Chinese Cassie?
I met some Mormons on bikes today. I was on my way to Chung Yo department store for a language exhange and I was wearing my scooter mask. I pulled up to a light next to the Mormons when one asked me "Ni qu nali?" ('Where are you going?' in Chinese) I looked at him and pointed to the department store. It took a few more sceonds before he asked "Are you American?" I pulled down my mask and said yes. He said that I kind of looked Chinese with the mask on. I laughed and said he wasn't the first person to say that.
Because, oddly enough this wasn't the first time someone has asked if I was Chinese. This is the first time anyone has mistaken me for a local, though. On Saturday, not even a full seven days ago, a Taiwanese woman at a party asked if one of my parents was Chinese! When I was in Taipei for training, a drunk businessman, Georgie, thought that I was Chinese too, but when it's coming from someone on their second bottle of Whiskey that night you tend to ignore it. But two more comments from randoms has me wondering if I'm adjusting to Taiwan more than I thought. Being biracial, I'm used to questions like "What are you?" but no one has ever guessed Asian before. Maybe I've picked up some Taiwanese habits/postures that I'm unaware of...
Because, oddly enough this wasn't the first time someone has asked if I was Chinese. This is the first time anyone has mistaken me for a local, though. On Saturday, not even a full seven days ago, a Taiwanese woman at a party asked if one of my parents was Chinese! When I was in Taipei for training, a drunk businessman, Georgie, thought that I was Chinese too, but when it's coming from someone on their second bottle of Whiskey that night you tend to ignore it. But two more comments from randoms has me wondering if I'm adjusting to Taiwan more than I thought. Being biracial, I'm used to questions like "What are you?" but no one has ever guessed Asian before. Maybe I've picked up some Taiwanese habits/postures that I'm unaware of...
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