The Miscellaneous Entry

Wow, I can't believe I only have a month left here in Phoenix before I head back to the Northeast! Time is flying by SO fast. I don't know about the rest of you, but I still remember 1/1/07 like it was yesterday! When I first got here, there were days where I felt a bit bored, like I'm not doing enough to keep busy. And now I feel like there are not enough hours in the day to do what I want before I leave!

This past Saturday night, one of our neighbors had a house party and we went over and had BBQ, played Texas Hold'em, Dance Dance Revolution, sang karaoke and ma-jang. It was a lot of fun. Before my aunt and uncle left, everyone made them compete in DDR, it was hilarious. Haha! And when a few of us were singing karaoke, one of the guys requested 'Like a Virgin' (they were trying to be nice and sing a few American songs cuz I didn't know any of the Chinese ones), oh my gosh, I was laughing so hard when the guy was singing the chorus that I couldn't even sing anymore.


































Through meeting so many Chinese people here, I have come to realize that I am a lot more American than I thought I was. Although I can get along with everyone fine and can enjoy hanging out with them, there is still an obvious cultural and language barrier. At times I have no idea what people are talking about! I've always thought that since I am an immigrant and have a lot of Asian friends, I am more Chinese than American. I am discovering that it's the other way around. The love for Chinese culture (especially the food) will always be a part of me, but I am proud to say that I blend in 'better' as an American :)

In response to two comments posted on who my 'friend' is. After the 'incident' with the museum people reading my blog, I realized that I can never really know who may end up reading this! And besides family and really close friends, I don't know if other people would want their names shared on a blog. So to be safe, I've not used anyone's names in case they would like their privacy. And to those two curious ladies, this person IS just a friend :) Oh by the way, the other day when I was working at the restaurant. I passed a table with two ladies, whom I wasn't serving. One of them stops me and says, 'Can I ask you a question? Are you the person who wrote the blog about the museum?' LOL. I ended up meeting the person from the museum who read my blog. It was great.