I was born in china, raised in the us, but don't fit in either culture

Examples:

Work Ethic: Chinese parents are infamous for pushing their kids to succeed including using pressure and threats. I was no exception (see the article from Amy Chua a few years ago.. it's very representative of my childhood.) After I grew up, I decided I'll only work as hard as I need to live a decent life and meet the goals that actually mattered to me. In other words, I adopted the "Work to live, not live to work" mentality. For example, I'd calculate how much money I'd need to earn to have $1 million inflation adjusted in 20 years, how much money I would need to earn each year to meet that goal, and how hard I'd actually need to work to meet it instead of working hard just because that's what you've been told.

Vacations: I LOVE to travel and would spend them all traveling overseas if I were offered a month of vacation at my job. I almost always take the full 2 weeks offered to travel every single year.

Physical Possessions: I bought the cheapest house I could stand to live in instead of the most expensive house I could get a mortgage for. I also drive a 15 year old car even though I can afford a new one. I just don't see the need to show off which is fairly prevalent in both American and Chinese cultures.

Food: I'm pretty picky about eating healthy.. I cannot stand anything that's greasy, too sweet, or highly processed. I rarely eat at Chinese restaurants or American fast food. I usually cook or find healthier restaurants to eat at. When the company making Twinkies went out of business, I didn't really care that it was an American staple.. I've only had them maybe 5 times out of my nearly 30 years living in the US.

TV: I don't watch much TV.. maybe an hour or less a day on average. Maybe that might explain my eccentricities..

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Comments ( 12 )
  • I don't know much about the Chinese culture but from what you've stated above I think you fit in with American culture

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  • semenandgarspunkel

    typical with chinese people, they dont belong onthis earth most of them

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    • Jooby

      Honestly, I think racist people don't belong on this earth (all of them)

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      • semenandgarspunkel

        honestly, i think people who think it's "racist" to point out facts and observations based on race dont belong on this earth either.

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    • KekReptilian

      Says the semen guzzler. You should get an H.I.V. test.

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  • Maneek

    seriously speaking, come to Delhi,India, and declare your self a Refugee from Tibet .. and with american education life will be easy for you here!! although i hate american education system but here people are like "oh your study from america! i give 100k per month for nothing!!"

    Seriously! its annoying how awesome your life can be here just because you have an american education..

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  • itellthetruth

    Hey speaking about Chinese I'm an Indian but i look totally Asian (Chinese), though my great grand parents were Indians, I'm told that we have a Chinese ancestry. my point is even though my family and many thousands more have stayed in India for so many years none of us feel Indian. And were okay with that we don't look like them we don't share the same culture and even the mother tongue is different so even after living in India for hundreds of years we don't feel one but Indian nor do we feel Chinese.
    Just embrace who you are.

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  • My02cents

    Oh Hell, i ASSUMED you are a girl ??

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  • My02cents

    You`re the girl of my dreams :-)

    I think Chinese girls are the sexiest on earth and you can speak English too.

    All i`m worried abt is you are pretty tight with your money - does that mean you want to squander mine ? LOL

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  • Jfdp

    Its always amazed me how different cultures can bring about different aspects of human nature, they can say what they want but us people sometimes differ like night and day- can you imagine people in New Orleans acting with as much discipline as the Japanese during the fukijima disaster? I Cant

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  • Gdog

    I think all Chinese that live in other countries that live out of China should go back to china... They're all only about money

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    • itellthetruth

      Go harass someone else

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