Cuture differecne

I have a friend who is from Taiwan. I stayed with her about 2 months in Australia. She was vegetarian because of her religion, I-guan- dda. Whenever we ate food, we had a problem. At the time I lived with Japanese, Australian who was our home stay mother, and Taiwanese girl. Except her we could eat meet, so we had to separate food for her. First time, I did not understand why she could not eat meat. The strange think was she could eat eggs, and milk. Even I could not understand her religion. I had never heard of that name. And her culture was really different. One day I got sick, and she entered my room with a backscratcher. She said by using it I could get out of the sickness. First time I laughed, but I followed her directions. Even though I did not believe that way, I respected her. And finally I understood why she could not eat meat. She said meat was not good for our health and it could destroy our soul. I did not look her strange person any more, and we became very good friends. I am happy to meet her, who is from different culture, because I could learn how to handle culture shock. I think we cannot live by ourselves. I mean we live in globalized world. We have to get along with others, whose cultures are sometimes unaccepted. If we think only our culture is right, we cannot live with others. Therefore, I think Cultural Relativism can be important concept in 21century.