It's that time of the year again. Time once again for the "what is it about me that looks so Chinese/Taiwanese?" In today's story, I exchange emails with this girl regarding buying her textbook. Before we're supposed to meet, we exchange 20 words on the phone. Twenty words that go something like this, "Hi, I'd like to buy your textbook. Where are you?" "I'm sitting by the wall." "Oh, there you are." "Yes, I see you." Yet somehow, seconds later when we meet, the first thing she asks is, "Are you Taiwanese?" Damn it. I don't know how people do it, but my skin done gave me away.
In other news, I was sooo happy to sit next to a group of doctoral nerds today who were discussing stocking up on favorite pens not available in the US. I thought I was the only one!
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