Hey Guys, waz up?
Well, last night my family celebrated our early Christmas and opened all our gifts, ate too much food and sang, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”…it was the most chaotic party ever and really fun/memorable. 
I got a few interesting things:
- Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers Perfume, LOVE
- A dog [aforementioned, Ookami]
- Jewelry, don’t all girls get this though?
- etc.
I would put pictures, but we all know that’s mean…and I don’t want my readers to be jealous of me…because that would be difficult for me.
Anyway, after my family left, my father’s friends – a Chinese couple from our University came over to visit. They are so cute!!! [awkward silence]
The husband and wife were then bombarded with my dad bragging about his children’s exploits…do your parents do this to you? When, I chimed in, how Asians would never do this and actually try not to praise their children in public, since it is usually rude. The couple laughed. I rest my case.
Then my dad, my poor dad, went on to interview me and asked me questions about Asia/Japan and why I wanted to go into Asian Studies. I said,
“Any smart person would do that, because China will take over the world someday.”
I was met with cheers from the opposite couch…Asians are so awesome!
After a few mores lines on the awesomeness of Asia/China, we went on to roleplay a little, by accident of course…we don’t actually invite people over to roleplay with…because that would be wierd.
My dad suggested that his friend, the husband, should become the “great leader” of China. I said I would “vote” for him, basically supply armies to help with his take-over…if I could have Africa and Hawaii afterwards. The Asian couple got a kick out of this.
Our friends are university students, with the husband getting his Doctorate in sociology…pretty cool huh? I guess he likes to hang out with my dad to study human behavior. Of course, I must remind him that studying my dad isn’t really helpful long term, because he is the only male in America that actually believes the husband is the head of the household. [I told the Asian couple this, and they found that hysterical.]
We exchanged a few gifts with them, played music for them/sang, talked some more and planned our next get-together. We also decided that, when I start studying Chinese, me and the wife should be language partners…I like this idea because…she is so cute! [Okay, that's not the only reason, she is also very intelligent and funny.]
I also was reminded that I am not the only person in the world, besides my mother, who wants to learn about other cultures and to experience different places…because this couple is so excited to be here in the USA and to be spending time with American families, the excitement is amazingly contagious and after spending one night with them I am already thinking of things we can share with each other about our homes.
The one thing in this life that I regret is not being Asian, I know that sounds superbly stupid, but it’s true. I said this to the group last night and then we ended our small party with the Chinese wife saying, as she twisted her hair into two braids,“I always thought I looked like a Native American, don’t I?”
I guess we are related in the end. *happy feelings*
Okay, dear readers, I am off on another journey then. This time, I am visiting family back home, my birth place, Indiana. Pray that I don’t die from snow exposure.
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