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The experiences the OP has had are priceless, and read something like a novel if someone like John Kennedy Toole had he written about living in China (comic in
by robotkdick 8y ago
The experiences the OP has had are priceless, and read something like a novel if someone like John Kennedy Toole had he written about living in China (comic in some respects, but also surreal). The Snow White episode in the elevator is delightful: the father having to explain to his daughter that being associated with Snow White is a good thing, and she being upset at being labeled.
The world is shrinking and being stretched at the same time.
- chj 8y ago> the father having to explain to his daughter that being associated with Snow White is a good thing How can that be a bad thing? I honestly don't understand(I'm from China).
- basica 8y agoChildren like to blend in and not be noticed as different (adults too of course, but to a lesser degree than children). The label itself is inoffensive, she just didn't like the fact she wasn't seen as just another kid.
- lhl 8y agoMaybe you've never had the pleasure, or it's different in other cultures, but having experienced plenty of it first hand, it's incredibly off-putting when people point/stare/or talk about you, especially if they do so in front of your face because they think you can't understand their language.