it really bugs me how some people assume to know a lot about Chinese culture, tradition and the people, when really they don't know a single thing about it. it also bugs me when they start questioning me about Buddhism and going against it. I don't do that to your religion, if anything, I respect it because I don't believe that one religion is better than another. But to bring in your prejudices and assumptions and accuse me of things that are downright hurtful and untrue, that is too much.
I'm really pissed that this guy actually has the guts to come up to me and say that I am racist against the Japanese just because I am Chinese. why? because some people from China told him that Chinese hate the Japanese. why, hello mister. before you go around and start making such unjust accusations, do get your facts right. I am, first of all, from Singapore, and so that makes me a Singaporean Chinese. secondly, I practice a Japanese martial art. Now, why would someone who hates the Japanese want to learn something that is Japanese? thirdly, there is a reason why some (and note the word SOME) Chinese dislike the Japanese, but that goes all the way back to WW2 and personal grievances and stuff. it is the same as people hating the Nazis for what they did, or in this modern day, the Muslims for terrorism. But essentially, it doesn't apply to ALL of us. in fact, it applies to a minority. I know many muslims - some are even my closest friends - and they are certainly not extremist. if anything, they condemn terrorism. similarly, i do not support those Chinese who decide to go against the Japanese. get your facts right.
and the worst thing? this guy had the guts to come and crash my cny party UNINVITED and eat my food. and then make fun of the entire Chinese New Year tradition in front of me, when I was cooking. hello, go find a wall, bang your head against it and preferably, disappear.
the thing that sucks? i have to be civil. i have to remember to be civil. his friends are my friends and i really like those friends. they're nice and open. it is just him that is the problem.
and i should go for my lesson now. i loooove mr lewis! he is such a nice, fun and interesting teacher! if only there are more of such lecturers in NUS. sigh.
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