Bananas thread

***Yellow Fever*** · January 30th, 2012, 04:14 AM

Post anything about american, canadian and UK born chinese here. Photos, stories, jokes...whatever.

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***Yellow Fever*** · January 30th, 2012, 09:12 AM

Jook-Sing, eh?

Growing up Chinese in Canada
by :petitecossette@yahoo.com

Being Chinese

I am Chinese-Canadian. You can physically see this. I have black hair, dark brown eyes and golden skin. I am petite. You might even say that I look stereotypical from my size and shape. Yes, like many other middle class Asians, I had piano lessons as a child, but in no way was I a prodigy on the piano. I am good in math, but I am not interested in it. In fact, I am going to be receiving a B.A. in drama in the Spring of 2002! Very different from the stereotypical Asian student who majors in natural sciences, engineering or business.

My majoring in drama has shocked some of my relatives. In fact, an aunt of mine gave me a strange look when she asked me what I was studying. She then told me that I'd never make any money with a drama degree and that I should be doing something useful, such as Applied Sciences (engineering) or business. Even my cousins are wondering why I'm working towards such a 'lousy degree'. Sometimes I wonder if they're actually studying for something that would make them happy or if they just want to have a lot of money. Money doesn't always make one happy. You can be very rich and still suffer from depression. My philosophy is to do what you want to do, even if it means that you'll live in a shack.

Yes, as a child, I did go through a phase where I didn't want to be Asian. Yes, I did run home saying that I wanted to be blonde and blue eyed like my best friend at the time. But I have learned to accept my ethnicity. I have learned to understand it. Unlike many CBC's (Canadian Born Chinese) I can speak Cantonese without an obvious Canadian accent. Yes, I would use English phrases in Chinese (for instance, when I'm talking on the phone, I'd say in Cantonese "hi this is Cindy is so and so there?" while in Cantonese, one usually says "hi! Cindy. Is so and so there?") and yes, it sometimes drives some of the HK people I know just a tad bit crazy; because of the phrases I use they know that I'm "jook sing" which literally means "hollow bamboo". The phrase is used to describe Chinese people born in the west because they don't fully fit into Chinese culture nor mainstream Canadian (white) culture.

Being Canadian

I'd say that I mostly had a typical 'Canadian' childhood with skating lessons, Brownies/Girl Guides (Girl Scouts in the U.S.) and summer camp. In Brownies, I was appointed "seconder" (assistant to the "sixer" who leads the "six" - a group of 6 Brownies in the same unit). Brownies and Girl Guides isn't popular with middle class Asian families in my area. It probably still isn't, at least not two years ago when I returned to work as a Junior Leader. Most Asian-Canadian families I know send their children to tutoring programs like Kumon (in addition to the piano or violin lessons)rather than "fun" things like Scouting or Guiding. Sometimes I wonder why they do that. Perhaps they don't know about it? Or maybe it just isn't Asian custom to do so?

Unlike most Asian families, I did not learn English through my parents. They believed that I would pick up better English if I learned it through television and through school. They did not want me to pick up their accents. Since I do sound 'white' on the phone, some Chinese Canadians (many I know have a detectable accent) think I have "sold out". So I'm a liberal arts major in a university that isn't in town (most of the Chinese grads from my high school go to university here in town) and is a traditionally more "preppy/white-Felicity/Dawson's Creek" type school (as opposed to the more "hip" HK Chinese who live in Toronto). In fact, I am used to being the only person of Asian descent in a group setting. It was like that in summer camp (there were a number of Asians at music camp, but they were all in a strings program while I was in musical theater) and in most of my drama classes at university. I don't feel uncomfortable about this, and I do not feel that my peers are ignoring me due to my ethnicity. I feel that I am accepted by the others in my class, and treated the way that I am expected to be treated.

http://scipoet.tripod.com/jooksing

HKG · January 30th, 2012, 02:42 PM

The girls are sexy

***Yellow Fever*** · January 30th, 2012, 06:55 PM

well, guys are hot too, especially the one with the green shirt.

Skybean · January 31st, 2012, 03:48 AM

lol! Funny thread. Those pictures really look like typical CBCs! We should make a FOB thread too!

***big-dog*** · January 31st, 2012, 04:44 AM

Nice girl. BTW there's a serious car accident on the background...

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***Yellow Fever*** · January 31st, 2012, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big-dog

BTW there's a serious car accident on the background...

I also noticed that. Over here, as long as the situation is under control and nobody get seriously hurt or the victims are being taken of, people will leave the police and firemen alone and continue to do their own things. I bet if this happened in China, a big crowd would have formed and gathered around that overturned vechicle and taking photos etc.

***Yellow Fever*** · January 31st, 2012, 10:06 AM

CBCs and their friends went skiing on the top of Vancouver's mountains.

***big-dog*** · January 31st, 2012, 10:56 AM

WOW！ temperature?

Skybean · January 31st, 2012, 07:20 PM

Why are they topless? This is an interesting look into the style of bananas versus typical Chinese. Look at how much mascara the girls in those pix use.

***Yellow Fever*** · January 31st, 2012, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big-dog

WOW！ temperature?

I believe the temp was around zero which is rather warm in our standard and after a couple of ski runs the body temp rised and thats why they could take their tops off.

kix111 · January 31st, 2012, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybean

This is an interesting look into the style of bananas versus typical Chinese. Look at how much mascara the girls in those pix use.

What does a typical Chinese look like??

Is it just me? I find them all so ugly................... -__-!

***Yellow Fever*** · February 1st, 2012, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kix111

What does a typical Chinese look like??

look at the mirror.

Quote:

I find them all so ugly................... -__-!

the bananas would say the same thing about the 'typical chinese'.

kix111 · February 1st, 2012, 04:30 AM

Well i guess thats true as well, but im not typical

Its actually true lol, on average, white ppl look so much better than Chinese...

CoCoMilk · February 1st, 2012, 04:49 AM

they might look better than you but not better than me. >:P lololol

BTW ABCs I've met looked wayyyyy better.

kix111 · February 1st, 2012, 05:02 AM

I guess the thing depends on how many generations the family have been in US / Canada. People in this thread feels to me as if their parents are raised in Canada too.

CoCoMilk · February 1st, 2012, 07:20 AM

Yo whats goodddd

***Yellow Fever*** · February 1st, 2012, 09:34 AM

who's she? not bad for a cbc!

Quote:

Originally Posted by kix111

white ppl look so much better than Chinese...

Are you self-discriminating?

There is no ugly 'honky' (white ppl) in nz?

kix111 · February 1st, 2012, 10:27 AM

of course there are ugly white people, thats why i was saying on average. White people naturally have better bone structure on their face. For example, many asians have flat nose while white people generally have taller nose.

but i have a good nose thats why im not typical asian looooool

EldarK · February 1st, 2012, 10:29 AM

Какие классные девочки. )))

January 30th, 2012, 04:14 AM	#1
*Yellow Fever* Descendant Of Dragon龍的傳人 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: City Of Rain 雨之巿 Posts: 19,102 Likes (Received): 1832	Bananas thread Post anything about american, canadian and UK born chinese here. Photos, stories, jokes...whatever. image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (2) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr About Sports604 -Basketball-Bowling, Dodgeball-Volleyball-California Kickball "Vancouver's Fastest Growing Recreational Sports League" Sports604 leagues aim to cover all the fundamentals of league play: structure, competitiveness, recreation, exercise and fun! image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (3) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (4) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (21) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (22) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (23) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (25) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (27) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr image hosted on flickr Sports604 www-Sports604-com photos by RonSombilonGallery-com (29) by Ron Sombilon Gallery, on Flickr __________________ *Come to visit beautiful Vancouver* \|BUDO 武道 \|\|I Love Hawaii \|Forever Love Songs \|TAEKWONDO \| *YF's North American Girls* \| Chinese Traditional Music

January 30th, 2012, 09:12 AM	#2
*Yellow Fever* Descendant Of Dragon龍的傳人 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: City Of Rain 雨之巿 Posts: 19,102 Likes (Received): 1832	*Jook-Sing, eh?* Growing up Chinese in Canada by :petitecossette@yahoo.com Being Chinese I am Chinese-Canadian. You can physically see this. I have black hair, dark brown eyes and golden skin. I am petite. You might even say that I look stereotypical from my size and shape. Yes, like many other middle class Asians, I had piano lessons as a child, but in no way was I a prodigy on the piano. I am good in math, but I am not interested in it. In fact, I am going to be receiving a B.A. in drama in the Spring of 2002! Very different from the stereotypical Asian student who majors in natural sciences, engineering or business. My majoring in drama has shocked some of my relatives. In fact, an aunt of mine gave me a strange look when she asked me what I was studying. She then told me that I'd never make any money with a drama degree and that I should be doing something useful, such as Applied Sciences (engineering) or business. Even my cousins are wondering why I'm working towards such a 'lousy degree'. Sometimes I wonder if they're actually studying for something that would make them happy or if they just want to have a lot of money. Money doesn't always make one happy. You can be very rich and still suffer from depression. My philosophy is to do what you want to do, even if it means that you'll live in a shack. Yes, as a child, I did go through a phase where I didn't want to be Asian. Yes, I did run home saying that I wanted to be blonde and blue eyed like my best friend at the time. But I have learned to accept my ethnicity. I have learned to understand it. Unlike many CBC's (Canadian Born Chinese) I can speak Cantonese without an obvious Canadian accent. Yes, I would use English phrases in Chinese (for instance, when I'm talking on the phone, I'd say in Cantonese "hi this is Cindy is so and so there?" while in Cantonese, one usually says "hi! Cindy. Is so and so there?") and yes, it sometimes drives some of the HK people I know just a tad bit crazy; because of the phrases I use they know that I'm "jook sing" which literally means "hollow bamboo". The phrase is used to describe Chinese people born in the west because they don't fully fit into Chinese culture nor mainstream Canadian (white) culture. Being Canadian I'd say that I mostly had a typical 'Canadian' childhood with skating lessons, Brownies/Girl Guides (Girl Scouts in the U.S.) and summer camp. In Brownies, I was appointed "seconder" (assistant to the "sixer" who leads the "six" - a group of 6 Brownies in the same unit). Brownies and Girl Guides isn't popular with middle class Asian families in my area. It probably still isn't, at least not two years ago when I returned to work as a Junior Leader. Most Asian-Canadian families I know send their children to tutoring programs like Kumon (in addition to the piano or violin lessons)rather than "fun" things like Scouting or Guiding. Sometimes I wonder why they do that. Perhaps they don't know about it? Or maybe it just isn't Asian custom to do so? Unlike most Asian families, I did not learn English through my parents. They believed that I would pick up better English if I learned it through television and through school. They did not want me to pick up their accents. Since I do sound 'white' on the phone, some Chinese Canadians (many I know have a detectable accent) think I have "sold out". So I'm a liberal arts major in a university that isn't in town (most of the Chinese grads from my high school go to university here in town) and is a traditionally more "preppy/white-Felicity/Dawson's Creek" type school (as opposed to the more "hip" HK Chinese who live in Toronto). In fact, I am used to being the only person of Asian descent in a group setting. It was like that in summer camp (there were a number of Asians at music camp, but they were all in a strings program while I was in musical theater) and in most of my drama classes at university. I don't feel uncomfortable about this, and I do not feel that my peers are ignoring me due to my ethnicity. I feel that I am accepted by the others in my class, and treated the way that I am expected to be treated. http://scipoet.tripod.com/jooksing __________________ *Come to visit beautiful Vancouver* \|BUDO 武道 \|\|I Love Hawaii \|Forever Love Songs \|TAEKWONDO \| *YF's North American Girls* \| Chinese Traditional Music

January 30th, 2012, 02:42 PM	#3
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January 30th, 2012, 06:55 PM	#4
*Yellow Fever* Descendant Of Dragon龍的傳人 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: City Of Rain 雨之巿 Posts: 19,102 Likes (Received): 1832	well, guys are hot too, especially the one with the green shirt. __________________ *Come to visit beautiful Vancouver* \|BUDO 武道 \|\|I Love Hawaii \|Forever Love Songs \|TAEKWONDO \| *YF's North American Girls* \| Chinese Traditional Music

January 31st, 2012, 03:48 AM	#5
Skybean 天豆 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,946 Likes (Received): 5	lol! Funny thread. Those pictures really look like typical CBCs! We should make a FOB thread too! __________________ 「My Photos」 ● Hong Kong 1\|2\|3 ● Macau 1 ● London 1 ● New York City 1 「Photo Threads」 ● Flying Over Hong Kong 「City Life Series」 ● Hong Kong ● Shanghai ● Seoul ● Tokyo

January 31st, 2012, 04:44 AM	#6
*big-dog* Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,746 Likes (Received): 425	Nice girl. BTW there's a serious car accident on the background... image hosted on flickr

January 31st, 2012, 10:06 AM	#8
*Yellow Fever* Descendant Of Dragon龍的傳人 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: City Of Rain 雨之巿 Posts: 19,102 Likes (Received): 1832	CBCs and their friends went skiing on the top of Vancouver's mountains. __________________ *Come to visit beautiful Vancouver* \|BUDO 武道 \|\|I Love Hawaii \|Forever Love Songs \|TAEKWONDO \| *YF's North American Girls* \| Chinese Traditional Music

January 31st, 2012, 10:56 AM	#9
*big-dog* Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,746 Likes (Received): 425	WOW！ temperature?

January 31st, 2012, 07:20 PM	#10
Skybean 天豆 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,946 Likes (Received): 5	Why are they topless? This is an interesting look into the style of bananas versus typical Chinese. Look at how much mascara the girls in those pix use. __________________ 「My Photos」 ● Hong Kong 1\|2\|3 ● Macau 1 ● London 1 ● New York City 1 「Photo Threads」 ● Flying Over Hong Kong 「City Life Series」 ● Hong Kong ● Shanghai ● Seoul ● Tokyo

February 1st, 2012, 04:30 AM	#14
kix111 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shanghai / Auckland Posts: 4,856 Likes (Received): 74	Well i guess thats true as well, but im not typical Its actually true lol, on average, white ppl look so much better than Chinese...

February 1st, 2012, 04:49 AM	#15
CoCoMilk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,539 Likes (Received): 51	they might look better than you but not better than me. >:P lololol BTW ABCs I've met looked wayyyyy better.

February 1st, 2012, 05:02 AM	#16
kix111 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shanghai / Auckland Posts: 4,856 Likes (Received): 74	I guess the thing depends on how many generations the family have been in US / Canada. People in this thread feels to me as if their parents are raised in Canada too.

February 1st, 2012, 07:20 AM	#17
CoCoMilk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,539 Likes (Received): 51	Yo whats goodddd

February 1st, 2012, 10:27 AM	#19
kix111 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shanghai / Auckland Posts: 4,856 Likes (Received): 74	of course there are ugly white people, thats why i was saying on average. White people naturally have better bone structure on their face. For example, many asians have flat nose while white people generally have taller nose. but i have a good nose thats why im not typical asian looooool Last edited by kix111; February 1st, 2012 at 10:33 AM.

February 1st, 2012, 10:29 AM	#20
EldarK Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: 莫斯科 - Moscow/北京 - Beijing Posts: 470 Likes (Received): 26	Какие классные девочки. )))

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