Friday, March 2, 2007

asianess at its finest

i'm pretty sure i'm one of the best representatives of what it means to be asian. not quite an epitome, but pretty darn close. i was inspired to write something after i took a quiz on "how asian are you?" so here are 10 reasons why i'm really, really asian, using the most common stereotypes.
1. i'm under 5'4". i guess this is one my weaker asian qualities, simply because if i was an EXTREME asian, i'd probably be under 5'1" or something. thank goodness (no offense to short people), although i've heard shorter girls are more approachable and attractive. is this true?
2. my eyes are extremely squinty, and even more squinty when i take a picture. enough said. friend: hey sara, you closed your eyes. me: THEY'RE OPEN! yeah and stuff like that etc. after hearing that too much, i now try to open my eyes as wide as possible when i take a picture, but not so much that i look like a bug-eyed creep who stares all the time.
3. i'd die without rice. yeah... when i go to the mainland and they don't have rice, it's like WTF MATE? or they have this really, hard, grainy, dry stuff that i just look at with disgust. but i'm not that picky! just going into withdrawals here. pasta and potatoes don't cut it. and where is my shoyu?
4. i freak out about school. the end.
5. i have parents that freak out about school, probably even more than i do.
6. i surround myself with asian people. it's definitely influenced by punahou, hawaii, and whatnot, but yeah. and i don't have anything against non-asian people either. in fact, i LOVE non-asian people. except i kind of feel awkward on the mainland when i'm like the ONLY asian person. for example, our softball team went to south dakota for nationals and we were kind of out of place. hah... it was fun hanging out in the cornfields though... yup and chilling with one of our new local friends' pet racoon and go-karts. haha again. ANYWAY, that's not the point. the point is, i tend to have more asian friends than non-asian friends. i mean, i hang out at a place nicknamed the "boat", simply because most of its hangout-ees are asian. approximately 97%. idk this isn't a very good reason. i think i'm stretching it.
7. i dye my hair. my most recent hair color started out a redish brown but somehow turned into a light brown kind of blondeish in some places. stupid sun.
8. i play a musical instrument. and yes, i started out on piano at age 10 (that's kind of late for most asian kids :) ) and then now, i play the viola. in orchestra. woooo.
9. i love asian food, and i'm not restricted to only one kind. japanese, KOREAN, thai, indian (is that considered asian?, cambodian, and of course, chinese... but not like chicken feet, cow tongue, intestine or anything. i do like 1000 year old egg though. that's the chinese in me. and bubble teas are the most awesomest drink ever. sushi. udon. MEAT JUN. mandoo. kalbi. mandoo kook su. ooooo salivating here.
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1 comment:

zachary browning said...

!Hola! Yo recomiendo risotto-el arroz de Italia. Ay caramba, Es delicioso!