8.09.2009
Translation: I was really Chinese today.
When I got home from work today, I immediately started to change out of my work clothes. I got distracted somehow... I think maybe I suddenly needed to xiao bian... and so I went to the bathroom. After washing my hands, I figured I'd wash my face. In the middle of washing my face, I heard some super angry Chinese yelling coming through the windows on my balcony. As it got angrier, my curiosity got the best of me. Despite being in the middle of washing my face, I went out on my balcony to see what all the commotion was about.
Two men were screaming at each other. I thought they'd fight at any moment. Four random people just stood next to them and watched, and every person walking by slowed for at least a short look. Next to the randoms, stood two "security guards" (looking no older than 14 years old, as usual) who surely would do nothing if they did indeed get physical. As I surveyed the scene, I thought, "This is so Chinese." Then I thought about what I was doing: I was on my balcony washing my face, dripping water and face wash on my interesting outfit-- half work clothes, half pajamas-- and watching the fight just as intensely as the randoms.
Wo de tian, I am SO Chinese.
1 comments:
..and what will you call it when you become one of the two persons that are yelling at each other ?
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