Mainstream Banana

Before anything: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETEY~! :D *bounce*

Anyway

I've been wondering, while I'm walking through the university cafe, then whether bananas are slowly becoming mainstream. I know it's still a VERY long way to go. And just because a Chiense is going out with someone non-Chinese does not automatically become a banana (I know st least one somewhat traditional Chinese going out with a white boy, and a banana going out with a Chinese... anyway) But there are more and more couple where the two of them are from different culture. (I don't even know WHY I'm trying to be PC on my own blog...) That on its own isn't that surprising, I guess. But somehow I just can't help but to think whether there would be one day where banana will be the norm. Well it's just that especially in NZ the cultural boundary is blurring... heck globally it's blurring already thanks to the internet (and Sony inventing SingStar. But let's not dwell on it shall we?) .

Not that I don't want the Chinese culture to die. I mean, we do have... what.. 5000 years of history? Or is it just 3000? ANYWAY, the point is that I wonder if one day in NZ the Chinese would actually understand the Kiwi culture as well as the Chinese one (Even adopt it a little, and slowly evolve into a banana :P). Admittedly I'm not the best person to talk. My Chinese is so broken that I would have problem trying to carry out a conversation without turning it into English after a while. (Stevie was almost confused when he realised we've been conversing in English. But meh) Plus my knowledge of the Chinese/HongKong culture knowledge stopped at around the 90s (when I came to NZ). And I'm not that big on rugby (Then again I'm a JAFA :P And the Rock has shown Auckland girls in general just not as into rubgy as, say, our Canterbury counterpart.) Still, I guess I'm a banana, and proud of it.

Eventually though I think I want to actually be better than a banana and actually accept the fact that I'm also Chinese. Heck I almost agreed with Nghiep when he said All of the Chinese looks alike... I think if you ask me I'll still say I identify myself as a Chinese, but really in all respect I'm so westernised I don't know how much Chinese is left in me sometimes. *sigh*

Well, I guess at least I still eat disgusting things like chicken feet...