No, I do not mean the alphabet. I mean ABC--American Born Chinese. For those of you who are non-asian, you probably won't get what I'm talking about. And that's okay. ^-^

Tonight I had dinner at a restaurant in Chinatown--owned by the family of an old friend of mine actually. We had a waitress who apparently worked for a time in a different restaurant. I hadn't been aware of that fact when I had obediently greeted her, "Ai yi, ning hao." 'Course, it was in Cantonese not the Mandarin I put here. ;P

Scene 1:

Her: *places a fork on the plate next to me* Here.
Me: *blink* (I knew what she meant. The fork was for me. I asked anyway, just to see what she'd say.) Who's the fork for?
Her: *a bit flustered* Uhm, for you.
Me: (What says I don't know how to use chopsticks? I'm holding a pair in my hand, am I not?) *silence*
Her: *uneasily* Then...you don't need to use the chopsticks.
Me: *short, tart* I don't need it. *does not look at her, continues eating*
Her: Oh! Haha...I thought you didn't know how to use chopsticks...*walks away*

How had I been eating then? Uh, doi!

Scene 2:

Her: Do you want anything to drink?
**Note: You don't normally ask what they want to drink. We all have cups of tea in front of us, I am no exception.**
Me: *blink* (Oh god, again.) No.
Her: Oh, okay. *walks away*

Um, do I have "ABC" painted on my forehead? Is it in invisible ink cuz I can't see it. But then how can she?

And who says ABCs can't speak Chinese, can't use chopsticks, and don’t drink tea? Oh, right, because it’s true—for some, not all.

I burst out laughing after the first one. I just leaned over to my mother with a quizzical expression after the second. She shushed me. >.>


YOU ABCs ARE MAKING ME LOOK BAD! FIX IT!

Tea! Tasty tasty. One thing that always annoys me are people who think they're so cool because they use chopsticks... Dave's friend does that.

We went to a restaurant once, and he spazzes "zomg I needz chopsticks!".

Says I, Ms. I-buy-cute-chopsticks. I'm so awful.
» ikimashokie on 2007-11-27 10:55:39

lol, that's great.
now I'm really REALLY hungry for Chinese food... it's been too long!! ó_ò
» invisible on 2007-11-28 12:39:34

i'm not surprise. my friend is chinese born new zealander. doesn't know chinese not even know how to use chopstick and doesn't drink chinese tea.
» renaye on 2007-11-28 01:08:20

Haha! I agree with you though my Chinese is not as good but yea, I dazzle my new classmates at the start of the semester because they thought that I'm a banana. I seriously think I should keep on pretending to be one so that if they were to bitch about me in chinese, I'd understand, which I hope they won't.
» Nuttz on 2007-11-28 06:35:44

Sorry! It's not my fault that I'm naturally inept when it comes to all that cultural stuff!
» randomjunk on 2007-11-28 09:34:50

haha a little bit insulting.
i remember in japan EVERYONE used to go "oh WOW you can use chopsticks?" and i just wanted to yell, I'VE BEEN USING THEM SINCE I WAS 2 YEARS OLD. also that everyone in southern cali can use chopsticks.
» adreen on 2007-11-30 01:45:57

At least she was trying to be nice. I couldn't get a fork to save my life when I went to Chinatown and Japantown in San Fran. What happened the second day was even worse... UGH! My skill in chop sticks grew in that short visit.

By the way what happened to you is exactly why I hate running into Koreans who know I'm Korean and was born in Korea. Then the expectations are so high that there's no way I could meet them.
» Katrina on 2007-12-27 04:08:30

LOL yea, everyone here uses chopsticks XD *thats cause the majority of what you see here are asian XD*
and... i am dependent on chopsticks... though my chinese sucks T-T
» crz4manga on 2007-12-29 12:51:53

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