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By mia_ms_kim
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19 May 2008 |
A disturbing experience I had an hour ago, on my way to take my child to his school. 
Face and Race
Is she the one
who gave me her e-address,
and I told her
I’d email her?
She’s turning away cold-faced.
OMG! Think she’s the one.
I did email her,
but it bounced more than once!
I meant to tell the woman,
but I had forgotten her face.
All I know is, she’s an Asian
and to me, they all look alike.
OMG! Now I know
what the white Aussie meant
when he told me years ago,
"You guys all look alike!"
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Oh dear
Written by patterjack (1067 comments posted) 18th May 2008 | Embarrassing , isn't it ! But then , I forget faces anyhow.
Bouncing emails are a right pain in the butt -- you can never be sure if it was they who gave you the right address or whether it's your own computer or your own addressing that is the problem.
And nowadays  , where I live there are lots of Asian faces and I am getting better at distinguishing their point of origin -- but I usually politely ask anyway !
patterjack
| Hi, Patterjack!
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 18th May 2008 | I hope you've sorted out your headaches from last week??!! 
Yes, it's so embarrassing! I still am not sure if she was the woman! I used to think all white people looked alike, and I used to marvel how you guys tell each other apart. Now white faces seem so individual to me, but Asian faces - unless I know them personally, they all seem to blend into each other!
I'm sure some elderly Koreans probably think I've had no "home education" (Korean term for learning manners from parents, grandparents etc). I probably walked right past them many times without acknowledging them. (Elderly Koreans expect a greeting of 45-90 deg bow from the waist from younger people.)
And these days I just forget I'm an Asian, too! I need HELP!
Mia  |
Written by Josie (2496 comments posted) 19th May 2008 | | We might look alike Mia, but under the skin the differences are huge. The only problem the world over is that everyone wants others to think, write, dream and live the same as they don't, and if they don't then the other person doesn't like them. ha ha. How daft is that? How boring!!! | Josie, thank you
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 19th May 2008 | for your comments. Yes, the similarity or difference is only skin-deep. I love getting to know people of different background. I've met Iranians, Bahais (religion), Sri Lankans, Chinese... and yes, some Aussies! from children's soccer club, their story at heart is the same, human story of suffering and joy. I don't want everyone to be like me, that would truly be excruciating!
Mia |
Written by Robru (125 comments posted) 27th May 2008 |
All faces are diferent but my problem is names. I can recall a face I may not have seen for years, just don't ask me the name that goes with it. Not all of us think that all Asians look the same. | Thank you, Bob
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 27th May 2008 | for your comments.
It's good to know there are white people who can distinguish Asian faces. I've read that facial recognition is a particular function of the brain. Some people's brains function almost superhumanly in that area, recognising obscure faces they've seen from all kinds of places decades ago. You must be one of them, Bob. Mine is quite dysfunctional in that compartment. Faces for me, blend into each other.
Mia | Hi Mia
Written by jean.day (2196 comments posted) 5th July 2008 | I enjoyed reading this - and know what you were saying - when people give them impression that you know them - and yet you can't quite remember.
Many times I've smiled and said Hi to people who I think I know, only to find them frowning back at me - showing my memory is far from exact. |
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