From: benedict@acs.bu.edu (Benedict Ng)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.asian.american
Subject: Re: from scaa
Date: 19 Dec 92 10:10:12 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.hongkong
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: benedict@acs.bu.edu


In article <BzEpJ3.4J@cs.uiuc.edu> wong@cs.uiuc.edu (Angeline) writes:
=>I read this post in soc.culture.asian.american and thought schk-ers might
=>have some insight.
=>
=>From: berthiau@iro.umontreal.ca (Eva Chan)
=>Subject: Re: Asian cliques. Why?
=>
=>Indeed!  A very good question.
=>
=>After high school the same cliques were there, more or less.  But 
=>this time I see cliques of Greek students, Middle East Students, 
=>Hong Kong students, black students, etc.  It's also interesting to
=>note that the Hong Kong students seem to really keep to themselves
=>and not really associate a whole lot with the other students (at 
=>least at BU's College of Engineering I saw this).  But I got to know
=>people from most cliques.

I totally agree with you.  I am from Hong Kong and have a feeling that
all HK students from BU are rich.  I am afraid I am not one of them.
I am a senior in College of Engneering, and most of my friends who came
here with me have an expensive car.  The worst one probably is ACURA
INTEGRA.  Unlike them I manage to get a CIVIC 85.  In fact, it is very 
hard to get along with them cause you just can't spend that much all the
time. I  have heard over a hundred stories about how they spend their 
money, and who is the richest student at Boston U.......  I am just 
wondering how they can support themslves in the future.  Maybe they will
never have to.

=>BTW, can anyone explain to me the phenomenon surrounding the students
=>from Hong Kong?  I seem to get the impression that they all have very
=>wealthy parents and can afford to drive around BMW's and Porsches
=>(really! there are usually at least 6 BMW's parked on one block 
=>on campus).  My mother says that they are usually the sons of rich
=>HK families who come to the US to study and to find an "American"
=>girl to make his wife and to stay in the US.  Now I am not saying that 
=>I entirely believe this, but can someone shed some light on this?
=>
I personally think that this may not happen at all cause I have not seen
any rich kid going out with Americans or American born Chinese.  They are
so rich that they can buy the passports.  This is my own opinion.  I have 
seen two girls driving a BENZ 560 around BU, and a kid driving a BENZ 190E
after crashing his/her new BMW.  AUDI's are considered "OKAY" cars and It
is only fine for girls to drive Japanese cars. 
=>-- 
=>= Eva Chan 		| Never lose my youth, I hope it never ends. =
=>-- 
=>angeline wong		"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
=>    UIUC		 none but ourselves can free our minds"
=>wong@cs.uiuc.edu			- "Redemption Song", Bob Marley

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From: benedict@acs.bu.edu (Benedict Ng)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.asian.american
Subject: Re: from scaa
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In article <BzEpJ3.4J@cs.uiuc.edu> wong@cs.uiuc.edu (Angeline) writes:
>I read this post in soc.culture.asian.american and thought schk-ers might
>have some insight.
>
>From: berthiau@iro.umontreal.ca (Eva Chan)
> Reply-To: bunny@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Eva Chan)
>Subject: Re: Asian cliques. Why?
>
>Indeed!  A very good question.
>
>After high school the same cliques were there, more or less.  But 
>this time I see cliques of Greek students, Middle East Students, 
>Hong Kong students, black students, etc.  It's also interesting to
>note that the Hong Kong students seem to really keep to themselves
>and not really associate a whole lot with the other students (at 
>least at BU's College of Engineering I saw this).  But I got to know
>people from most cliques.

I totally agree with you.  I am from Hong Kong and have a feeling that
all HK students from BU are rich.  I am afraid I am not one of them.
I am a senior in College of Engneering, and most of my friends who came
here with me have an expensive car.  The worst one probably is ACURA
INTEGRA.  Unlike them I manage to get a CIVIC 85.  In fact, it is very 
hard to get along with them cause you just can't spend that much all the
time. I  have heard over a hundred stories about how they spend their 
money, and who is the richest student at Boston U.......  I am just 
wondering how they can support themslves in the future.  Maybe they will
never have to.

>BTW, can anyone explain to me the phenomenon surrounding the students
>from Hong Kong?  I seem to get the impression that they all have very
>wealthy parents and can afford to drive around BMW's and Porsches
>(really! there are usually at least 6 BMW's parked on one block 
>on campus).  My mother says that they are usually the sons of rich
>HK families who come to the US to study and to find an "American"
>girl to make his wife and to stay in the US.  Now I am not saying that 
>I entirely believe this, but can someone shed some light on this?
>
I personally think that this may not happen at all cause I have not seen
any rich kid going out with Americans or American born Chinese.  They are
so rich that they can buy the passports.  This is my own opinion.  I have 
seen two girls driving a BENZ 560 around BU, and a kid driving a BENZ 190E
after crashing his/her new BMW.  AUDI's are considered "OKAY" cars and It
is only fine for girls to drive Japanese cars. 
>-- 
>= Eva Chan 		| Never lose my youth, I hope it never ends. =
>-- 
>angeline wong		"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
>    UIUC		 none but ourselves can free our minds"
>wong@cs.uiuc.edu			- "Redemption Song", Bob Marley

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