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Are you here for the summer? we are going to Oz for 2 weeks, will be back in mid July. Next week maybe a little hectic, but we can always meet for a coffee. when are you free?
Sorry for late reply, I'm new to this website and not familiar with the features yet. Didn't know you've sent me a message. We live in Tai Mei Tuk, are you near? Do you want to meet with babies sometimes?
Cyndi
Y'know, my husband and I rarely travel abroad together--apart from going to Mainland China or Taiwan. I've never really felt like people were discriminating toward us because we were from different countries. Maybe I am too optimistic about peoples' attitudes?
Also, I am from a rural place in the States and when my husband visited there with me when we were going to give birth to our son, people sort of saw us as a mixed couple as something a bit exotic and were truly interested to find out about my husband and how we ended up together.
I don't know if it's different because the male part of the couple is Chinese and the female part is white. Among my husband's family, especially at first, they really were amazed that a Chinese guy could be married to a white lady--like thinking "How is this possible that a white lady would be attracted to a Chinese guy?" So, they sort of think of my husband as a "lucky guy." It's pretty funny, I think.
But, I really have never sensed a bad attitude from anyone toward us as a mixed couple--nothing at all, actually--maybe I'm just not paying enough attention. Most people--especially Chinese people I know--think it's very cool that our son is mixed and are really curious about how we parent him and what language he likes to speak most (Cantonese, actually).
What do people do when they're around you? How do you know that they judge you and look down on you? Are they mean toward you or rude?
I totally know what you mean about having an active boy! I think we might have a lot to talk about in that department. The first 6 months of his life, I nearly lost my mind. He didn't sleep more than 45 minutes at a time that first half-year! I thought I was going to snap.
Still, he never stops moving and yelling and laughing and he gets hurt a lot--because he is just too active. Climbing, running, crawling, exploring....some days we can barely handle him, honestly. But as he gets older, it gets a bit more fun for me, but I still struggle with dealing with his personality sometimes. So, don't worry about it being too tiring to tell me about that--I really get it.
Talk with you again soon-
We believe that it was God's Providence that brought us together. :0) Yes, I've been in HK off and on since 2002 but have been living back here most of the time since 2007. I don't speak Cantonese. When we first moved here it was a temporary stay and we never intended to stay here long-term.
My real love as far as language goes is Mandarin Chinese. I wish I could be studying it full-time right now but of course, that's impossible now. So, now I am pretty messed up when it comes to learning Cantonese. I did take a course last summer but honestly, I am far too busy to be able to focus on study like that now. Also, I don't have the same passion for Cantonese that I would have for Mandarin.
It is extremely hard for English-speakers to learn usable Cantonese. The tones (which are very hard to differentiate) and pronunciations are very foreign and there is no good standardized system for learning them (nothing like "pinyin" for Mandarin). Plus, if you do learn things, most of the time unless you say them perfectly people get impatient with you and just say, "Speak English."
My son is 17-months-old and prefers to speak Cantonese words so I speak some simple words and phrases with him and sometimes I order food in Cantonese or attempt to ask for directions but most of the time I resort to Mandarin because my Mandarin is a lot clearer and better as well as I know many more phrases in Mandarin than I do in Cantonese.
If I'm at home with my son during the day, I get up with him and feed him breakfast, play with him inside--or just let him run around and play with his toys. Then it's naptime. After a nap he eats lunch. Then we usually go out--I take him to a nearby neighbor's house because they have young kids or take him to the nearby vegetable gardens and let him run on the grass field. Then daddy comes home and it's dinner time. His daddy gives him a bath and I feed him a bottle and then he goes to sleep. That's about how our day is. Nothing too exciting.
How long have you and your husband been married? How about you? You said you're bored, eh? Is your daughter pretty easy to take care of?