How Asian am I? --Y.
I feel like this might be a controversial post, but it's Friday night, the kids are in bed and that glass of Pinot Noir I had at California Pizza Kitchen is giving me courage to put this out there.
So how Asian am I? I'll let you be the judge based on these statements.
So how Asian am I? I'll let you be the judge based on these statements.
- I was born in CA from parents who immigrated here from Taiwan and consider myself Chinese-American.
- Was pre-med for 2 years in college - shocking.
- I respond to my parents in Chinglish when they speak to me in Chinese, and I make my kids go to Chinese school.
- I've dated non-Asians, and married someone who is half Japanese-American, and half Chinese-American. I'm pretty sure I made the first move.
- I don't go out of my way to find a Boba milk tea place, but I will eat chicken feet at dim sum. I rarely take pictures of my food.
- I never played team sports, but played piano for 14 years and make my kids take piano/guitar lessons. They also do team sports--my husband's influence.
- I have a few Chinese songs in my karaoke repertoire, but I'm not a mic hog.
- I have a nice collection of designer handbags, and you better get out of my way if there's a good sale rack.
- I don't use a cell phone ring holder, or have a selfie stick, because I don't take selfies.
- I have non-surgical double eye-lids, I weigh over 100 lbs, I'm probably considered tall, relative to my other Asian friends, and Daoming Si and I have matching torsos, an unfortunate consequence of nursing 3 babies.
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