entry #9
“BORN: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (THE ‘S’ IS SILENT)
RAISED: MOSTLY PORTLAND, OREGON (BEAVERTON AREA TO BE MORE SPECIFIC)
RACE: KOREAN
NATIONALITY: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Where I feel like I am from…
There they call me American Yankee!
…CAST AWAY…WHERE IS WILSON MY ONLY FRIEND…
Here they call me Japanese or Chinese.
In Hawaii…
I don’t believe the question ever came up.
So, yeah…floating somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. I am a Mer-man? Or maybe Hawaiian by default?
So much yellow in this book. It makes me feel so at ease…
ASIAN-AMERICAN…Hmmmmm…
To QUALIFY as ASIAN AMERICAN you MUST:
1. EAT RICE
2. HAVE SMALL EYES (So sorry INDIANS, you don’t count)
3. SPEND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME JUST ‘CHILLIN’ IN A PARKING LOT
4. KNOW KARATE OR KUNG FU OR TAE KWON DO
5. BE GOOD @ MATH & SCIENCE
6. CAN FOLD PAPER LIKE MAD (CRANES AND SUCH)
7. BE ABLE TO USE CHOPSTICKS
8. RUN, OR HAVE A RELATIVE THAT RUNS, A MINI-MART, CLEANERS, SUSHI JOINT OR OTHER RESTAURANT, NAIL OR BEAUTY SALON
9. PREFER SITTING ON THE FLOOR
10. TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF WHEN ENTERING A HOME
THERE..the TEN AZN COMMANDMENTS
BY ABE CHOI
BORN: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
REPRESENT!”
-Chicago, Illinois
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