Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Yesteray I saw Collateral which was OK. Tom Cruise's grey hair was weird but I fully forgot it was Tom Cruise so I think he was good in it.
My friend Peggy brought her friend from Taipei along and I had warned them that thanks to being insulted about my Chinese for the last time by this woman who harrassed me (i.e. approached me with all smiles and the usual let's establish an empty face relationship because you're a foreigner but go away lady don't you ever think that perhaps this happens everyday?) in a bookshop, that I was going to only use Chinese with them so don't expect a chance to practise his English with me. Patience wearing thin.
Anyway so I spoke only Chinese and kicked ass and the next time someone says Oh your Chinese isn't very good for two years of study I will say Well maybe I'm not a frickin showoff like most of the people here and maybe I do think that I'd rather speak accurately and understand what people are saying than spew out a bunch of crappy Chinese ranting but have no idea what is being said to me and say I can speak Chinese just because I enjoy the sound of my own frickin voice and I'm just speaking for the sake of speaking. And besides, as an official "Introvert", I am prone to not saying anything at all! It's not that I can't speak Chinese, it's that I have nothing to god damn say. So fuck off.
Ahhh that felt good.
Now what was my point. Oh yeah anyway lunch with Peggy and her friend was great fun and I fully convinced him I was fluent in Chinese and then I decided that he was hot and started sending the smiles and eyelash flutters his way. And he's really sweet and seems to be of the genuine nice guy variety. In a few weeks we might be going up to Taipei to do a little sightseeing in the north and ooooh I can't wait!
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My friend Peggy brought her friend from Taipei along and I had warned them that thanks to being insulted about my Chinese for the last time by this woman who harrassed me (i.e. approached me with all smiles and the usual let's establish an empty face relationship because you're a foreigner but go away lady don't you ever think that perhaps this happens everyday?) in a bookshop, that I was going to only use Chinese with them so don't expect a chance to practise his English with me. Patience wearing thin.
Anyway so I spoke only Chinese and kicked ass and the next time someone says Oh your Chinese isn't very good for two years of study I will say Well maybe I'm not a frickin showoff like most of the people here and maybe I do think that I'd rather speak accurately and understand what people are saying than spew out a bunch of crappy Chinese ranting but have no idea what is being said to me and say I can speak Chinese just because I enjoy the sound of my own frickin voice and I'm just speaking for the sake of speaking. And besides, as an official "Introvert", I am prone to not saying anything at all! It's not that I can't speak Chinese, it's that I have nothing to god damn say. So fuck off.
Ahhh that felt good.
Now what was my point. Oh yeah anyway lunch with Peggy and her friend was great fun and I fully convinced him I was fluent in Chinese and then I decided that he was hot and started sending the smiles and eyelash flutters his way. And he's really sweet and seems to be of the genuine nice guy variety. In a few weeks we might be going up to Taipei to do a little sightseeing in the north and ooooh I can't wait!
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