I think one of the novelties of being in a foreign country is that I feel twice removed from my Chinese heritage. It is very a surreal and disorienting "out of body" "out of character" "out of comfort" state. It puts into perspective for me what it means to be Chinese. What it means to be the child of immigrant parents. What it means to be the child of Taiwanese-born Chinese parents. What it means to be American-born Chinese. What it means to be an American in a foreign country. A Chinese-American in a foreign country. A tri-lingual Chinese-American in a foreign country. And it makes me wonder how much or how little the people in that place understand this layered identity. How do they process me? All the nuances, the politics, the prejudices, the social constructs, my multi-cultural values, the pieces of my heritage that I choose to wear and the other pieces I've chosen to shed-- They can't they possibly understand any of that, but what do they see instead?

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Dow Jones & Elephant

Last night we went to this really cool bar called Dow Jones! It's exactly what it sounds like, the prices for the drinks fluctuate. When more people start to buy a drink, the price starts shooting up, and the drinks that aren't selling gradually get cheaper. Every once in a while, the market would 'crash' and all the drink prices would drop. It was really fun, and the shots were DELICIOUS.

After the bar, we went to a club called Elephant. It was a sort of loungey place, the ambiance is really nice. Lots of colored lights and nice nooks of couches and canopied areas. And since it's relatively far out of the tourist bubble it's not too crowded.

Hugs and rice cakes,
Angela <3
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