A couple of your points:
" When I am surprised I don't say GEEZ. I say WAH. I have tried to brainwash myself to fit into their culture. But I don't like Betty Boop or Winnie the Pooh. I like Ding Dong. And I know Ding Dong."
I don't see why you have to brainwash yourself to fit in the mainstream culture. You don't have to enjoy hockey game. You can still continue to like Ding Dong and buy Ding Dong comic here. There is nothing wrong that if you don't enjoy hockey. Like I still don't know the rules of hockey game and I don't follow the news etc. I see nothing wrong about that.
"I don't play hockey. I play ping pong."
There are a few ping pong clubs around and you can still play your ping pong any time. So there is no problem?
"So how am I going to explain all these. That white people in Richmond has become a minority group. WELL. I don't see any Chinese culture going around Richmond RCMP. They don't eat dim sum and Chinese tea. Only I drink donut and coffee. There is a Chinese version of O Canada. more like a translation. somewhere on the web."
Hm...it's interesting that why you would like to change others preference of food? Nothing wrong for me to like dimsum and at the same time nothign wrong for RCMP to like donuts. The most important thing is we respect each other's choice and we have a choice, we have tons of selection of restaurants for dimsum
"Being an immigrant has to admit I myself and family somehow believe our country / place of origin is not as good. All my memories / knowledge associated with my birth place and people has a negative denotation. if there is anything I can do about it, it will be:"
I would like to ask why you would think that way? I came to live in Canada doesn't mean HK is really bad. It's my family's choice. I choose to stay here because I got a job, I enjoy the living environment here. Doesn't mean HK is bad wor. If I prefer orange to yellow, doesn't mean yellow is bad. It's a matter of choice, personal preference.
"Consider it is their duty to handle you, they will not leave you alone.
But then one of them is going to ask: do you speak English?
And if I ever had the guts to reply: I do speak English. Do you speak Chinese?"
Hm...I believe everything (or most) is driven by demand and supply. Now you see airport has lots of chinese sign, chinese announcement. Some government publication has Chinese translation too. If we have big enough community (like 90% ?) we may see more Chinese gov't service la right? Richmond has large number of Chinese population but it's just like more than half? |
發表於 2009-2-10 18:09
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