Wednesday, October 22, 2008

weirdo. additional post *winks*

well , the previous post published was kinda weird. but i'm trying to vent out my feelings, guess it didn't work. i shall try harder again next time perhaps?? hehe.

ok . here's a conversation between me and a ( mark the word i'm about to use ) stereotypist :

i was in a photocopy shop , having a chat with the aunty .
the photocopy shop is currently under a miniscule renovation , so i was asking about the shop

( the conversation below is in chinese- direct translation from chinese )
me: aunty, u're having renovation ah ??
aunty : yea , we're planning to move the computers to here. so that the counter won't be so packed with people in the morning .
me : oh i c. ( i kept quiet for a moment )
aunty : but u can see it later, u're now having AS exams rite ?
me : oh no aunty , i'm having A2 now.
aunty : so what are u going to study later ??
me : oh . pharmacology . produce drugs d ( well , pharmacology is not actually the production of drugs, but to help people understand it , i just made a generalisation )
aunty : oh , quite good hor, here u can't find this degree .


then ... here comes the uncle ( who overheard our conversation ) .

( the conversation below is in english. )
uncle : what are u studying gal ?
me : pharmacology.
uncle : PHARMATOLOGY ?
me : yea. ( i know i'm bad but i just don't bother to correct him )
uncle : then where are u going ?
me : UK perhaps .
uncle : oh , then u have to start to SPEAK ENGLISH !!! u know , there aren't a lot of chinese over there .

i was thinking ( uncle , aren't we conversing in english at this moment , right now ?? what does he mean like tat ?? i chose to speak watever language which is more preferable to me, it's my rights rite ? )
but i replied him this way ..

me : oh .. i dun think it would be a problem .
uncle : u know , BROKEN ENGLISH is not accepted there and there are not many chinese people around , how are u going to mix with people like tat ? ( i believe he's making an assumption that when chinese ed students speak english , it's all BROKEN. )
i just smiled and smiled .what more can i say ??

uncle , please don't stereotype people for speaking chinese. i can speak in two languages, but i prefer chinese coz it makes me feel closer to my roots. I love chinese culture. i don't abuse it. i speak chinese coz i'm proud of it. k ?? and i have confidence in myself that me speaking english won't be a problem in the near future. all the while , i've conversed with u in english and i believe the version u heard is the proper one. please don't stereotype me just because i prefer to speak chinese.

well . perhaps i was a bit too sensitive as well . u can ignore me if u feel so. =p

3 comments:

yvonne* said...

very well said dearie!!
i so agree with you.
that uncle is just so full of himself.

yeah, probably he was concerned bout you surviving in the uk bit still the way he puts it sounds like a meanie to me. *pouts*

no worries,your english is perfectly fine.

heart ya!
xoxo.

yi ying said...

ying to vonne :

muahahhahahaha .thx vonne !! u're truly my hart mate ~~ hart u too =*

katherine said...

i know exactly how annoying that uncle is.
he's just LONELY.

ying~ don't worry bout your english~
it's 100% all right!

*hug hug from the cat*

see ya soon babe~

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo