its christmas eve here and mai kao and i have two things we've been wanting to share with you all.
#1 - at least 40 percent of the chinese male population looks like uncle xeng! every corner we turn we see an Uncle Xeng clone. its too funny. so far the two people from home that have the most twins are, Uncle Xeng and Puj Laug Vern. not trying to bash looks, i think they are both fine looking human beings, but it's pretty funny that if you consider that China is 1/6 of the worlds population than that means that 1/12 or 1/14 of the worlds population are twins of Uncle Xeng and Ligs. i know, it is indeed a huge revelation.
#2 - the chinese double take (mai kao's and Josh's favorite past time). whenever we are in public we speak English, well, because we're American. but whenever we do so, we always get curious Chinese people looking hard at us, totally confused that two totally looking chinese people are speaking English so well. you see the common public perception here in the EAst is that if you are american you are basically white, so when a non whitey speaks english perfectly, they are completely perplexed. after a while the novelty of hearing someone speak english in public wheres off and they start to mind their own business again. HERE is where the double take comes in, sometimes you cant express everything in English so you have to use Hmong, all the sudden mai kao and i will start speaking Hmong and those curious chinese people will stare at us super hard this time trying to figure out what we are... you can only imagine what gears are turning in their brains. total and utter confusion...you see, for chinese people, if you dont fit the public perception their initial reaction is not about trying to figure it out, it is total confusion. so nowadays, when mai kao and i are out we make it a point to speak many languages to vex as many chinese as possible. its really a funny game we play...
josh out.
p.s. Merry Christmas
p.s.s. QUIZ "Keep the change you filthy animal!" what movie is that line from?
2 comments:
The TV show: "Angels with Filthy Souls" or Home Alone 1 & 2
Merry Christmas you guys!
Start speaking using just clicking noises. That'll get them real curious.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Treefolks are becoming crazy fast. I love it! It's so hard to decide between Goblins or Treefolk.
Naruto is so fun to watch. I'm glad Dlaab Vern downloads them.
Christmas was a blast with Mom and Dad. Tubter won! Dad got him a Nintendo DS. Dad felt bad because he didn't have one.
Take care!
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