July 20th, 2005 -- Posted in Random |
“Scottie” from Star Trek (old school) passed away. It’s kind of sad to see a relic from my childhood gone.
The weather is SO hot these days! I don’t mind it much because of the extended winter. It makes me want to leave work and go play.
This past weekend was all about BBQs. Em’s parents had a going away party on saturday and on sunday we had the annual GYGO (Get Your Grub On). At GYGO, there is always a competition between teams. We (Audrey, Andrea, Mahyar, Mike, Abby, Em and me) got second place. We were 3 points behind 1st!! Sux! But I have to say that the highlight of that day was Waterballoon Volleyball in which we won first. It was a hard fought battle with knuckle-gnawing rallies.
March 10th, 2005 -- Posted in Random |
After work today, I went to the korean store to pick up some ingredient for chap-chae. This store is located far down Broadway in Oakland (Broadway and Grand to be exact). There is some racial diversity of the patrons who shop here which include chinese and korean people.
So, today, I found myself in line behind some chinese people. I noticed that the lady behind the register addressed the chinese ladies in english. As I made this observation, I wondered whether she would refer to me in korean or english. Every other time I’ve shopped here they’ve always assumed I was korean but I’m almost always in line behind other korean people. Lo and behold she addressed me in korean.
Jeanette says that I look korean. I’ve heard people say that I don’t look korean but I’ve never made note whether or not these people were not korean people. I’d like to see Jeanette in that same situation and see what happens.
It’s not a big deal but I guess the concept of how similar and different asians of different cultures look strikes me as interesting. Are there certain facial features that are trademark chinese or japanese? Could one tell the difference between a thai and hmong person?
