2 years ago, I met 2 au pairs from America in my german class. I was really glad to have found someone who could converse with me in English. My german then was still half-past six. Later I noticed with a tinge of irritation that in typical American fashion, the 2 teenage girls love to brag. They bragged about how huge their houses in Texas are and how their parents let them have the biggest room in the house.
After class one day we were having a lunch buffet at some chinese restaurant (it sucks, by the way) and we came upon the topic of what they wore the night before when they were out partying. One of them said: 'I had this white simple top on and I looked amazing. Whereas on Hoonie, it would look totally normal.' Err... where did that come from? I was just sitting there, eating my lunch, listening in on their conversation and minding my own business when I got lashed out at for no apparent reason!!! Oh yeah, boobs and fats do go together. Talk about blind self-confidence. Just look at the various crappy reality shows on MTV, like Date my Mum, Next, Exposure, Room Raiders etc. The kids are often gushing over how hot they are and how they resemble certain celebs. They simply love themselves, often urging on by their equally blind parents. I bet they have never had a good look at themselves in the mirror before. Okay, perhaps I am a little harsh here and I am stereo-typing. Surely not all Americans are like that. Just like not all Singaporeans are kiasu.
Anyways, one day our teacher kindly offered to lend us her exam material to practise at home. Unfortunately, she only had it in cassette form. Which posed a problem for me because I do not have a cassette player. She then very sweetly lended me her portable cassette player.
One of the au pairs turned to me and asked, 'How can you not have a cassette player?'
Me, looked at her incredulously, retorted, 'Who uses cassettes nowadays?'
She went all silent.
Oh yes, the big great American nation where they sell millions of iPods while some of its people are still stuck in stone age using cassettes and stuck in their big fat ego. I wouldn't be surprised at all if I were asked where Singapore is. Because to them, America is the world itself.
Here I am, dissing the Americans while moments later you would find me going ga-ga over some American actors and having no intentions whatsoever in letting up on chasing the most popular series in America. Story of my life: full of conflicts.
4 comments:
hey dear! I couldn´t resist commenting here! Looks like the germans aren´t the only ones being opinionated and all huh. I think it was really rude, what that Au-pair girl said to you. I wonder sometimes whether they really mean what they say, or whether they think about what they say. Its a bit hard to boycott American Media, but well as you said not all Americans are like that, so its ok to still chase the popular series in US.
Oh well, there tend to be black sheeps from all over the world, including ugly Singaporeans. I wouldn't be surprised if others talked behind my back: 'This stupid Singaporean! Who does she think she is? Miss-know-it-all!' Well, not that I'm bothered by it in any way. :-)
My boss is American. Imagine all the rude remarks we get all the time, or did I mention he is an Aries?!?!!? URGH!!!
NW, I bet you have fun working with him. LOL....
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