为活动而写，实在想不出题目

今早才发现有个活动，只要是原创就能参加。俺蠢蠢欲动地想插一脚，划拉了几笔，也想像俺偶88queen那样拎出个单词，词组啥的演绎一番，可硬找不出一个有文化的字来。大家凑合着看吧，不看也中。我自己硬着头皮都读不下去地讲。你说这都是一个坛子的人，怎么差距就这么大涅？


At Home Depot today, the window treatment section, the gentleman I was talking to asked me if I was a Japanese. A question I often have been asked. The answer I give depends on my mood. If I am in good mood, I smile and say no. If I am in a hurry, I say a quick no without any facial expression. If I am in bad mood, I say a cold yes and put on a snobby look. Well, this is called killing two birds with one stone. I try to scare American and give Japanese a bad name.

The gentleman I was talking to today is very old, in earlier 70s, I would guess. I was tired and not in a pleasant state of mind, but he was very friendly and it was me who needed his help. So when he asked this question, I smiled and said no. Naturally he suggested Chinese, I smiled and said yes. He kept pursuing by asking which part of the China I came from. I explained to him. He smiled and said that his wife was from Shanghai. It turned out his wife of 40 years was a student in an American college back then, he was a young man from German immigrant family went to Vietnam and back. He was so struck by the slim figure and the tiny waist of Vietnamese women, (写到这里，不禁想起小千的窈窕身段.）he wanted someone that size. It was very hard to find someone like that in German community until one day he met this Chinese woman. Families on both sides were not happy about their union. Please remember that this is more than 40 years ago when interracial marriage was a rare thing.

I am often mistaken to be Japanese by people other than Japanese. American think I am a Japanese simply because they can't tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese and Korean. To them, it is just a random guess. Koreans think I am a Japanese because of my light skin tone . When we went to Alaska cruise, we met a lovely Asian family. They are Singapore Chinese now live in Vancouver, Canada. They also think we are a Japanese family.

However, the real Japanese can tell that I am not one of them by just one glance. When I was in Hawaii, walking on the famous street along the Waikiki Beach. Most stores there are operated by Japanese sales people. By one look, they know I am not a Japanese, and I know that they know I am not a Japanese, and they know that I know the fact that I am being treated differently because I am not Japanese. All these wordless motions are exchanged between parties in that one subtle glance and under that polite greeting. It is a very interesting phenomenal.

By now, I think you probably figured out my attitude toward Japan and Japanese. But I still want to say it, just for the record:此处删掉八个字。

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• 新来的也坐沙发！很棒的Ｅ文 -板板- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 10:12:59

• 谢谢板板。我不是快手，这种临时划拉的东东肯定是千疮百孔的，中在参预吧。 -geopolitics- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 10:20:42

• 写的很流畅。 -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 10:32:00

• 多谢婉MM一如既往的鼓励。 -geopolitics- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 10:43:26

• well written! PPL always ask me : Korean or Japanese? (rarely Ch -小千...千与千寻- ♀ (274 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 11:13:42

• 被小千表扬了，有被领导肯定的荣誉感。 -geopolitics- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 11:32:13

• 可别这么说啊，在什么地方我都在仰望你们呢～ -小千...千与千寻- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 11:37:21

• 呵呵～是在很多地方 -小千...千与千寻- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 11:43:18

• 日本美女给人瓷娃娃的感觉,他们是在夸妹妹肤白如雪,俺一般都被问哪个村来的~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 14:24:32

• 米国不稀罕俺这鱼肚白，你那才叫hot。 -geopolitics- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 16:36:59

• "一个坛子的人，怎么差距就这么大涅" strongly agree -23731241- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 14:55:43

• 可不是吗。 -geopolitics- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/22/2010 postreply 16:38:39

• It turned out THAT his wife -gemini68amy- ♀ (38 bytes) () 04/23/2010 postreply 15:54:37

• 回复：improve the rhythm -gemini68amy- ♀ (288 bytes) () 04/23/2010 postreply 20:32:02

• Thanks! Your suggestions are much appreciated. -geopolitics- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/23/2010 postreply 22:42:39