tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post6767103977441214978..comments2023-10-29T21:14:24.325+08:00Comments on SHE in China: The 'monkeys' are in townJonna Wibeliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08954672453008704738noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-43040043249502441712008-10-07T12:24:00.000+08:002008-10-07T12:24:00.000+08:00seanisbored -are u sure they r shouting insults to...seanisbored -are u sure they r shouting insults to you?! That sound really strange?! I have seen people giggle and laugh and whisper about me but I have never been insulted to my face... What were they shouting??! Now I am really curious!Jonna Wibeliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08954672453008704738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-78346181642450221012008-10-07T05:11:00.000+08:002008-10-07T05:11:00.000+08:00I'm in Shanghai with 10 Irish people (lots of red ...I'm in Shanghai with 10 Irish people (lots of red hair and pale skin). We get starred at alot when we're in large groups. We've been insulted a bit on the street. <BR/><BR/>Just today a women shouted at us. I understood her insult and shouted 'Ni you wenti ma?' <BR/><BR/>No matter where you are being insulted by someone who thinks you don't understand is not fun. We get called names every so often - but most Chinese are lovely.<BR/><BR/>Still love Shanghai tho.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004381213868403746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-55329560196117431072008-10-06T16:04:00.000+08:002008-10-06T16:04:00.000+08:00tripfriend -amazing.. although it doesn't amaze me...tripfriend -amazing.. although it doesn't amaze me... once we went to a bar and the bar staff asked the Chi people already standing at the bar to make way for us... just because we were lao wais. We actually left. <BR/><BR/>Mark -No there's no harm in being curious as long as u r not being judgemental. <BR/><BR/>Shan -I know that there are many 'out of towners' in Shanghai so no.. I don't take offense if they stare at me. Although sometimes it does get to me. Like it would to anyone. Even the monkeys at ZOOs I believe... <BR/><BR/>Woai -well I have also had those days... I've never yelled at anyone though, although I have been close. Just today I went to a small post office in Suzhou.. hahahha! It was like all business stopped because people were so busy looking at me, at what I was doing, which line I was standing in etc etc... I almost felt like asking them 'hey, what's wrong?! I am here to post a letter, isn't this the right place?!' but of course I didn't.Jonna Wibeliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08954672453008704738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-41183870695832560802008-10-06T14:54:00.000+08:002008-10-06T14:54:00.000+08:00I'm (ethnically) Chinese and even I get looked at ...I'm (ethnically) Chinese and even I get looked at frequently, perhaps because I dress differently to locals. You react far better than me. One day when I was not in a particularly good mood I shouted "what the f*** are you looking at?" to one Chinese guy. I felt bad afterwards, because I think it was the security guard at my apartment on his day off!!<BR/><BR/>Is the book shop at 390 Fuzhou Rd which is on the left if you are walking away from People's Square towards the Bund? That shop has a very good selection of modern literature, not just classics like Dickens and Jane Austin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-34107004707410645052008-10-06T14:41:00.000+08:002008-10-06T14:41:00.000+08:00Most of the Chinese people around you were just cu...Most of the Chinese people around you were just curious about laowai and not meant to offend you at all. You know how many Chinese people walking in the streets of Shanghai are just like you who are from out of town. They did not have much chance in their life to see foreigners in person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-46688327242489714442008-10-06T10:34:00.000+08:002008-10-06T10:34:00.000+08:00Being special can be a burden, and not always a go...Being special can be a burden, and not always a good one.<BR/><BR/>I recalled last time when I tried to use fork to have rice while the spoon was available, my Kiwi friend seat next to me was surprised and said loudly :"Wow!you use fork!"<BR/><BR/>We are just in some kind of assumed position of difference, no matter what we do, how we behave. When in a foreign country with this huge cultural gap, native people just look for our specaility and treat them as a way to confirm their own stereotypes. It's really sad! Altough they mean no harm.Mark's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11261344850661323552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491088023973371313.post-44771058944158003072008-10-06T10:02:00.000+08:002008-10-06T10:02:00.000+08:00One of my dad's coworkers lived in China for a whi...One of my dad's coworkers lived in China for a while. Some of his friends were actually paid to just hang around in a bar. It wasn't much, but they got free food. I guess this is just like your experience. Foreigners attract more business.Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970820416149325402noreply@blogger.com