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September 20, 2005
Floating
Walking to church this evening with three Chinese friends, I suddenly felt left out. An odd feeling: I know each of them individually much better than they know each other. Culture is a powerful connector.
It was bittersweet, really. I’m ecstatic that they like each other and get along well, but I had to realize: as much as I like China and love living here; as often as I’m told I’m “like a Chinese girl” (which is quite often – I don’t begin to fit into the American-girl box the young Chinese have), I will still be an outsider.
It wouldn’t bug me so much, except: when I go back to the U.S., I’m an outsider there, too.
| By huzzlecoo | 11:17 PM
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