I got an early X-mas present this year. The people at HUF boxing put me on their official boxing team so that i could train with their national team members. I'm training every day right through christmas. There's nothing more I could have asked for.
Chinese adults frequently call me "jook-sing", a pejorative Chinese slang used to describe westernized Chinese kids. According to Wikipedia,
In the United States and Canada, "jook-sing" is a pejorative Cantonese term used to describe fully Westernized American-born or Canadian-born Chinese. "Jook-sing" means a grain-measuring container made of bamboo. Bamboo is hollow and compartmentalized, thus water poured in one end does not flow out of the other end. The metaphor is that a jook-sing is disconnected from both cultures because he cannot reconcile East-West cultural differences: water within the jook-sing does not flow and connect to either end. The jook-sing is categorised as having Western-centric identities, values and culture.
Recently, my family invited friends over for dinner. Among the guests was Daniel, a friend about my age, also Chinese and Canadian. After dinner, Daniel and I had a discussion that exposed our ignorance of traditional Chinese values. Here's what was said,
I'm with the Lee family because it's late and I'm too tired to return home. I'm finishing up some work in the living room of their apartment. Across from me is the dining area, the kitchen and a hallway that leads to several other rooms. Mrs. Lee is in the kitchen preparing dinner and she expects Mr. Lee home any minute. The kids, Gordon and George, are in a room watching Japanese anime.
