Since I was born, I have always been a global citizen. My mother made me study English when I was in kindergarten and I really appreciate her for doing so. As understanding English and being able to communicate with foreigners, I get to access ample sources of knowledge, meet new people and be friends with them, travel myself to many countries without tourist guides/ interpreters, study their culture. The more I go, the more I realize: What makes us all different, makes us all the same! - which is called “globalization”. As a consequence, I am not so surprised when western fast-food chains make a huge success in Asian countries (i.e Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong). In fact, when Starbucks and McDonald’s first opened in Vietnam, people queued up a long line for a cup of coffee or for a burger from these world famous foreign brands. This shows people’s open-minds for globalization. Yet Vietnamese still keep their eating habits. Not only youngsters have another option for places to hang out and meet up, but also elder people can know more about their children and get connected with them. For me, globalization has bettered relationship between children and parents. Back then, it was a norm in Asia for the children to follow whatever their parents said, from studies, careers to marriage as parents are protective and want the best for their children. Children could not object their parents’ decisions even if they were not suitable. However, now I can talk with my parents in a democracy way about my passion and what I really need, like western parents and children do. Such an impact that globalization makes to help family bonding. Also, globalization brings people closer. Art, movies, music, literature,of one country do not stay inside the borders anymore, but are spread out all over the world. With the help of developed technology, I can share my interests on social networks such as Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, Youtube with people from halfway around the globe. Therefore, we learn from each other, sympathize with each other and together we become better individuals. For these reasons, we never feel alone. Having travelled to a few country, I’ve seen many families or individuals live in their closed society, communicate with people coming from the same countries. They may have settled down for 3 years, 5 years, 10 years or even more, yet they cannot and do not want to speak the local language. And I feel such a pity for them. Because our life-time is not long. Why should we waste time and not expand the horizons, exchange culture which never allow us to obtain happiness and to develop our personalities. This globalization denial has taught me that I should always broaden my knowledge in order that I can adapt to wherever I go. At the age of 18, I made my decision to study abroad in the United States. When I just landed in New York, there were so many different things. I felt like my five senses were attacked simultaneously. It was a stormy day, raining heavily, and people spoke so fast that I could not hear them clearly. I got confused by the Amtrak system, lost 20$ to a broken vending machine, struggled with my suitcases. Yet on the next day, I saw Chinese, Vietnamese restaurant, American eating dumpling. Songs from the radio were the same songs I heard in Vietnam. My clothes were also the same style of local people’s. “The flattening of the world” described by Thomas Friedman had become more vivid to me than ever before. Through all my experiences, readings and discussions, my “globalization” concept is: globalization is changing the world very quickly. It helps accelerate the development, socialization of the productive forces, pushing the country closer together and creating economic growth. Also, with advances in technology and communications, the world becomes "flatter" when the geographical distance barrier no longer seems to affect personal c