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Post by halfbreed on Apr 28, 2007 9:45:23 GMT -5
Has anyone ever felt like they weren't fully reaping the benefits of being Eurasian?  I don't feel 'EA enough'. Like, I don't feel I've been exposed enough to my Asian side. I never go to Singapore & so I never see my Asian relatives, I hardly eat Asian food, and I can't speak Mandarin! Apart from being Eurasian, I'm not really Eurasian at all.  |
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Post by waywardwolf on Apr 28, 2007 9:59:30 GMT -5
I feel the same now and then, the Japanese side of our family disowned us, or so I've been told anyway. I met my grandfather once, took me out for saké and never saw him again.
I try to expose myself to Asian culture, not sure it works too well. I do, however, eat lots of Asian food because I eat faster with chop sticks and when I'm hungry I need food in me fast.
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Post by scott on Apr 28, 2007 10:04:08 GMT -5
More Australian.
Why?
- I tend to make better friends with Caucasians than Asians
- My favorite beer is Victoria Bitter.
- I can sit down, and enjoy watching a game of cricket.
- I have next to no understanding of Cantonese.
- I tend to say "Mate" sometimes.
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Post by halfbreed on Apr 28, 2007 10:17:02 GMT -5
And, also, when I say 'ni hau' to my Chinese friends, they laugh. ... It makes me feel like such a Wasian!!  |
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Post by waywardwolf on Apr 28, 2007 10:47:02 GMT -5
What does 'ni hau' mean? I've heard it plenty, but never knew.
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Post by catgirl on Apr 28, 2007 10:47:40 GMT -5
Its hard to feel asian when you dont speak the asian language at all, when people always are surprised and find it hard to believe you when you tell them your half asian, when you dont know many asian people, when you have lived your entire life in a european country....
Its weird but I actually feel more like half english and half Norwegian because of the poor vietnamese influense in my life. I even feel more french than vietnmaese and Ive just lived ther for a year, lol.
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Post by halfbreed on Apr 28, 2007 10:55:22 GMT -5
What does 'ni hau' mean? I've heard it plenty, but never knew. 'Hello!'  |
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Post by avax on Apr 28, 2007 10:56:55 GMT -5
What does 'ni hau' mean? I've heard it plenty, but never knew. Just a greeting. Ni hau ma - how are you. |
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Post by waywardwolf on Apr 28, 2007 10:57:45 GMT -5
Ah, most excellent. Much obliged to you both.
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Post by avax on Apr 28, 2007 11:09:32 GMT -5
Oh Halfbreed beat me to it - fast lil bugger. But you're welcome. |
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Post by chinesejewfool on Apr 28, 2007 12:56:23 GMT -5
I'm always more on the Asian American side. More Asian friends. Asian food owns.
But between Asian and White, I'm more Californian because I say hella.
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Post by penguinopolipitese on Apr 28, 2007 15:28:54 GMT -5
the Japanese side of our family disowned us that's so sad. I think when I was born both sides had their misgivings, but actually getting to know me as a person helped. So I think it's sad when one side of your family just doesn't take the time to try. |
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Post by waywardwolf on Apr 28, 2007 15:45:24 GMT -5
^ Luckily my parents had a host of Asian friends who posed as family during our youth, I never knew about it until I was eleven or so. I'm sure that information would have embittered me as a child. It was strange, though somewhat humorous, to discover about half my family were just friends of my parents from Venice High.
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Post by chinesejewfool on Apr 28, 2007 16:52:40 GMT -5
I feel the same now and then, the Japanese side of our family disowned us, or so I've been told anyway. I met my grandfather once, took me out for saké and never saw him again. I try to expose myself to Asian culture, not sure it works too well. I do, however, eat lots of Asian food because I eat faster with chop sticks and when I'm hungry I need food in me fast. hah, I'm opposite. My Jewish side of the family disowned my family. |
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Post by waywardwolf on Apr 28, 2007 16:57:19 GMT -5
hah, I'm opposite. My Jewish side of the family disowned my family. Outcasts assemble! |
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