k. so i've decided to make the fuss today.
yeah, so yesterday, i went for the asian culture night on campus. so food and stuff blah blah. half way through, there was a fashion show, showing off all the national costumes naturally. after my friend looking very cute in her sia uniform and a couple of korean kids, came an eurasian looking girl in a bright red "qipao" who claimed that she was from taiwan. (wth). ok, that aside, her slits on the sides of the qipao were up to the hips, and she was trying to do some dance moves with her matching folding-fan. obviously failed to seduce anyone, esp when compared with the real seductive pakistan girl later. well. i find her pathetic. she's wearing a chinese costume (well that's not even chinese, but some babarian manchurian costume) trying to do what chinese are really not good at doing. and while she tried so hard to present a culturally chinese image she had to distinguish herself as a taiwanese. (well if she wanted so badly to be distinctive taiwanese, why didn't she wear some native taiwanese gaoshan costume?? that's inferior, obviouly, in their eyes) yeah fine. and then there were flocks of japnese wearing all sorts of weird things. my uneasiness at the show was probably pretty obvious, cos many friends asked if i was ok. i wasn't unhappy cos i didn't see a mainland chinese up there. such things like showing off and selling ourselves out is really not in our blood. man. how cheap. look at the japanese who were so proud of their so-called contemporary japanese teen outlook, which is really just a lot of random combi and bad taste. i admire how confident they look in that crap. that might be what draws them close to the western world. also, hard-selling their "culture" has always been their specialty anyways. back to the chinese thing, if the westerners think they know what chinese are like from that kind of frivilous performance, such as that by the TW girl, let it be. but they are wrong. it's just pathetic. both the entertainer and the entertained.
oh don't tell me to just enjoy such things without any political preoccupation. can't do it.
3 comments:
hey although you prob don't want to hear me say this, just take it as frivolous flirts. That's really just a big part of american culture which we're not so comfortable with sometimes. It's about sex appeal and how you show off your 'individuality'. I respect those who don't get washed away by the flow but it's alrite if they do. It's just a show, like it or not. And anyone who's all serious won't join it in the first place.
again, it's the trend, even if i don't think it's good. and survival of the fittest anyways and i'm not prepared to become a social outcast either. all i can do is making some kind of useless fuss on my blog, pathetic i am. i hate myself.
oh don't hate yourself. You should prob pity those who've totally changed themselves just to fit in. It's important not to be a social outcast but also important to know ur limits. When you feel uncomfortable just quit. Never mind if others call u a loser. That's just crap.
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