1. 15 Dec


    Sometimes it’s easy to tell apart Asians from each other through cultural differences. Let’s look at an example: My roommate is Korean and I am Taiwanese. My roommate gets care packages delivered to him by his mother stuffed with tasty treats and desserts. Such is the loving care of Korean culture See image on left. I also get care packages delivered to me by my mother. But I usually don’t get any snacks or sweets. Rather, I get things like calcium supplements, suspicious unidentifiable Chinese herbal medicine from yak testicles, and Tom’s of Maine organic toothpaste. See image on right. Huh!? Definitely a cultural distinction. While I do appreciate the smothering concerns about my overall wellbeing, I would appreciate box or two of pure candy and fattening treats that are enough to put Crisco to shame. It’s reassuring to know that they love you enough to willingly send boxes of sweets that will inevitably give you diabetes and an early death.

    Sometimes it’s easy to tell apart Asians from each other through cultural differences. Let’s look at an example:

    My roommate is Korean and I am Taiwanese.

    My roommate gets care packages delivered to him by his mother stuffed with tasty treats and desserts. Such is the loving care of Korean culture See image on left.

    I also get care packages delivered to me by my mother. But I usually don’t get any snacks or sweets. Rather, I get things like calcium supplements, suspicious unidentifiable Chinese herbal medicine from yak testicles, and Tom’s of Maine organic toothpaste. See image on right.

    Huh!?

    Definitely a cultural distinction. While I do appreciate the smothering concerns about my overall wellbeing, I would appreciate box or two of pure candy and fattening treats that are enough to put Crisco to shame. It’s reassuring to know that they love you enough to willingly send boxes of sweets that will inevitably give you diabetes and an early death.