at work (6 people), we come from 5 different countries: UK, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines and Brazil ;o)

- Coming back home today (20 minutes walk), I heard at least 4 other languages being spoken in the streets: Chinese, Spanish, Polish and some other eastern European that I didn’t identify.

Well, all this reflection started because yesterday was cold and rainy, and I entered a Chinese restaurant in order to have a soup. The place was completely Chinese: the food, the attendant, the decoration, all the other people in the place and even the bill!

In such a place, I don't feel that foreigner...