Sittin' in Shaine. Avoiding work..... / Let's talk about culture!! =D
Tuesday, 13. October 2009, 18:52:49
I should REALLLLLy go see Pies and pick up that color sensor......But he's prolly out to lunch, anyways....
So! college!?
It's okay.
I mean, ther are parts I love and parts I hate.
The classes are wickked interesting, but the work is TOO MUCH. Just flat-out TOO MUCH. As the TA's say: "they're trying to make us break and fail". FML.
Friends? I have some pretty cool friends.
College is kinda cliques-times-a-million. Once again, I'm in the random one.....
I mean- I'm an American girl of Lebanese/Italian/Armenian descent, so OBVIOUSLY I fit right in with the Chinese, HK, and Korean students, espicially the smart boys, right?....ROFLMAOOOO!!!!
And that soudsn kidna racist, but I do not mean it that way.
I have two friends, Waih and Sven.
Waih is Chinese; he moved to New York like two years ago.
Sven is Korean; he lived in the US his whole life.
I prolly hang out with those two the msot, and we have been discussing this kind of stuff.
The first time Waih met me he asked me what I was and I said, "Uuh, American?" And he just said, straight-faced, "Oh. American girl minority." He is always wickked serious!! I was kinda taken aback. I did not really get what he meant.
Later, when I was talking to both him and Sven he asked me if I felt like I fit in with any of the groups. I thought it was a weird question. But then I thought about it:
All of my classes are mainly boys. And the majority of the kids are either Chinese or Korean. So it kidna is true. Often it is easier for the people to talk in their main languages, so they tend to speak to each other like that.
Sven said that's not true; they do it as a defense mechanism. He says they can talk fine in English, and if not, like Waih, who is not as good as me and Steven, we at least know what they mean and I can understand most all of what they are saying.
I also think it's interesting how Sven doesn't fit in anywhere. People like him and Trask get left behind becasue they are Asian and most people figure they fit in with the other Asians, but they are American, too, and cannot really speak the languages of their nationalities.
Like I said, it's just weird. I figured in college everyone would easily fit in and find their niche, but most people I know can't seem to do it.
One of the funniest things about Sven and Waih is when they greet each other.
Waih will go 'Korean boy', with sarcasm on every syllable, and then Sven will call Waih some racial slur. and then Waih will call him 'Korean boy' again, and Sven will respond, until one of them gets sick of it and they do a stare-off. And then pretend they're gay.cIt's really entertaining.
Waih identifies people by their nationality. He describes the people I know by calling them 'Korean Boy', 'That Korean Girl', 'That Other Korean Girl', 'Chinese Boy', 'Smart Chinese Boy', and 'your HK Roommate'.
I've never really had people describe each other like that. A few of my other friends will identify people like that, too. Oh, and I'm either 'The American Girl' or 'The Lebanese Girl'. Lol.
I usually hang out with the two of them like once a week. Waih has not roommate an open-double, so there is a lot of space and we just all hang out and talk. We usually talk about things like race. It's interesting, their perscpetives.
One of the things I rememebr Waih saying that bothered Sven was that "Korean girl not want Korean boy; Korean girl want AMERICAN boy. Chinese girl not want Chinese or Korean boy; Chinese boy want AMERICAN boy. American girl want American boy." He meant 'classic American boy', as Sven put it. It kind of made me feel bad, too, beucae I don't think it's that way.
They also talked about do I 'really feel comfortable with everyone', like in Cheon Ji In and stuff. Oh! I jopined Cheon Ji In, better known as Korean Drumming. Jun is in that with meee~! xDD She is coolll!! She is in half of my classes and i consider her one of my closer friends.
She is Korean and lived in New Zealand for a few years, and then came to the US. She is soo niceee! She is one of m favorite people here, haha!!Back on topic. I said yeah, kidna. And then they brought up the Moon Festival. My roommate, Mia, told me I should go. When I got there I found out that she was on the staff for it and could not ahng otu with me. She had already bought me a ticket. EVERYONE there was Asian and I could not find any friends. Seeing as to how the whole thing was mainly in Chinese, I WAS kidan panicing.....But then I found some of her friends. I DID feel out of place. I had never felt like that beofre. (o.O);;
I ended up seeing a bunch of my friends, anyways, but I did feel lost. I'm not gonna lie.
So, to answer his question, I feel like I belong, but also like I don't. They will all inevtibaly speak their own languages when we're doing stuff and whatnot, but they all seem to like me invite me to do things. But on the other side of the coin, I feel like I bother them, becuae I don't speak Cantonese, or Mandarian, or Korean, or whatever.
To add another layer to this rant, the guys keep telling me to watch out becuae some Asians don't like non-Asians and they don't like people 'intruding' on their culture (for things like the Moon Festival) so I think they are just making me nervous, lol. I always try to be respectfl.
So, eayh. I really wanted to put all of that out there beucase I found it interesting- to say the least.....
Other than all that college ios pretty cool.
I have a few American friends, lmaoooo!! When my aunts and unvles came to visit, they asked me if I did....Heh.I also got a radio sopttt!!!
Over a hundred people applied for a very few spots at a free-fromat (or whatever they claled it, lol) radio station. I got the 1-4am slot on Mondays. If you guys are up, lsiten in. =D
I will be playing rock/electronic. YES 'my kidna music' will also be incomspicuously mixed in..... xDD
I really am shocked, though, that as a freahman I got a THREE-OUR timeslot....they said they had twos and threes avaulabe......And like I said, over a hundred applied. I was blown awayyy!!!
//So they must like my kidna music. Hehe. NEVER thought I'd see teh day. ;]
I'm building a Mars Rover for one of my classes......I should REALLY go get that peice.
Tell you about THAT ONE tomorrow, hahahahahahaharoflcopterlmfaoooo!!!
~Red
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Stomyr # 14. October 2009, 12:14
Now that is weird
We're programming and building robots for Artificial Intelligence class
Class10a1 # 14. October 2009, 13:25
Originally posted by Shigen:
Ooh! Well, I think it's just because they're shy.
One more thing, they didn't talk to you much simply because they might feel like their English is not good enough or something ....
So yeah, I'm ASIAN, so I know, really really know what they think! ...
Btw, you're still luckier than me! At least, you have somebody to make friend w/ in your class. As for me, I absolutely have no friend.
shigen # 14. October 2009, 14:53
You're taking classes?! Neeto! (ZOMg .... Can't believe I just used 'neeto' xDD)
Vy: Lol. I think the guys are just making me paranoid.
.....LOL! We're apperently going through the same thing lmaoooo!!
Sometimes people cannot understand me, and I feel embarrassed becasue they have no idea what I've just said.
Oh, and I'm glad you guys actually read this....Sometimes if I write a looot I feel like no one will.
Class10a1 # 14. October 2009, 15:28
In this festival, people eat moon cakes... ( or something
shigen # 14. October 2009, 15:32
I got a piece fo the three bucks it cost me to get in. One of my friends ordered a box of four offline for fifty bucks!!! :O
Class10a1 # 14. October 2009, 16:14
shigen # 14. October 2009, 17:22
So you've been to a Moon Festival?
Class10a1 # 14. October 2009, 17:31
My brain is getting worn out thanks to the C++ thingy, as I told you...
Anyways, I used to eat a WHOLE LOT of moon cakes too.
I have no idea where to buy it here, though...
shigen # 14. October 2009, 17:34
That's rpetty cool~
I don;t think the stuff they did was ACTUAL Moon Festival stuff, it seemed mroe like inside jokes (funny skits, fake karaoke, etc). But it was pretty neat to go to.
Stomyr # 14. October 2009, 18:15
Yeah, I thought you knew it
shigen # 14. October 2009, 22:07
....but i do, now xDD
qlue # 15. October 2009, 05:36
Originally posted by shigen:
If you speak anything like you type then I'm not surprised!
Anonymous # 15. October 2009, 14:44
Woa, lots going on. did esther leave school? that sucks. hang in. keep being outgoing and friendly to people. it takes awhile to settle into a group of friends. with me it was soccer, hockey and sports. give it time. everyone is in the same situation.