Comments on: Five Weird Things Other Asians Have Said to Me http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/ Life in Honolulu: it's not all pineapples and mai tais. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Eric http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/#comment-326 Eric Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:23:42 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/#comment-326 1. See, now that sounds like my cousins from New Jersey, the ones who are half Okinawan and half German Jewish. My cousin Sara told me that in school, she was always the Asian girl. Funny; whenever they came to visit, I always thought of them as my haole cousins. 2. Yup. 3. Then a few years later she was with Tommy, different Korean store, different Korean shop owner, same question. 4. You've mentioned it. She matches you and your brother fairly well so it certainly wasn't obvious. 5. I've had guys ask me where in California I'm from. 1. See, now that sounds like my cousins from New Jersey, the ones who are half Okinawan and half German Jewish. My cousin Sara told me that in school, she was always the Asian girl. Funny; whenever they came to visit, I always thought of them as my haole cousins.

2. Yup.

3. Then a few years later she was with Tommy, different Korean store, different Korean shop owner, same question.

4. You’ve mentioned it. She matches you and your brother fairly well so it certainly wasn’t obvious.

5. I’ve had guys ask me where in California I’m from.

]]> By: G http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/#comment-325 G Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:52:07 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/#comment-325 1. Funny, I always feel exactly the opposite. Around 100% Asians, I feel like the haole one. Around 100% haoles, I feel like the Asian one. 2. I don't see it... 3. I love reminding Judy about that. 4. My sister is adopted, did I ever mention that? Thing is, though, that my parents happened to adopt a child with the same ethnic mix. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not. I never asked and am not particularly curious. 5. It's that Iolani education at work. I've had other local people ask me how long I've lived in Hawaii. 1. Funny, I always feel exactly the opposite. Around 100% Asians, I feel like the haole one. Around 100% haoles, I feel like the Asian one.

2. I don’t see it…

3. I love reminding Judy about that.

4. My sister is adopted, did I ever mention that? Thing is, though, that my parents happened to adopt a child with the same ethnic mix. I’m not sure if it was intentional or not. I never asked and am not particularly curious.

5. It’s that Iolani education at work. I’ve had other local people ask me how long I’ve lived in Hawaii.

]]> By: Eric http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/#comment-316 Eric Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:41:43 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/07/five-weird-things-other-asians-have-said-to-me/#comment-316 As a footnote, may I express my exasperation with the HTML hyphenation standards. They suck. As a footnote, may I express my exasperation with the HTML hyphenation standards. They suck.

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