From: Alison.Hsieh@f109.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Alison Hsieh)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: to my T.B.A.
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 00:00:02 PDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:321/109 - Pioneer Valley PCUG, Amherst MA

 GH> Hey Alison, this will be the second time I've written to  
 GH> you, I was cut off the first time by a phone call to my  
 GH> brother. 
 
 Isn't that aggrevating?  Time to get your own phone line.... 
 Wish I had my own. 
 
 GH> The second (the one you might know) is a sophomore girl.  She  
 GH> too goes to a Tai-Amer program in the summer in Tai.  Her  
 GH> name is Jah-Yee Woo ever hear of her probably not. 
 
 Sorry, don't know her.  Say, how do you pronounce your first 
 name?  Gal-len or Gay-len?  Atleast you got a semi normal 
 name.  I think I lucked out too.  Maybe it's just me, or do 
 you ever feel sorry for the people who have Chinese names 
 and live this country full of Americans who can't pronounce 
 them?  My brother's name used to be jer-jyin or something, I  
 don't know how to spell it, but anyway now it's Stephen and 
 the other name is his middle name, which I have no idea how 
 to spell at all.  My middle name's Consin which is sort of 
 odd, but somewhat pronouncable.  My last name is a slight  
 problem though.  That's okay, I wouldn't want my name to be 
 totally Americanized anyway. 
 
 GH> (which brings another point where everybody  
 GH> considered all asians knew some type of martial arts)  
     I hated people who asked if I was Japanese. 
 
 Hey, I took karate when I was younger.  Guess I was just 
 enforcing that asian stereotype.  Do you prefer to be 
 called Asian or Oriental?  I like Asian better because 
 Oriental sounds less specific and it also sounds like a 
 type of food. 
 
 GH> Are you writing to people as a class assignment, or  
 GH> just for the heck of it.  Because according to the time (if  
 GH> it's right) most of your messages are written near  
 GH> midnight.   
  
 I'm just writing for the heck of it and it's fun to meet 
 and write to people.  I don't know if the time's right 
 or not but it probably is because I can never seem to get 
 into this bbs until late at night when everyone else stops 
 calling. 
  
 GH>  Prepare your parents now that you are going to take a year  
 GH> off after your senior year to Europe.  Enjoy yourself,  
 GH> that's what two of my friends are doing.   
  
 I don't know about yours, but my parents would not accept 
 it too well if I told them I was going to Europe after 
 high school.  That Asian parental pressure thing, you know? 
 
 GH> Well I'm philosophical, so I'll preach on while you can  
 
 You're philosophical, cool!  I try to be but well--my friend 
 and I spent all last year trying to figure out the point of 
 life.  In a way, I think you could say we actually did come 
 across an answer, but it's not the kind of answer I could 
 share with you, it's just sort of something that IS.  It's 
 everything and nothing at the same time.  Do you understand 
 at all?  Not many people do so I've given up trying to  
 educate the world, maybe I'll start going to elementary 
 schools and get them when they're young.  Hehe. :) Until 
 next time... 
 
 GH>                                  Later girly, 
 
 Is that suppose to be some sort of sexist comment?  What 
 kind of word is girly anyway!?!  I hope not!  Incase you 
 were going to say it, I'm not freaking out.  Don't tell 
 me it doesn't mean anything either, because everything 
 means something in this world. 
 
... OFFLINE 1.50  "" 


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