Muilti-culturalism

Melbourne is known to have a very multicultured and diverse society. People from all over the world call the city home.

And I've got a fairly representative sample of that population at my research centre. I share an office space with an interesting bunch of people. an Australian, an American, a Russian, a South African, a Vietnamese, a German, a Chinese, an Iranian, a Spaniard and a Sri Lankan (that's me!)
Funny mentioning America, Vietnam, Germany and Russia all in one sentence :)

So it gets very interesting when we get a chance to talk outside of work, like during lunch or tea, you discover very interesting aspects of life and different cultures. But that sort of occurence is very rare! because all of us don't feel hungry at the same time, and tea/coffee is something you have all day long.....one after another........at your desk...until you finish your work, it's kind of like.... fuel.

Anyway. and even if a few of us meet up in the lounge area for lunch (by coincidence), after a brief chat, as it starts getting really interesting, someone goes "aah.....better get back to work!!"