ENGLISH / CHINESE
if Chinese is the official language in Canada.
if Chinese was first to immigrate before the white people.
if Chinese had the army to conquer all over the world and colonize places.
i am trying to be right. and yet. every time i run into a white person who is take a stand against me. i know i am going to lose. i need to speak their language. they don't have to speak mine. it was written in history all over the place that English is better than Chinese. and the truth: I do not have enough knowledge of their culture to be one of them.
if Robert De Niro had to learn Chinese to get into a movie.
Not Jacky Chan and Chow Yun Fat speaking English with accents.
I am new. I am blowing lots of water. and I don't know how to type in Chinese.
sometimes I don't know what to do. Cantonese is my mother tongue. There is nothing I can do about it. 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 play hockey. I play ping pong.
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.
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:
Telling our local firefighters: GAU FALL
Telling our peace officers: ALL BEI YAN DA GIP / ALL OAK KAY YAU CHAK
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?
ps. making phony phone call aka prank can be an offense without a proper setting as an entertainment platform
playingtoy 發表於 2009-2-10 18:16
