Ah Nghiem.
I have this coworker I exist with in a tiny closet sized office we share.
He is from Vietnam, and claims that in his past life he was an American, but I'm pretty sure this is a joke.
Sometimes at work, he spends hours listening to patriotic american music on youtube. Or watching madonna. I also frequently hear him whistling the USA song of country whilst he works.
He says rediculous things with high frequency considering his quiet reserved nature . And I can never tell if he is joking or not.
(we are working, and he breaks the silence to ask me:)
"Do you like pizza and hamburgers?"
He sees me eating vegetables for lunch:
"You are buddhist. No, really."
He asks what my mom makes for dinner.
"Hmm. Meat and potatoes. We have stir fry a lot."
"But why? You are not Chinese."
After a series of questions, I finally admit that I don't have a religion because I don't believe in God.
"Oh, really. Are you a communist?"
After that, twice he has told me randomly (as in this is how he starts a conversation)
"Did you know that in some Arab countries they kill you if you say you do not believe in God? Really, they will."
Also, he likes to inquire
"Do you believe in ghost?"
So, I asked having heard him raise this questions three times
"Nghiem, how often do you think about ghosts?"
"Not often."
"No, seriously. Once a week? A month?"
"Maybe once a year"
"I don't believe you. Because I have heard you mention them three times since I known you. That's like once every 3/4 a month."
"It's just because I'm curious. I want to know who you are."
(Who uses beliefs in ghosts as a primary gauge of a persons' personality?")
He is asking my other coworker, Deanna, about God and heaven/reincarnation:
"But we don't need reincarnation anymore. Now we have cloaning."
He is from Vietnam, and claims that in his past life he was an American, but I'm pretty sure this is a joke.
Sometimes at work, he spends hours listening to patriotic american music on youtube. Or watching madonna. I also frequently hear him whistling the USA song of country whilst he works.
He says rediculous things with high frequency considering his quiet reserved nature . And I can never tell if he is joking or not.
(we are working, and he breaks the silence to ask me:)
"Do you like pizza and hamburgers?"
He sees me eating vegetables for lunch:
"You are buddhist. No, really."
He asks what my mom makes for dinner.
"Hmm. Meat and potatoes. We have stir fry a lot."
"But why? You are not Chinese."
After a series of questions, I finally admit that I don't have a religion because I don't believe in God.
"Oh, really. Are you a communist?"
After that, twice he has told me randomly (as in this is how he starts a conversation)
"Did you know that in some Arab countries they kill you if you say you do not believe in God? Really, they will."
Also, he likes to inquire
"Do you believe in ghost?"
So, I asked having heard him raise this questions three times
"Nghiem, how often do you think about ghosts?"
"Not often."
"No, seriously. Once a week? A month?"
"Maybe once a year"
"I don't believe you. Because I have heard you mention them three times since I known you. That's like once every 3/4 a month."
"It's just because I'm curious. I want to know who you are."
(Who uses beliefs in ghosts as a primary gauge of a persons' personality?")
He is asking my other coworker, Deanna, about God and heaven/reincarnation:
"But we don't need reincarnation anymore. Now we have cloaning."