Personal Narrative: Are You American Or Chinese

I love going to my cousin’s house in Thanksgiving. First, we get together. I get dropped off to my aunt’s house one night before. Me and my cousin’s play and watch movies that are not related to Thanksgiving.

At first, you see two kids fighting over an Eggo waffle. Then, in the background, you hear someone scream “Eleven!” This commercial is to promote the second season of Stranger Things, which comes out on Halloween. As we all

I missed Jennifer this year, but she will be home soon. She did have cranberry sauce and stovetop stuffing (not my homemade dressing but better than none) that she took with her to India. Her luggage was slightly over the weight limit and she was going to leave the can of cranberry sauce here. However, the ticket agent saw what she was taking out and told her to leave it in. I would like to say a special

Much to my disappointment this never happened at my Thanksgiving dinner. This myth made me wonder how the children who's Thanksgiving did not look even close to the myth. Growing up I always had the basic parts of Thanksgiving, Turkey, parade, and family to celebrate with. I wonder how those children who live in poverty or without family feel about

The day I had been waiting for for so long had finally arrived; the first day of the high school lacrosse season was finally here. That day was the day I needed to prove to my coaches that I deserved to be on the varsity team after not making it at tryouts. That day was a scrimmage at High Velocity, we were scheduled to play four games all in one day, against Saline, Okemos, Brighton, and Belleville. I woke up that day excited, I couldn’t wait to actually be playing lacrosse again. My breakfast was the same as any other morning, a bowl of cereal and some yogurt.

So when I came back home from school, I told my mom I really wanted to go back to Pakistan because I feel like I did not belong here. I remember for a few weeks of my school at lunch I just use to sit alone and eat my lunch I was really shy and I did not want to talk to anyone because I thought they might say something that I would not be able to understand and I would get really embarrassed.

My cousin Spencer the craziest person I have ever met has been making my sides hurt from laughing since the day I met him. First time I ever met Spencer asked me if I ever and popcorn pie, one was totally lost as to what popcorn pie was but come to found out he was talking about pecan pie. Once there was this day Spencer told me a story about how he almost buried all these trees. Nevertheless, Spencer decides it would be a good idea to go to a month without cutting his grass; his grass got about 4 inches over knee height. Since he had only a push mow, he thought, would smart to buy the grass, but had no water hose to keep the fire under control.

At any family trip, I would always ask for something new, Kobe Beef, Callus à la Madrilène, Zumo de Naranja, Truffle Pasta, Pancetta, Jamon Iberico de Bellota, Soufflés –both sweet and savory– Caviar, Brie, Camembert, Parmesan, both Reggiano and Reggianito; just to know if there was a flavor difference. Furthermore at age 14 I probably had tasted more “exotic” foods than my mom and brothers combined, including Mexican crickets, things they weren’t bold enough to eat, I was never scared to

The first scene foreshadows that both players will meet again in another match later in the movie. So as them becoming friends at the end, because they share the same dream, winning the Ping-pong tournament. A historical event made at the time the movie was released is the ban of snacks due to high rates of overweight in South Korea. “ The ban, to be enforced this month or in early February, applies to high-calorie, low-nutrient food, snacks and sweets” a ministry official in charge of food safety said (“ I choose this film because I never studied anything about Korean War. I only had a couple of ideas about it and what ended up happening.

I remember when I was in kinder-garden or first grade I would leave school and it took a few days for my mom and step dad to figure out where I went. I remember that I use to leave and go to my granddaddy 's porch and fall asleep on his porch, when he found me he would let me in and tell me that I should be at school. He would make the best peanut and jelly sandwich ever so I thought any ways, hey would cut it diagonally and cut what I called the bones witch was the crust and then hey would sit in his chair and we would cuddle in his chair and watch cartoons Flintstones to be exact till my mom showed it was an everyday thing Monday thru Friday. I would be in so much

My brother and I enjoy chess even though he is a better player than I. The new African American Student Association will have its first meeting tomorrow. Neither of the girls wanted their picture taken, even though the photographer said both looked perfect. Was it Dee or Anisa who donated their time to make these two loaves of bread for the bake sale?

The Empire Strikes Back . Mom searched everywhere for the costume but couldn 't find one in my size, so she bought me a Jango Fett costume, since Jango was Boba 's dad and wore the same armor and then painted the armor green. She did some other stuff to it to make it look worn, too. Anyway, it looks totally real. Mom 's good

“Adoption” is the first word in my family dictionary, a noun that defines my life and how I live. My parents adopted me when I was 13 months and taught me how my heritage defines my identity. Through heritage camps and adoption conferences, I came to accept my Chinese background as the dual part that defines my life in America. Outwardly I represented a model Chinese-American student, yet I loathed the stereotypical mold.

Chinese immigration in America began with the California Gold Rush. The pictures describe some of the experiences in which they underwent before and during their venture to California. The first trivial group of Chinese immigrants began their arrival in San Francisco, where the rigid racism became obvious, it is being said that Chinese immigrants came to America for the same reason as other cultures as was looking to work hard and make large amounts of money. Nationals expressed discontent and racism against the sudden immigrants arrival, it was not a pleasant moment to see them move to America. Therefore, nationals expressed their sentiment as racially and culturally inferior.

Although my family dealt—and still deals— with it every day, the racial identity never was pointed out. As a little kid, I never understood why my dad sometimes was treated differently for me he always was just my dad. Later on I would understand why, but my idea “you are whoever you are” still was my life credo that I never doubted. I have never questioned myself on what I identify as before the conversation with the person that I met once and thought I would forget the next day, but it became the turning point of my life.