What are some things about the culture you came from that you want to hold onto? Definitely the food :P And the language. And how no matter how shitty your family is, they're still family. That's one value that I find lacking in western countries. Not to mention our tradional costumes (HanFu and QiPao) are hotter than hell
What do you find attractive about life in the US? Being free of ties that bind of the family and my conservative culture. I can't go braless where I am (not that I want to be, but the ABILITY to be is important to me), and the welfare definitely :P
If you feel any frictions in trying to bridge two cultures, how would you describe them?Basically out mindsets are completely different, so its a lot harder to communicate. This is common in the older generation, but still, I found myself to be restricted to the same stuff sometimes. Okay, to give you an example, I was gift wrapping my mum's birthday present the other day at the store. The girl wrapped it very nicely and asked "is this okay?" And I nodded. I thought it
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Where did you come from to study or live in the United States? Hong Kong, China
What are some things about the culture you came from that you want to hold onto? The faster pace of life, flexability about rules and situations, being quiet and polite in public places
What do you find attractive about life in the U. S.? Hawaii has nice beaches... :) Plus, I really haven't encountered much discrimination here. People are generally friendly, if not indifferent to my ethnicity.
What problems, if any, have you encountered here? Everything's too expensive: food, clothings... but then I'm in Hawaii. The transport system sucks: the bus is always either too early or late, there are always psychos on them, etc. I feel like I'm completely confined without a car.
If you feel any frictions in trying to bridge two cultures, how would you describe them?Mostly, how Asians and Americans handle problems. Asians, or at least those from HK, tend to be less outspoken. I don't know why but somehow people got the impression that they can just push us over
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Name two or three things you would like others to know about your native culture. 1/ That people in China speaks a great number of dialects, and so not every Chinese can communicate with each other. That's why we have a common written language and Mandarin. 2/ That not everyone in China is a Communist. 3/ That our culture goes waayyy back... longer than most cultures. We don't go around and borrowing things from, like, Japan. 4/ That Chinese don't bow to each other 90 degrees, that we don't do that hara-kiri, etc etc. Don't just lump all Asian cultures together.
What do you wish people here would be sensitive to or inquisitive about? 1/ What *real* Chinese food is like 2/ Our language and writing system 3/ Our belief systems, like Confucianism, that cause us to act like we do
What have you learned about multicultural life that you would like to share with others? That patience really is a virtue. :)
ooh, definitely. What's up with those fortune cookies eh??
yeah, and Japs, Koreans and Viets? They all came from our homeland heh :P Though they'll go crazy if you even suggest that they have an affiliation with China XD
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Definitely the food :P And the language. And how no matter how shitty your family is, they're still family. That's one value that I find lacking in western countries. Not to mention our tradional costumes (HanFu and QiPao) are hotter than hell
What do you find attractive about life in the US?
Being free of ties that bind of the family and my conservative culture. I can't go braless where I am (not that I want to be, but the ABILITY to be is important to me), and the welfare definitely :P
If you feel any frictions in trying to bridge two cultures, how would you describe them?Basically out mindsets are completely different, so its a lot harder to communicate. This is common in the older generation, but still, I found myself to be restricted to the same stuff sometimes. Okay, to give you an example, I was gift wrapping my mum's birthday present the other day at the store. The girl wrapped it very nicely and asked "is this okay?" And I nodded. I thought it ( ... )
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Hong Kong, China
What are some things about the culture you came from that you want to hold onto?
The faster pace of life, flexability about rules and situations, being quiet and polite in public places
What do you find attractive about life in the U. S.?
Hawaii has nice beaches... :) Plus, I really haven't encountered much discrimination here. People are generally friendly, if not indifferent to my ethnicity.
What problems, if any, have you encountered here?
Everything's too expensive: food, clothings... but then I'm in Hawaii. The transport system sucks: the bus is always either too early or late, there are always psychos on them, etc. I feel like I'm completely confined without a car.
If you feel any frictions in trying to bridge two cultures, how would you describe them?Mostly, how Asians and Americans handle problems. Asians, or at least those from HK, tend to be less outspoken. I don't know why but somehow people got the impression that they can just push us over ( ... )
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Name two or three things you would like others to know about your native culture.
1/ That people in China speaks a great number of dialects, and so not every Chinese can communicate with each other. That's why we have a common written language and Mandarin.
2/ That not everyone in China is a Communist.
3/ That our culture goes waayyy back... longer than most cultures. We don't go around and borrowing things from, like, Japan.
4/ That Chinese don't bow to each other 90 degrees, that we don't do that hara-kiri, etc etc. Don't just lump all Asian cultures together.
What do you wish people here would be sensitive to or inquisitive about?
1/ What *real* Chinese food is like
2/ Our language and writing system
3/ Our belief systems, like Confucianism, that cause us to act like we do
What have you learned about multicultural life that you would like to share with others?
That patience really is a virtue. :)
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ooh, definitely. What's up with those fortune cookies eh??
yeah, and Japs, Koreans and Viets? They all came from our homeland heh :P Though they'll go crazy if you even suggest that they have an affiliation with China XD
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