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my 3rd and 4th paragraphs plan.
因为我住在很多各种各样的城市，我收到了很多想法和信息帮助塑造我今天的样子。我住在北京的时候是比别的城市多。差不多九年住在那边。在北京我是学了很多，比如说北京是一个很有历史的城市。我可以经验之歌城市，北京的文化，人们的文化，等等。我小的时候在北京有一个阿姨跟我父母照顾我。她每天帮助我学习，玩儿跟我，我没约会去跟她去她的家跟她的家庭玩儿，我们是那么接近。到今天我还是跟她保持联系。我在那边拿到了很多朋友们，他们是来自每个国家，他们叫我了它们的想法和他们的历史。他们将永远是我的朋友，有个同学们是跟我来UBC即使我们分开这么久了。我去过了一个英国学校叫DCB。在那边学了很多，老师们是我最喜欢的。到现在人们问我为什么我说的是有英式口音。可是我跟美国和加拿大朋友不会说这样因为他们不懂。我知道北美的东西因为我在中学欢乐去一个美国学校叫ISB。在那边是我开始想去美国还是加拿大。之间我在北京住，我2002年到2006去泰国的曼谷。在那边。在那边我觉得是类似于马来西亚。我在那边开始学会了依靠自己。因为在那边我是自己坐穿和摩托车去学校每天。在那边学了很多东南亚的文化。到现在泰国菜是我我最喜欢的之一。在那边遇到了很多新的人。每个年我们会去曼谷看朋友，我爸爸有一个朋友在那边是跟他三十多年的朋友。我学到了在这里要保持联系朋友，是很重要的。北京以后我们搬到了上海。我觉得上海是我最重要的住的城市因为我是比较旧的。我是住在上海当我在我的年轻人年份。这是最有影响的年份是因为我是比较成人了。我是自己做事，出去跟朋友，去泡吧和喝酒，等等。我是在自立遇到我最的朋友在这里。我是学在学校很多重要的东西，比如说IB和AP，我在这里事申请大学，等等。我觉得上海是影响了我最多。一切城市是很不一样可是我觉得是因为我不可以经验北京和曼谷我年纪大了，不可以做很多东西。上海比曼谷比北京一个更大的城市，很多人做东西。所以我到现在是很喜欢大的城市，我来了加拿大很可怕因为没有那么多人，让我焦虑/我记得我第一天在加拿大跟妈妈说我不要留在这儿。因为我喜欢大的城市，我要搬到纽约，是我梦想。可是我每一个城市学到了很多重要的信息我到今天还用和让我成为今天的我。

我觉得我妈妈和爸爸是最影响我。因为他们跟我什么都叫我。父母是最重要的在孩子的生活。他叫我礼仪，语言，和别的有利的东西。他们给我说家庭是最重要的，住在别的国家和学校不会叫我这个。父母叫我要照顾家庭和很多重要的信息，比如说做一些让我开心的事情，不要跟别人刻薄，我不会是在UBC学习中文如果我父母没有说。我宝宝的时候父母叫我中文，中文是很流利。去了曼谷学了泰语很流利，可是我忘记了很多，妈妈说是很重要学习语言所以我是要学中文做好。我每次去马来西亚喜欢跟奶奶，学他们的口音。当我伤心的时候，父母会说现实和支持我，所以我可以起床继续前进。我回马来西亚的时候别的家庭成员每次说我要心怀感激我的父母因为他们努力工作以获得他们的位置，别的家庭成员没有那么幸运，爸爸是很成功的。所以我每天不要做作业就想一想我爸爸努力，说我要努力给他们看。

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Central idea: The influence of growing up in Vancouver, surrounded by mostly White Canadians before Vancouver’s increase in East-Asian Population; moreover, how the idea of being a ‘banana’ (“yellow on the outside, white on the inside”) has impacted me as a person

Why is it important to me: This idea is very important to me, as I also struggled with my racial identity and felt like an outsider from both White Western people and East Asian people who were more closely connected to their heritage. I have just recently been learning to embrace my identity as it is and believe this is an important message to share with other first-generation immigrants.

How I am going to represent this ：I will be drawing out the events described in my story below on a whiteboard, similar to a ‘Draw My Life’ styled video (see link for an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmmVjqUKOuI ） . Additionally, I will include childhood photos and other visuals to support my whiteboard drawings.

Beginning:

Start with a blank whiteboard and a printed photo of me as a baby. Move the baby photo and starts drawing

Give basic information about me, such as: my Chinese name, my birthday, year we immigrated to Vancouver, my hobbies and personality as a kid (loved performing, outgoing and friendly)

Explain how my life and how I as a person changed after I started attending school in Canada with mostly White Canadians

Became more shy and quiet, liked hanging out by myself and kept to myself

did not try very hard in school, daydreamed and made up stories in my head

However, during Chinese new year, my mom would come in and teach the class Chinese characters and make decorations. I always felt proud to be different at times like this.

Midpoint:

Without noticing, I found myself wishing I was white: I only listened to Western artists and watched Western television.

None of the shows had asians, maybe just one asian character

I also noticed that the protagonists where always blond and wore pink, the antagonists always had black hair

I wished I looked like the girls in the books and shows I liked: blue eyes, tall, pale skin

Climax, end:

The first summer I returned to Taiwan, I was really excited, but I ended up hating the experience as my relatives would assume I couldn't talk in Chinese and seemed to look down on me for being so ‘banana’. I felt even more disconnected from my culture.

That following school year, a Chinese girl transferred to my class. I did not know her, but everyone thought we were friends just because she was also Asian like me. Ironically, we did become really good friends.

After high school, we slowly made more and more Asian friends, who also felt like ‘bananas’

I had one friend in particular, who was Korean, who started taking mandarin classes. She would ask me questions and practice conversations with me. Slowly I started enjoying being East Asian again. She would show me K-pop and my sister began to show me Chinese and Taiwanese songs and television and this media representation made me realize just how beautiful and talented these people were. I embraced being Asian and wanted to continue to regain my cultural knowledge

I will end the video with explaining how I started listening to Chinese songs, watching Chinese shows and took CHIN 141-CHIN 243. I hope people who also felt the same ‘banana’ struggle as me feels less alone after watching my video

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Central Idea: My favorite Malaysian foods that are available in Vancouver that have influenced my upbringing as a child until today. The few foods that will be presented are of course not all the foods but really are the ones that are available in Vancouver that I would like others to try if they have not already.

Beginning:

Explaining the content of the video, briefly introduce myself and where I come from. Introduce my country, what makes it special to me. From there, transition to talk about the types of food that are available in Malaysia (chinese food, malay food, indian food), how Chinese food here has had a strong influence from China (give examples of food in Malaysia that has origin in China, for example, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Wanton Mee) but with the influence of other cultures in Malaysia, the food has grown to have its own flavor that is unique to South-East Asia. Explain that cultures from China have spread to Malaysia and nearby countries when a lot of Chinese people immigrated to South East Asia (for example, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines).

Midpoint:

Show myself going to these different locations around Vancouver that offer the food that I feel have significance in my life. I will show the journey and location of the places (timelapse perhaps), introduce the food itself, its ingredients of the food, a brief description of how the food itself is made and then why I think the food is good here and its significant meaning to my life as a child / at a point of time. For each food, I will briefly try to talk about its significance to the Malaysian-Chinese people and why the food gained popularity.

Conclusion:

Explain why these foods (separately) hold so much significance to me as a Malaysian-Chinese and to a lot of Malaysian people (even the Malays and Indian and why families around Malaysia usually eat these foods (related to the culture)). Talk about the food’s cultural origin and its effect on my people (food like these became a bridge that allowed many races and ethnicities to grow together truly as one society, we learn to live with different cultures and accept each others’ religion and live harmoniously)

How I am presenting this information:

It will be a vlog style video where a lot of the scenes includes video from my point of view. Towards the end of the video, there will be a video of myself where I will speak about the conclusion, reason of making this video and final thoughts on the whole video and what it means to me.

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移民加拿大前：8岁那年，爸爸妈妈突然告诉我我们要去加拿大了，我印象中的加拿大是一个只有北极熊的地方，所以我很不喜欢。最重要的是，我不想离开我的爷爷奶奶，还有我不习惯吃西餐。但是我爸爸骗我说，我们只是去加拿大看看，不喜欢就回来，我相信了他，然后就留在了加拿大了。

到达加拿大：我们一家刚到达加拿大的时候是在Prince Edward Island， 那里什么都没有，我也不会说英文，所以我每天都会哭，还经常逃跑，然后就把手摔坏了。

加拿大生活：来到温哥华之后，我变的比较开心了，因为Richmond有中餐吃。我学习英语也花了很长的时间。一开始进ESL班，之会说“How are you?” “I’m fine thank you and you?”。

中国人？加拿大人？：来加拿大这么多年，我觉得我在加拿大被本地人当作是外地人。在中国也被当成“海归”，感觉在那里都不是最舒服的。
结语：来到加拿大我是怎么适应这里的环境，学习和日常生活。加拿大和中国的对比还有我喜欢加拿大或不喜欢加拿大的地方。

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Central idea: Cultural Identity

Through limited forms of representation in mainstream media and Hollywood, I grew up internalizing racism and being ashamed of my Asian heritage. I struggled with my cultural identity because at home my parents were so proud of being Chinese, but at school and on TV, I heard others make jokes about being Asian which made me embarrassed. I do not feel fully a part of either Chinese or Canadian culture. In my final project, I will explore how popular culture affected my self-esteem and how I am overcoming these challenges today.

Reaching a midpoint

I will establish my story by giving background on my upbringing and where I grew up, including Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown.

Filming the Chinese Schools that I attended when I was younger will represent my connectedness to my heritage.

I will discuss about my parents’ sacrifices and hard work to get to where we are today. These scenes will be shot at T&T Supermarket and Chinatown where my mom works and found her community.

Then, I will show more Canadian landmarks in Gastown and Downtown to demonstrate the Western influence in my life. I will show me watching TV with stereotypical Asian characters to illustrate my central theme about how racist images made me uncomfortable with being Chinese.I really want to emphasize the tokenization of Asian characters in mainstream media. As well, I will show scenes of me browsing magazines or watching TV where White people are the ideals for beauty and desirability.

Climax and ending

Last semester I took Asian Canadians and Migration (a UBC course), which really affected me as well because I came to understand the system reasons that shaped my childhood insecurities- from comedy where Asians were a source of comedy to the emasculation of Asian males that made me want to date outside of my own race.

I am now unlearning my internalized racisms and doing my best to connect once again with my own culture. My culture is a source of pride and a way of connecting with others, whether they are within my race or not. To demonstrate this, I will show footage of me making gyoza with my diverse friend group to represent me sharing my culture.

Scenes of me walking around UBC to talk about my success in earning a full ride scholarship and how I am making my parents proud.

I will discuss enrolling in Chinese, where not only have my language skills allowed me to better communicate with my family, but I’ve also been able to learn Chinese customs and history.

For the ending, I really want to emphasize my attempt at further connecting with my heritage. I will talk about how In the summer I am travelling China with my best friend to meet extended family and  also going on exchange in Hong Kong in September. These are examples of how I intend to make my Chinese heritage central to my narrative and not a side story.

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自我介绍：我是谁

您好，我是出生于广东，广州的劳兆茵。《蜗牛自传》的最终目的就是让您了解一下加拿大的文化、环境和人民如何改变了我的性格和文化认同。

第一章：活泼开朗的我

在广东小学的我特别热情爱玩，活泼开朗，因此也十分享受尝试新的事物。喜爱到处玩闹的我有认真学习的时候，也有忘记做功课的时候。

第二章：人生路不熟的我

我第一次到了加拿大就像到了另一个世界一样，我对于周围的环境和事物都很感兴趣，尤其是我姑姐给我的糖。这些圆圆的糖就像珠子一样大，它们的颜色也十分相似。

第三章：高学生的我

我上了高中之后仍然维持住我贪懒爱玩的性格，整天只想着出去跟朋友玩。但是后来我清醒过来了，而下定决心做一名好学生。

第四章：成熟懂事的我

加拿大的习俗和人民不仅改变了我未来的生活，而且还改变了我的性格。我也做了一些我在中国从来不会做的事。

总结：她们都是我

总而言之，加拿大的环境和人民给我带来今天的我。这些影响和改变有它的优点和缺点。

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People around me may see me as a confident person who is bold and eager to share my unique opinions. However, I did not always openly embrace the attributes and flaws which define my individuality. Finding my true identity and place in society has been a struggle throughout my life as a Chinese Canadian.

In the year 2000, my mom found out she was pregnant and decided with my dad to move to Canada to give me a better education and lifestyle. Then at the age of one, I immigrated to Canada with my parents. According to my mom, life was difficult as they faced many hardships as they spoke very little English and they had to work long hours and taking care of a baby at the same time. However, due to my parents hard work, our family began to do better over the years especially after my father had gotten a professional job. Although we were not wealthy, my parents always made sure to have my material needs were met and I never felt like I was lacking anything that my peers had.

As a child, I sometimes felt ashamed of my Chinese culture that isolated me from my peers who had Western values. This led to low self-esteem and I solely participated in stereotypical “Asian” activities such as piano, math, and Mandarin lessons. However, in grade eight, I made the decision to step out of my comfort zone and try-out for the school basketball team. To my surprise, I obtained a place on the roster out of fifty other girls, and this made me realize that I could do more than conform to what others characterized me as. While I lacked the basic skills that others were building upon, I did not let this deter my passion. Instead, I overcame my shortcomings and gained the respect of my teammates as they saw my persistence to practice even when I was injured.

At the same time, I kept my hobby of watching Chinese TV shows and dramas which I started enjoying at a very young age. From, cartoons like 西游记 to 偶像剧，and later on 宫斗剧，and my favourite，甄嬛传。These shows display the increase of the level of my understanding of Chinese vocabulary. 中国有一句成语叫做“不教之教”，形容用日常生活里的内容收到的教育，我认为跟我的学习经历非常相似。Unlike other children who learned their Chinese through classes, I was self taught and learned to read Chinese and Chinese history through these TV shows。It inspired my interests in learning languages as I realized that language learning is not merely text books and recordings. This led me to make the decision to pursue the career of an ELL teacher.

Through sports, I obtained the confidence to interact with others while my Chinese culture allowed me to stay humble and work hard. Ultimately, my experiences allowed me to take pride in my identity as someone who is influenced by two cultures, taking the best traits from both worlds to construct who I am today.

Other than these points, I will be adding a few cultural differences to my finalized script. In this project I will be using various video editing software such as PowerDirector and I will be filming mainly with my cellphone.

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Main Idea: 在小学三年级的时候，我们家的搬家历程就开始了。为了爸爸的工作，我们从香港搬到上海，又从上海搬到了北京。到了高中毕业之后，我就自己一个搬到了温哥华上大学 。这种时时搬家的生活和经历和对我的影响塑造了今天的我。

1.     从香港搬到上海: 主要讲述在很小的年纪离开了自己的舒适区，到了一个陌生的城市，和这个经历对我的影响。另外还会讲述我接受的教育的改变。

2.     从上海搬到北京: 主要讲述我对搬家的改观和自己成长的看法。

3.     自己从亚洲来到北美 (温哥华) 留学: 说了英语这么多年却从来都没在北美州住过。主要讲述来到北美住的体验和遇到的一些问题。

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Essay on my cultural identity 
Central Idea: Growing up in Hong Kong and switching from a local school to an international school. After switching to an international school I feel as if I lost my Chinese identity as I was surrounded by people who only spoke English.

Local school experience, how I learnt both Cantonese and English. School was difficult, lots of work and school was far so I was always late. I was surrounded by people who spoke both Cantonese and English. Chinese was not too good but it was slowly getting better being in local school. 
Switching to an international school, everyone around me only spoke English, and only learnt Mandarin once a week. Went from learning traditional Chinese to simplified. 

International school was a big change, less work and the school was closer. Making new friends was difficult with English not being too good. 
Always felt like a foreigner in both schools. In Hong Kong having bad Cantonese made it difficult sometimes as locals did not have very good English. 

Cultural identity was always confusing to me, when people asked I would answer being Canadian but not actually remember much about living in Canada. Now coming to back to Canada for university, I still feel like a foreigner. 

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Essay on my cultural identity 
Central Idea: Growing up in Hong Kong and switching from a local school to an international school. After switching to an international school I feel as if I lost my Chinese identity as I was surrounded by people who only spoke English.

Local school experience, how I learnt both Cantonese and English. School was difficult, lots of work and school was far so I was always late. I was surrounded by people who spoke both Cantonese and English. Chinese was not too good but it was slowly getting better being in local school. 
Switching to an international school, everyone around me only spoke English, and only learnt Mandarin once a week. Went from learning traditional Chinese to simplified. 

International school was a big change, less work and the school was closer. Making new friends was difficult with English not being too good. 
Always felt like a foreigner in both schools. In Hong Kong having bad Cantonese made it difficult sometimes as locals did not have very good English. 

Cultural identity was always confusing to me, when people asked I would answer being Canadian but not actually remember much about living in Canada. Now coming to back to Canada for university, I still feel like a foreigner. 

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加拿大的生命

My Hongkong-Canadian identity

Central Idea: Growing up as an Chinese Canadian in Vancouver with a traditional Hong kong family household and how they’ve influenced my personal identity. Influences can include such topics as peer pressure to be the best, having a conservative mindset, being organized etc. The understanding of how they influenced me as a person and who I am becoming can be discussed.

Beginning: How the influences of growing up as a Chinese Canadian and being a Chinese Canadian has changed others outlooks on how they perceive me. What others think about Chinese culture and how they place their opinions on it.

Childhood/Memories

Opinions

Life in Vancouver and my experiences

Body paragraphs: The stereotypical effects of being an Chinese canadian and born unable to speak “proper” Chinese and how that has affected me as an individual. This can be where I reflect on my own personal identity and what Chinese groups I associate myself with.

Stereotypes from others

How I faced these issues when living in Vancouver, my school life

My own opinion on how I view myself/my family/life

Conclusion: The results of how others treated me since I was young and how those effects still affect me to this day. The personal imprint and influence it has left me with and how it transformed me into a different person.

My overall experiences growing up in Vancouver

My life in the present and what effects still affect me today

My overall growth of my personal identity in Vancouver and what conclusion I have come to understand why Chinese Canadians are treated this way.

The format of this project will be written.

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Main Theme: I was born in a Western country to Chinese immigrant parents, and then moved back to my heritage country, China. This created all sorts of identity crises and a feeling that I was stuck in the middle between North American and Chinese cultures, somewhat resembling both but not fully belonging to either. But my experiences growing up in a country I was unfamiliar with, while knowing it was my family's home offered several insights, which I will be exploring in the video, along with  how my international school gave me a safe place where I felt I could belong culturally.

First Part: I will be talking about my childhood, and me and my family moving to Shanghai when I was ten. I will put videos of Shanghai city life and my family's activities in my house such as dinner. The primary focus is on how my family's background and my first few years in China started stirring feelings of being an alien in the country I supposedly should have fit right in with.

Second Part: As I got older, I began thinking about how I felt increasingly like I didn't belong to my Chinese culture, even though I looked just like other Chinese people around me. Similarly, I didn't feel like I belonged to North American culture either, as I ate different food in my home and spoke a different language to my parents. I began resenting my Chinese heritage and tried to appear as Western as possible, in an attempt to fit in somewhere because of the discomfort in feeling like a square peg in a round hole. I just wouldn't fit no matter how much I tried to adjust. I will be including more scenes of my family in Shanghai, but most of it will be me talking about my experiences as I grew up.

Third Part: In my international school, the school board and teachers did a fantastic job ensuring that everybody felt like they could belong and contribute, no matter where they came from or what their background was. I will be talking about how my experiences in Chinese class while at that school and the variety of cultures that were around me helped broaden my perspective on what my culture was. I will be talking about the term "Third Culture Kid" and how it relates to my experiences in Shanghai. I will be including shots of Vancouver and UBC, and talk about how I have gradually learned to reconcile these two aspects of my identity, and what steps I am taking today to understand my heritage better.

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starting:

Background where i'm from why i moved here when i moved here

and why i'm a banana.

-Attended Chinese school 1st grade (maybe give some background as to why i attended a chinese school in the 1st place), show pictures of the school what the curriculum is like?

-Failed everything because i didnt understand chinese

-Moved to english school, still didnt learn chinese well.

-Show new school , everything is in english .

Maybe give some background that malaysia is made up of 3 main ethnic groups /races and the types of schools that exist

*compilation shots of chinese school and failing out of it

Gives some sort of background as to why my chinese is so bad

Explain what a banana is throught animations?

lots of cut scenes

-Vlog style for struggles because acting is awkward

Middle:

How I feel about it, for example not able to order or read alot of things at a chinese restaurant, big disadvantage because people look at me and assume i just understand and can speak and i have to reply in english

-Maybe include a clip of me trying to order at a chinese restaurant

-Always having to reply "I only speak abit" or ask them to repeat or if they speak english

-Just not understanding what they say.

-Embarrassement of not being able to communicate well in chinese

-uncertainty about identity

-Things i’m doing to try and improve my chinese * insert clips e.g chinese class, learning through watching videos

Possible things to add:

-Came to UBC considered not Chinese but only because of skin color. Malaysia not being a chinese country. Parents are also malaysian and are not from China so not sure why i am considered chinese. What makes a chinese? Skin color ? heritage?

Conclusion:

What i'm doing to improve and become less of a banana

E.g Learning Chinese in order to improve my chinese

-Some shots of going to class? .....

-Chinese book

-Still deciding how to end it.

A little tough because i don't have much stuff here to show(grade 1 stuff).

All of it is in malaysia so this might have to change.

Also editing time has to be taken into account.

Video will mainly be made up of :

-Vlog style footage for perspective

-Collage of images for past experience

-Voice over to give explanation of images

-Clips from real life scenarios (e.g ordering at chinese restaurant)

-explanation of banana would be a short animation using graphics & whatnot

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Family’s history

-       Immigrating here from HK

-       Starting all over

-       Learning English

Becoming Chinese/Canadian

-       Parent’s teachings (traditional Chinese to more Westernized)

o   Chinese school

o   Piano

o   After school tutor

-       In comparison to parent’s childhood teaching from parents

o   Strict

o   Gender roles

Who I am now

-       Proud to be Chinese
- things i value

o   Embracing culture – Chinese dance for over 10 years

o   Growing more and more comfortable in ordering food in Chinese

-       A lot of exposure to Asian culture especially living in Vancouver where half the people are Asian

o   A lot has changed compared to back in the day where we used to be the minority

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Central Idea: I will be doing an essay for my final project. As a Chinese born Canadians, it was very difficult to grow up in Canada among the mostly Caucasian population when I was younger. Even though I looked Chinese to everyone, they would make fun of me even though I regarded myself as non- Chinese as I completely couldn’t read Chinese and my speaking skills were limited. I try to push myself as far away from the Asian culture as possible.

Midpoint: As I grow older and learn more about my family background and the Chinese culture, I start to realize my identity. Every two years I will travel back to China with my Mom to her hometown. At first it was hard to understand her relatives as her family speaks with a Cantonese dialect and it was lonely for me because I didn’t know how to communicate. Even though I was born in Canada it doesn’t make me Caucasian. Through many years of my family teachings and traditions I was finally able to embrace the Asian culture. Also, as I grew older it didn’t feel so bad to be Chinese, because I was introduced to others that are in the same situation as me, Chinese born Canadians.

Climax & End: Since I have embraced my Chinese identity, I am trying hard to learn the Chinese language. Every since year one in UBC I have been enrolling in Chinese courses. Now 90% of my friends are Chinese and even though they speak bad English I can communicate with them in Chinese. I really enjoy going back to China now as it is an amazing country and now I don’t have to worry about not fitting in or not being able to communicate with others.

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我和中文的关系
我的自传里会说我对学中文的经验和对我是华裔人的身份。我会用我自己在小学，高中和大学学中文的经验来帮我说我想说的故事。在每一部分我会说一下我的态度和看法，也会说我的态度和看法的变化。
第一部分 - 小学： 我会先说我在小学的时候父母帮我报名上中文班。我会说我这个时候上中文班的态度。
第二部分 - 高中：我在高中的时候因为有机会上中文课，我就选上中文课。我会说我为什么会选上中文课，和课上的态度。
第三部分 - 大学： 我现在在大学的时候也选着学中文。我会说中文现在对我有什么意义。

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我和中文的关系
我的自传里会说我对学中文的经验和对我是华裔人的身份。我会用我自己在小学，高中和大学学中文的经验来帮我说我想说的故事。在每一部分我会说一下我的态度和看法，也会说我的态度和看法的变化。
第一部分 - 小学： 我会先说我在小学的时候父母帮我报名上中文班。我会说我这个时候上中文班的态度。
第二部分 - 高中：我在高中的时候因为有机会上中文课，我就选上中文课。我会说我为什么会选上中文课，和课上的态度。
第三部分 - 大学： 我现在在大学的时候也选着学中文。我会说中文现在对我有什么意义。

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2019中国对加拿大长大的影响

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2019中国对加拿大长大的影响

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Central idea: The effect of growing up in BC my entire life, having spent most of my early years in a very western environment while moving from Vancouver to Coquitlam and then back again to Vancouver. Then how transitioning to a more Asian highschool (50% Asian) and lastly the Asian community at UBC influenced my self identity and cultural connection.

Beginning:

Start from the beginning with old baby photos while I lived in Vancouver, I would talk about life as a small child not understanding what racism/prejudice was. Before long I had to move from Vancouver -> Coquitlam, making friends from one city only to leave them all and find myself in a new environment. Coquitlam has considerably fewer Asians than non-Asians. The struggle of having to make new friends again in a new environment with mostly non-Asians. My first experience with “feeling different”, different food, skin color, interests, language. Having to enroll in ESL (English second language) even when English was my first language.

Midpoint:

Moved back to Vancouver for highschool, again the monumental struggle (will talk about both personal and family related reasons for moving around so much) of getting used to a new environment all over again.

Finally started feeling more intune with my Asian heritage for the first time, as I made friends with people who were mostly like me (Asian born Canadian) with less than adequate skills in Chinese, interests in Western movies, music, games, etc but still these were crucial years of my life that lead to the final topic...

Climax, end:

How excited I was when I got accepted to UBC and was originally unsure of taking Chin courses because of my negative experiences with Chinese school as a kid, but I slowly improved and feel so thankful to have 王老师 teaching me.

Began connecting with mostly Asians from a variety of backgrounds and not just CBCs like me. Since in highschool you were forced to take classes with people, but in university you can choose freely who to hangout with. I joined a variety of Chinese clubs at ubc and became more aware of Asian culture. Will visit Chinese club events to showcase my transition to becoming more intune with my Asian heritage.

Finally, the video will end with me meeting my BEAUTIFUL MAINLAND CHINESE GIRLFRIEND, and end the video with us doing activities while speaking mandarin (karaoke, ordering dinner in mandarin, ordering bbt in mandarin, etc)

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卢开纪， My Documentary, Characters: myself, family members, Main T
heme: battle between Asian culture and Canadian Culture, Since being born in this country, I have tried to stay away from the wicked and sinful culture of this society, that is very sinful, lawlessness anti conservative values, wild west, free for all, I am in a constant battle with identity, having lived here all my life, am I truly Canadian or am I Chinese (More generally Asian), Subtle Canadian racism, plots,:my decision to return to the motherland to find my true identity, internal family struggle, lost one to the dark side, Side plot: What it means to be Canadian, racism only exists in the west.

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卢开纪， My Documentary, Characters: myself, family members, Main T
heme: battle between Asian culture and Canadian Culture, Since being born in this country, I have tried to stay away from the wicked and sinful culture of this society, that is very sinful, lawlessness anti conservative values, wild west, free for all, I am in a constant battle with identity, having lived here all my life, am I truly Canadian or am I Chinese (More generally Asian), Subtle Canadian racism, plots,:my decision to return to the motherland to find my true identity, internal family struggle, lost one to the dark side, Side plot: What it means to be Canadian, racism only exists in the west.

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Central Idea: Cultural Identity

Growing up in a home where my single mother doesn’t speak Chinese, and not having a father present in my life, I never grew up doing what many other Chinese people do. I had a nanny for 10 years because my mother was always busy trying to provide for us, and she spoke to me in English. When I was 17, I moved out of our house and have been living on my own since. I often feel as if I’m unable to connect on a more intimate level to my Chinese friends and most of the people I am surrounded by speak English, and are not Chinese either.

Importance: It’s been quite difficult as my appearance identifies me as Chinese, yet I don’t feel as if I fit in with most Chinese people. I am unable to speak Chinese fluently, and both Cantonese and Mandarin are extremely hard for me to grasp. I find that Chinese people expect me to know Chinese, and non-Chinese people also expecting me to know Chinese, and often, I feel as if I am a disappointment to both Chinese and non-Chinese individuals.

Beginning:

Explaining how I grew up, where I went to school, and how school really affected my life. I went to a private school, and when I asked my mom to make me Chinese lunches, I would get made fun of for my food. As my mother doesn’t know how to make Chinese food the authentic way, I would either get made fun of for having non-authentic lunches, or get made fun of for having “too-authentic” lunches. I started to resent my Chinese heritage as I felt as if I could never connect enough, or that I connected too much and couldn’t fit in with my non-Chinese friends. I also went to Chinese private tutoring when I was 9-12, so that I would be able to learn some Chinese. However, that was extremely hard for me, and I would often break down and cry at school because of my inability to learn as well as the other children. For that as well, I would get bullied in tutoring. I felt as if both Chinese and non-Chinese people would reject me for the rest of my life. I will be including shots that remind me of my childhood, baby pictures, etc.

Midpoint:

Will talk about how my relatives see me at family dinner/functions…etc, from a child to as I grew older. I didn’t feel as if I fit in with anyone from my family as they seemed to be the perfect children for their family members. Travelling to Asia and where my dad was born, I was able to see how interesting and different things were compared to Canada. I also felt a lot of shame as I couldn’t (and still can’t) use chopsticks properly and I regularly get made fun of by family members and friends. At this point however, I made it an effort to try and embrace my life for what it was, and my resentment was not towards myself, culture, family, or heritage. I learned that everyone has their own unique situations and that there is no use being upset over things you just couldn’t change. I will be including shots of Chinese food and travel shots.

Conclusion:

I will explain how I grew beyond feeling that I didn’t fit in anywhere, and how university really helped me grow as a person. I often meet people with similar predicaments and I could relate to many people I met in university. I also grew a lot from working at part-time jobs, and I currently work at three jobs. I will be including shots of UBC, work, friends, and things that I’ve come across in my growth process.

How I am presenting this information:

It will be a video where I am speaking in the background as well as videos where I am just speaking in person. I will also have pictures shown in the video and some vlog-styled videos.

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第一章：来加拿大前

小时候在我来加拿大前我在中国有一个很大的家。童年时非常美丽。在昆明天气非常好，风景也很美。我跟朋友和家人天天都去玩很多事。有一天，不知道为什么，爸爸妈妈跟我说我要跟我的朋友和家人说再见，然后去一个不知道的地方。

第二章：在加拿大的童年

来到加拿大以后，我记得我天天想家，想家人和朋友。因为我不懂英文，在学校里交不到朋友，还被别人欺负。每次吃饭时都是一个人吃。加拿大的人也非常少，下的时候的我也没有什么好玩的事情。爸爸妈妈一只都很忙，所有只好一个人玩了。温哥华夏天很少下雨。放假时，很孤单，只好看着小草慢慢的枯死掉。

第三章：长大以后

长大后才知道，小草其实没有死，而这时在等秋雨来。在长大路中，我认识了很多人。每个人，有些人就像家人一样的，有些跟我一样迷路。其实我还是想家，可是家已经不再是一样了。有时候，晚上睡不早就看机，我就问问奶奶最近怎么样，可是但是我中文不好，奶奶写的字都看不懂。我后来慢慢开始学中文，而且还学到了很多文化，我觉得特别有意思。现在走到这里很不容易，不过轻快的雨重视回来的。

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The structure of my film could be broken down into 3 portions:

1. “这是我” & “这也是我” very short clips of me acting out various scenarios that illustrate differences in certain aspects of the two different identities/cultures. These clips will serve more of a comedic purpose but would also highlight how I belong to both cultures.

***Haven’t finalized exactly which examples I will include due to time restraints. This

is only a short introductory segment to start the video, so depending on how long the more significant segments of the video takes, I will consider the number/length of this segment. With that being said, here are some examples:

1. Food - (White Spot vs. dim sum) (Starbucks vs bubble tea)

2. Music - karaoke (mainstream american pop song (i.e. Bodak Yellow) vs. classic Chinese song (i.e. Tong Hua))

3. Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. vs. Wechat, Weibo, etc.)

4. Selfies/photos

5. Fashion?

6. TVshows/dramas

TRANSITION: “我是谁？ 我是李淑盈，我是中国加拿大人。”

1. “Growing up Chinese-Canadian” Here, I will dive into a more serious tone. I will start off by giving some basic background about myself, such as where I was born/grew up, where my parents are from. Then, I will explain how I knew I was different from other kids since I was young by explaining a few occasions that have happened to me when I was in elementary school. These moments will not only indicate my “Chinese” side, but also unfortunately, convey my ashamed feeling towards being Chinese. I will touch on how I have wished I was another ethnicity. Following that period of my life, I will maneuver into high school. I will point out how most of the kids at my high school were also Chinese-Canadian like me and for once in my life, I felt like I fitted in. Next, I will talk about my first time visiting China around 3 years ago and how it made me question my identity once again. I will point out certain instances I’ve encountered that I was different from Canadian culture and how I felt out of place, umfortable, unfamiliar with, didn’t feel like home (i.e. crossing roads, waiting in lines, smoking in restaurants, mian bao che, crowded places, language…).

*These scenes will be demonstrated mostly without my physical presence, mostly

just shots that indicate the context*

1. “Reflection” I will note that for a long time I’ve wondered whether I was Chinese or Canadian and how I realized that I wasn’t and didn’t have to be one or the other. I am both. I am Chinese-Canadian. Through summarizing and discerning contrasting culture differences brought up during the former part of the documentary (food, music, etiquette, holidays, etc...)  as well as introducing dissimilar values (independence, filial piety, etc...), I will express how and why I identify myself as Chinese-Canadian.

*This segment will most likely be presented with me talking to the camera*

Note: In essence, the core of this film is to show my journey thus far in my life as a Chinese-Canadian, and how I’ve learned to embrace this identity. I aim for the overall tone of the film to be both light-hearted and solemn.

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Central idea: Having being raised in a Caucasian dominated city, Kamloops, BC. Kamloops is a city with less than 200,000 people located 4 hours away from Vancouver.

Why is it important to me: This idea is very important to me, as I have always struggled with "fitting in" and I have always found it very fascinating to study how people migrated to Canada. This migration is the one thing I truly feel proud about as it was a very hard decision for my parents who are known as first-generation immigrants.

How I am going to represent this ：I will be filming bits and pieces of my video in various different locations. I will first start by filming my hometown and including childhood pictures and then to my International Life abroad and then ending with my current life at UBC. I will also be cutting parts of YouTube videos that are relevant to my story and using those clips in my video.

Beginning:

Start with an overview of where I was born and to whom. Show pictures of my family and baby picture.

Give basic information such as: my Chinese name, my birthday. What I liked to do when I was younger.

Explain how my elementary life and how it was for me to take ESL classes and to attend a school as the only Asian. Include elementary class photos.

Move on to middle school and explain how I started to excel in all aspects of my school life to the point as to how I skipped grade levels.

I was offered a chance to study in France at age 15. So I graduated high school early and left my childhood friends.

Midpoint:

My parents have always been super protective from not allowing me to stay over at others houses to not even allowing me to travel.

I travelled for the first time to Asia by myself to visit my international student friends.

I went to Japan and studied for 3 months.

I went to Taiwan and stayed for a month.

And I went to Hong Kong to visit and discover where my parents came from.

I had a completely different mind for the world and wanted to learn as much as I could about it.

I have always dreamed and saw Asia behind the lenses of TV shows, but I was mesmerized by this.

Conclusion:

Left Canada at age 15 to study in France at a university. I had to readapt to a Caucasian dominated country once again, except this time was harder as I was older.

Struggled with cultural differences and hectic workload. I felt useless as I was unable to adapt and excel.

Felt how it was like to be an international student.

Lived with a host family that was too busy to welcome me into their culture.

After 2 years, I decided that I was not able to continue living this lifestyle.

I wanted to head "home" as in Vancouver as I have a lot of family there. My family had started to move there ever since my sister started university.

I transferred back to UBC early

And now I am here at UBC in my third year.

I realized I do not need to experience life as fast as I did and slowed down my pace.

Communicating to as many people as I could despite differences has always been my passion.

I began to study one of the most widely used languages in Vancouver, Mandarin.

I did not want international students to feel what I did in France.

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Central Idea

The purpose of this narrative is to showcase the things that best represent my idea of my Chinese heritage and culture and describe my journey as a Chinese born Canadian. The question I am trying to answer is: even though I have never lived or even visited China, how and why was I able to preserve and uphold my heritage? It was through my commitment to learn and speak the language, the environment I grew up in, and the people I spent time with. In the introduction, I want to give the audience some context about myself at the moment, what ethnicity I identify myself as, why I am learning Chinese at UBC, and emphasize that I have never been to China before.

Videography: montage of UBC and my daily life routines

Midpoint

In the body portion of the video, I want to share my experience as a Chinese born Canadian. My identity as a Chinese person was not always the same. When I was young, I went to Puiying for Chinese school every week. I did not understand the purpose of learning Chinese when it was not used for my education, but little did I know, I ended up spending 12 years there learning the language. However, despite not understanding, as a resident in Vancouver, I could not detach myself from Chinese people. In elementary school, the Chinese population was so large that the school incorporated Chinese learning as a required subject in school. My school was located very near Chinatown and so I spent a lot of time there after school. I found my favourite café there too and I developed a habit of going there to eat after class. Chinese culture, food, and people were so integrated into my life that I did not know that these things became such a big part of my life until I moved on to high school and post-secondary where things became so diverse and I found myself finding comfort in Chinese culture and traditions. It was then that I realized how important Chinese was to my identity.

Videography: showcase my elementary school (?), Chinatown and my favourite meal at the restaurant in Chinatown

End

I would like to wrap up the film by talking about how I am proud to be a Chinese born Canadian and how fortunate I was to be raised in a city where I was able to immerse myself in Chinese culture and not let my heritage be lost in a western country.

Videography: montage of Chinese foods and traditions that I eat/follow to emphasize how much Chinese culture has permeated my life

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Central Idea: As a Chinese heritage born in Indonesia, life was not very easy. Chinese Indonesians (or most people say Chindo) are considered a minority in Indonesia even until now. Since we lived in Indonesia, my mother tongue was Indonesian. My parents always thought that knowing just one language is not enough, so she decided to teach me Chinese at an early age. The purpose of this project is to show how the place and the culture I lived in have shaped me to be the person I am today.

Before I turned five, my second language was Chinese. I only learned how to speak in Chinese until my parents decided for me to go to have a biweekly Chinese lesson. As time passes by, I learned to write, read and speak in Chinese. From elementary school up until seventh grade, I have always gone to a Christian school. When I got to seventh grade, my god-father was concerned that I can’t communicate in English fluently. He then moved me to an International school.

The first month there was very difficult; most people could speak fluent English except for me. But as time goes, my English has gotten better and eventually became my second language. I still took Chinese courses then, but in an International school, their Chinese courses are easier than the Chinese lessons I had in the past. Since I was the first person ever in my family to attend high school in an International school, I learned a lot of other country’s culture through friends from all over the world (Give examples),

When I left my high school to go to University, I was sad to find out that none of my high school friends was going to join me here at UBC. I took the risk and decided to come here and explore Vancouver. I took Chinese course again in the first year of university because I did not want to lose my ability to read and speak the language, and also I was not sure what classes I needed to take back then. A couple of years later, I found out that UBC would not accept my language credit I earned back in high school. So I decided why not continue my learning in Chinese.

Conclusion: In the end, all these places I’ve stayed at and the languages I learned have really influenced me and shaped me to be the person I am today.

This final project will be an essay.

PS: this outline is not yet finalized, some changes could be made.

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在我这个自传里，我要将关于加拿大怎么让我理解了我的身份比较清楚一点。

1.       越南胡志明市 （~2段）
- 出生过后，还不到一岁就去了 （因为爸爸的工作）
- 从小学到高中毕业一直都在一样的学校 （有很多从小就认识的朋友）
- 不会说越南话，看也看不懂。
- 越南对我的影响

2.       台湾台北 （~2段）
- 每年暑假的时候回去
- 爷爷奶奶都说闽南语，没办法跟他们沟通
- 看不懂中文
- 台湾对我的影响

3.       加拿大+加拿大对我的影响 （~2段）
- 终于搬到了一个我能看懂接到路标（street signs）的地方。
- 所有的人也都说英文。
- 有各种各样的中国人（北方人，南方人，华侨）
- 虽然我来到了一个说英文的国家，可是我的中文进步了比我的英文很多。

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我的故事

Central idea: The Cultural Products We Consume

Having faced discrimination from teachers throughout elementary school and similar experiences, coupled with my exposure to often humiliating and dehumanizing portrayal of those of Asian heritage in popular media (especially Asian men, as objects of comic relief and ridicule. ie. the socially awkward asian male with glasses that can’t speak english), I grew up feeling that I had to hide what was Asian about myself, not showing others what I had for lunch the day of and just eating it quickly for fear of judgement. More than anything, I grew up feeling like I was less than everyone else. I found an outlet for all my emotions through music. Beyond that, it has been a means of discovery, to discover oneself, to discover the art and culture of other cultures, and ultimately what initially lead me to explore Chinese culture in a way that was a little less superficial. While I was searching for new music to listen to, I stumbled upon the Voice of China and, from that point on, other similar programs such as 我是歌手. Through that, I discovered an aspect of Chinese culture that I could identify with and be proud of. By seeing all these Asian people that did not resemble certain stereotypes, I realized that I too, did not have to conform to various stereotypes, and that I could simply be myself. In hindsight, given my experiences, I believe that the media in my life had impacted me noticeably as a person, for good and for bad. We really are very much so a product of the cultural products we consume. I hope to use this documentary to explain how popular culture has affected me and how I wish to explore Chinese culture in a more authentic way, especially the more traditional aspects of it (and gain a better understanding of my roots), as I feel that a lot modern Chinese culture has already been either Westernized or diluted due to globalization and cultural exchange.

Reaching a midpoint

I will open the documentary with a reflection on some of the racism/shame that I have internalized over the years and how I’ve only started to notice how it has manifested itself in my unconscious behaviours such as how apparently I speak in a differently when I speak in Chinese (higher pitched and more timid) and how I used always hide my lunch at school when I ate out of fear that my peers would think it was weird. I also hope to mention that, growing up I always never wanted to think too much about such cultural identity issues because a lot of my CBC peers around me were either against or indifferent towards Chinese culture and people in particular (because of that, I also felt like a bit of an outsider within the CBC community back in Calgary).

I will showcase myself at the piano, with my trumpet, etc. to indicate the role of art and music in my life and explain my exploration of it lead me cultural products from China, made by Chinese people, like the Voice of China and, from that point on, other similar programs. I will also have some footage of the whole family gathered at the dinner table watching our favourite programs and explain how it has allowed us to bond as a family and re-engage with Chinese culture.

I will showcase various individuals who I’ve discovered and have inspired me to today for who they are what they represent to me. I will also explain how consuming these Chinese cultural products have allowed me to develop a sense of pride regarding my Chinese background as well as a healthier perception of beauty and masculinity (one that is less euro and american-centric).

From then on, I will show myself learning some Chinese songs and explain how I started singing Chinese songs this year because there was a bonus mark opportunity in Chinese 241 and how it was a great way to bring some more Chinese cultural back into my life. I will also explain how through that experience I came to a realization that I, myself, despite not being a professional musician or artists, can spread still share culture through art (singing and piano for me).

Climax and ending

I will explain how despite my studies in business, I would love to walk the art path, either as a singer or musician. I hope to one day create some form of cultural product, maybe a fusion of Chinese and Western culture or purely Chinese culture, through which I can empower and create a sense of pride in people who grew up in an environment that may have left them with a sense of shame regarding their culture.

I also intend to explain how I wish to further connect with my heritage and intend to go on exchange in my 4th year and hope to also learn Taishanese (台山話) as my dad’s side of the family is from Taishan, improve my cantonese too, and learn a few traditional dishes from Taishan as I really hope to preserve that aspect of culture too (especially because Cantonese language and culture seems to fading away in place of Mandarin culture and language- Taishanese language and culture is even more at risk of disappearing because far fewer people are from that region)

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绿色制服

每当我跟我朋友说我是从新加坡来的，他们就马上想起《摘金奇缘》那部电影。虽然《摘金奇缘》这部电影描述了新加坡城市的文化，但是我觉得电影只是介绍了那小部分非常富有的新加坡人的生活，并不代表我们新加坡的日常生活。所以，当我看了那部电影，虽然我为新加坡感到非常骄傲，但是我也觉得他们介绍的新加坡不是我住的新加坡。对我来说，新加坡并不只是大房子和富有的人。电影描述的新加坡只是新加坡的很小一部分。我认识的新加坡是一个拥有多元文化，多种族和很多美味佳肴的非常洁净的花园城市。

新加坡是位于东南亚的一个国家。虽然在世界地图上，新加坡只是一个小不点，但是我觉得作为一位新加坡公民是我最大的骄傲。我上小学的时候并不是个爱国者。我的家庭在我七岁时候就已经搬到中国了。爸爸在香港和上海上班，所以我和我的兄弟姐妹都跟着他走。在国外成长的过程中，我越来越喜欢在中国读书，shiyinwei……但是也慢慢地失去了新加坡人的身份rentong。

我的爸爸是个非常尊敬传统的人。但有时候太夸张了，比如说，每当唱国歌的时候，我爸有时会哭。所以，无论我们离新加坡有多远，爸爸还会经常带我们回国，让我们这些下一代的新加坡人不会失去我们的传统，我们的文化。我还记得，在十六岁之前我必须回到新加坡去报名参军。在新加坡，每个男孩一考完高中，就必须当两年的兵。在那时候，我也感到非常害怕，就问了爸爸：“为什么我们都必须当兵，新加坡已经是一个非常稳定和平的国家了，我们有什么必要去当兵呢？”那时候的我非常幼稚，就被爸爸骂了一顿，他跟我说保家卫国是每个新加坡男孩的责任。虽然现在的新加坡比很多国家稳定，但是我们不能把和平视为理所当然。

高中毕业之后，我回到了新加坡准备入伍。一个风和日丽的早晨，我在我家门口收到了一封信，要求我在三月十六日到海军特种部队报道。看了那封信使我感到非常失望，我觉得很不公平，为什么我的朋友能够到比较轻松的部队，而我就倒霉地被派去了特种部队。之后，我就想办法要放弃特种兵的职务，比如说，在做体质测试的时候，如果我故意不及格的话，就会被淘汰，之后就会被派到了比较轻松的位置。

在二零一四年三月八日，刚好我去当兵前的一个礼拜，新闻报了马来西亚航空的一架飞机坠毁。看了新闻报道，我的心紧了一下，感到非常害怕。之后，我听说新加坡海军部队派出了一队蛙人到南海寻找飞机残骸。我为新加坡的举动感到非常自豪。在那时候，我终于明白了当兵的重要性。从那天起，我就决定要努力去当个好兵。

在我入伍的那天，我抱着爸爸，跟他说再见。之后，我就剃了头发，把我的T恤换成了绿色制服，开始我新阶段的生活。虽然训练具有挑战性，但是我每次要放弃的时候，就会想起我爸爸说的话，想起我那天看的新闻，就会下定决心，拼命地去挑战生活给我出的难题。

我还会经常回想起当兵过程中最难的时刻。每一个新加坡特种兵必须经历了一个传道仪式。在这个所谓仪式的训练中，我连续一百二十个小时不停地做不同的运动，根本都没睡一觉。“我们是年轻的卫国军“ 这句话是我们每天吃饭之前都必须背出来的。那时候，我想起了我的父母，亲人和朋友。想起他们的安全就会给我动力度过一切难关。后来，我终于毕业了，之后被派到海军潜水部队。

在海军当潜水员，我必须要在每一个重大的事件发生的附近海域做安全检查。这是一个反恐怖主义的防御措施。例如，新加坡举办奥运会的时候，我们必须在新加坡的滨海湾做个检查。虽然我们是默默无闻的付出者，但是，能够看到新加坡公民开心地过日子，我们的任务就完成了。

这样，我刚开始以为又艰难又没意义的两年就那么快得结束了。当兵的日子不但能够让我成长，也能让我认识我的国家。虽然我经常在世界别地生活，但是每当我看见我衣架的时候，看到我的绿色制服时，我就会回想起我当兵的日子。绿色制服不仅代表了新加坡现代化的成就，也让我获得了一个身份 ——一位爱国的新加坡公民。《摘金奇缘》电影里的新加坡代表幸福，和平跟满足。这就是我的成就，这就是每一位新加坡公民的成就。

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我的稿子的主要内容是关于我父母提供给我的中西结合的教育方式。为了表现出这方面属于我自己的特征，我会选择用食物和我从小学到大的课外兴趣班来体现出从这方面我是如何成长和培养我自己的文化价值观的。因为我选择了写一千多文字的作文，所以我就不会写关于录制视频的东西。故事的开头会是从我一开始接触到这些传统的中国文化的当时的想法和表现，还有我如何去处理我对于有些文化观念的不同看法。接下来就会到当我遇到外国文化时，我是如何把中国文化和外国文化结合到一起的。在这个过程中，我和我父母经常会有争执，而且每次我都说不过他们。在遇到这个问题的时候，我变得非常叛逆，常常不会听父母的劝说也不愿意去理解他们，这个给我们家庭带来了非常不和谐的相处方式。当我意识到这个问题的时候，我选择了用自己的方式去化解矛盾。采取的方式也是通过我做了一桌我们家非常爱吃的食物然后去找父母和解。但是如果我在中途改变了主意想做视频了，那么我会用一张白板或者一张纸画出来我的成长经历和会提到的主要重点比如说食物还有课外兴趣班。

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我的稿子的主要内容是关于我父母提供给我的中西结合的教育方式。为了表现出这方面属于我自己的特征，我会选择用食物和我从小学到大的课外兴趣班来体现出从这方面我是如何成长和培养我自己的文化价值观的。因为我选择了写一千多文字的作文，所以我就不会写关于录制视频的东西。故事的开头会是从我一开始接触到这些传统的中国文化的当时的想法和表现，还有我如何去处理我对于有些文化观念的不同看法。接下来就会到当我遇到外国文化时，我是如何把中国文化和外国文化结合到一起的。在这个过程中，我和我父母经常会有争执，而且每次我都说不过他们。在遇到这个问题的时候，我变得非常叛逆，常常不会听父母的劝说也不愿意去理解他们，这个给我们家庭带来了非常不和谐的相处方式。当我意识到这个问题的时候，我选择了用自己的方式去化解矛盾。采取的方式也是通过我做了一桌我们家非常爱吃的食物然后去找父母和解。但是如果我在中途改变了主意想做视频了，那么我会用一张白板或者一张纸画出来我的成长经历和会提到的主要重点比如说食物还有课外兴趣班。

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My documentary will tell the story of how my parents immigrated to Canada from when they first made the decision to arriving in an unfamiliar new country, finding jobs to support our family, and then working hard to increasingly improve our living conditions along the way. Although every immigrant family has their own distinct story, hopefully this film will resonate with many others from an immigrant background as I try to understand the emotional impact of immigration. I would likely film using my cell phone although I have a camera (not a video camera) that I can use. I plan on editing the film using Lightworks, which is a free video editing software.

As an introduction and through off-screen narration, I will talk about my own memories of first coming to Canada when I was eight years old and contrast my hazy childhood memories with the experience of my parents. There is much detail about what happened (especially the preliminary parts) that I still do not know about which I would like to find out. I also suspect that my childhood mind has drastically distorted or exaggerated some events in an untruthful which I would like to correct. During the narration, I plan to be off-screen while showing on-screen some photographs and videos we have from over the years. I would like to use some recent pictures and videos that I recently took in China during reading break to show the city of Baoding that we all came from.

The crux of the film will be an interview with my mom and dad sitting on the sofa while drinking tea while I ask them about their entire immigration experience from the very beginning to the present day. I will ask questions about how and when they first heard about Vancouver as a potential destination, why they wanted to come here, what they knew about Canada before arriving, the process of applying for immigration as skilled workers, and first getting oriented in Canada. I will ask them how they found their first jobs, how they put food on the table with limited amounts of money, and whether their new home lived up to their expectations. I’ll ask my dad to tell his story about his first night on the job as a security guard at Crystal Mall and trying to communicate with a police officer using his limited English. I’ll ask them about the most difficult part about adapting to new country as well as amusing anecdotes about culture shock. I will ask them if they thought the whole immigration experience was worth it and whether they would do it again.

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My Story:

Introduction

从小，我的精神渴望冒险

Coming to Canada

当我第一次来到加拿大时，是我第一次看到山脉。 我没有想到它会影响我的生活方向。

What makes my hobby different from others

喜欢爬山需要一种特殊的人。很多朋友不明白，为什么爬山对我的生活有那么意义。当你爬山的时候，总是会很辛苦， 可是过去这个经历后，会得到一种巨大的成就感。

Beginning to ski

但是UBC学期的时候大多是在冬天。冬天的时候， 因为白天比较短，天气也不太好，很多人（包括我）不想出去。可是如果留在家中，每天无事可做，很容易觉得郁闷。所以我开始滑雪。

Combining Skiing and hiking: Skiing in the wild

雪场是一个好地方来慢慢的学习滑雪基础。但是滑野雪是一个完全不同的感觉。在野外没有缆车来送你上到山顶，携带自己的装备，用自己的体力爬上去。

Avalanche Safety

安全在野雪场里是很重要的事情，

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Main idea

I was born in china then at the age of 3, my family and i immigrated to Canada. Unlike most new immigrants, my parents never assimilated to the Canadian culture. At home and we all spoke Chinese and continued to live out our Chinese heritage. Though at school I quickly assimilated to the western culture because all my friends and teachers grew up here. Since then I’ve had an identity crisis where I’m confused as to whether i should lean more towards my natural heritage, or the heritage that I grew up in.

Part 1: Chinese heritage

Because there is a very dominate Chinese community in Vancouver, family of the Chinese families who move here maintain their culture, likewise with my parents. As a result my parents never really learned to speak english and did everything based of Chinese traditions.

Part 2: White heritage

Though i was completely fluent in Chinese, before coming to university, I wasn’t able to recognize more than 50 characters. As I went to school that only had english speakers, that soon became the main language that i spoke. I did all my school work in English and spoke to all my friends in english. Everything apart from speaking to my parent was in English and its fair to say that the english you speak often identifies the culture that you are from.

Part 3: Wannabe FOB

In recent years Canada began accepting more and more Chinese immigrants. Often these immigrants were well off, did not assimilate to western cultures, lived life to the max and were generally regarded to as FOB’s (fresh off the boat). I saw how cool all the rich FOB’s were and decided to embrace that lifestyle as well.

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家乡的印象

加拿大和香港有很大的分别，文化，传统，语言，生活方式都完全不一样。加拿大的国家是移民跟原住民组成的地方。由于加拿大是移民和原住民的同化的地方，因此我自己的父母从香港二十年前移民到了加拿大。他们都是很努力自己赚钱去加拿大为了生活方式的持守。除了生活方式以外，他们都想放弃以前的文化，保守的态度。他们想多开放，多开心，多好好生活等等。为了这些原因，他们就移民到了加拿大。移民到了之后生了我，那时候到现在加拿大是我的长大的地方。
到了5岁的时候，我就开始上加拿大的小学。在小学，我们的课程不让我们自选自己的课，真的很无聊。那时候，因为我是一个孩子，所以我超开心，很有精力，一直玩笑的感受。每天都去操场和朋友一起玩游戏。有时候，我让老师很烦恼为了我不听话，不需要听校规。当时，我的生活中表面上很平常，其实很多人，老师，同学都对我很不公平因为太阳晒了我的皮色很黑。中国的朋友和他们的父母都对我有种族主义的第一印象。每次他们都问我“为什么你很黑“，“你是中国人吗”，“你从哪里来的”，”你是菲律宾人吗“。这些问题对我很有心痛，很冷漠，我会觉得我跟朋友的同学都很不一样。每天都一直一直哭因为人们不接受我的认同，我也是一个小孩子，所以我完全不懂他们的看法和想法。
我开始高中的时候，我的朋友都会批评和笑我的皮色，我的传统，我自己的认同。当时，每个人都判断我应该怎么做出一个好的中国人。我父母也教我香港的传统内容是应该怎么用，香港人该怎么做出一个好的社会上的人。其中一群中国人，我父母和学生都会分辨我的皮色和说花的能力。这些的批评是很种族主义的，他们都要批评我文化背景和香港的身份影响。有时候，如果我去唐人街买东西或者去中文传统有关的地方，每个人都会猜我不是中国人，他们一直用英文来回答我，不用中文。表面上如果我说的好标准的中文，人们用尊重对我，其实如果他们不听懂的话，他们就会辨析我。从这里的观众，我觉得所有的人是非常刻薄和粗心。

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家乡的印象

加拿大和香港有很大的分别，文化，传统，语言，生活方式都完全不一样。加拿大的国家是移民跟原住民组成的地方。由于加拿大是移民和原住民的同化的地方，因此我自己的父母从香港二十年前移民到了加拿大。他们都是很努力自己赚钱去加拿大为了生活方式的持守。除了生活方式以外，他们都想放弃以前的文化，保守的态度。他们想多开放，多开心，多好好生活等等。为了这些原因，他们就移民到了加拿大。移民到了之后生了我，那时候到现在加拿大是我的长大的地方。
到了5岁的时候，我就开始上加拿大的小学。在小学，我们的课程不让我们自选自己的课，真的很无聊。那时候，因为我是一个孩子，所以我超开心，很有精力，一直玩笑的感受。每天都去操场和朋友一起玩游戏。有时候，我让老师很烦恼为了我不听话，不需要听校规。当时，我的生活中表面上很平常，其实很多人，老师，同学都对我很不公平因为太阳晒了我的皮色很黑。中国的朋友和他们的父母都对我有种族主义的第一印象。每次他们都问我“为什么你很黑“，“你是中国人吗”，“你从哪里来的”，”你是菲律宾人吗“。这些问题对我很有心痛，很冷漠，我会觉得我跟朋友的同学都很不一样。每天都一直一直哭因为人们不接受我的认同，我也是一个小孩子，所以我完全不懂他们的看法和想法。
我开始高中的时候，我的朋友都会批评和笑我的皮色，我的传统，我自己的认同。当时，每个人都判断我应该怎么做出一个好的中国人。我父母也教我香港的传统内容是应该怎么用，香港人该怎么做出一个好的社会上的人。其中一群中国人，我父母和学生都会分辨我的皮色和说花的能力。这些的批评是很种族主义的，他们都要批评我文化背景和香港的身份影响。有时候，如果我去唐人街买东西或者去中文传统有关的地方，每个人都会猜我不是中国人，他们一直用英文来回答我，不用中文。表面上如果我说的好标准的中文，人们用尊重对我，其实如果他们不听懂的话，他们就会辨析我。从这里的观众，我觉得所有的人是非常刻薄和粗心。

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Essay topic: 为什么我学习中文？这对我的认同有什么影响？

Early Childhood

Born and raised in Richmond (big HK community), I have a lot of opportunities to use Cantonese

Parent's Cantopop introduced me chinese music

Parents encouraged me to only speak Cantonese at home (why?)

Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat introduced me to Chinese culture

Went to Chinese school to study Mandarin (no use outside of class)

Feelings toward Chinese culture (why I didn't like dim sum)

High School (~500字)

started to like anime, kpop (start to appreciate asian culture more)

took chinese class (easy A course)

learning chinese was not important to me (I only cared about the grades)

class was too easy because there were non-chinese students

Started to get harder in MAND 11/12

learned that truly learning a language takes a lot of effort

UBC/now

kpop introduced me to WayV (c-pop)

worked at the outlet near the airport (many chinese tourists) and I almost got yelled at for not being able to speak chinese

took chinese class (why I took it and what made me stay)

Went to Club HK to learn Cantonese (feeling in between, identity crises)

UBC friends (more chinese friends so I can practice my Mandarin)

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The Chinese language is the world’s most spoken language

普通话是世界上使用最多的语言

Just give it a thought, over 1 billion people in the world speak it and that number continues to grow each day

想一下，世界上有超过10亿人能说普通话，而且每天这个数字都会增加

In my opinion, what makes the Chinese language so different from other languages is the ways in which someone could learn the language

对我来说，中文与其他语言如此不同的原因在于学习这门语言的方式

Some of us only speak Chinese at home with family

有些人只和家人在家里说中文

Some of us were raised to use Chinese as a first language

有些人被提到只说中文

Some of us can only speak Chinese but not write in Chinese

有些人只能说中文但不能用中文来写字

Some of us write in simplified Chinese characters only and have no clue about how to write in traditional Chinese characters

有些人只用简体字来写，不知道怎么用繁体字

So many of us are able to use the same language in a certain way but how that same language affects each and every one of us is so different

我们都能以某种方式使用同一种语言，但这门语言对我们每个人的影响是不同的

Hello everyone, my name is Julian Lee and today I’ll be sharing my experience with the Chinese language

大家好，我的名字是李亦斌。今天,我会分享我与中文的经验

I’m from Malaysia, a country in South-East Asia filled with people of different religions and cultures

我来自马来西亚，东南亚一个充满不同宗教和文化的国家.

Where I’m from, most Malaysian-Chinese are comfortable with conversing in at least three languages because we use it wherever we go

在我的家乡，大多数马来西亚华人都习惯用至少三种语言交谈，因为我们无论到哪里都可以用。

Learning English, Chinese and Malay from a young age was a minimum for most of my Chinese friends and myself

从小，学习英语，华语和马来语是马来西亚的华人最低的要求

Since a lot of parents back home believed that learning a lot at a young age would greatly benefit us in the future, and they weren’t wrong

因为很多家长都认为在年轻时学习很多东西将来会对我们有利，而且他们没错

Growing up, my parents would always try their best to encourage me and my siblings to learn different languages

在成长过程中，我的父母会鼓励我和我的兄弟姐妹学习不同的语言

Because they thought that the ability to speak to all kinds of people in the world was a very useful skill

因为他们认为与世界各种人交谈的能力是一项非常有用的技能

More importantly, my parents wanted me to learn Chinese so that I would not forget my roots

更重要的是，我的父母希望我学习中文，这样我就不会忘记自己的文化认同

In 2008, just before the Beijing Olympics, my father was given the opportunity to move my family and I to Beijing

在2008年，北京奥运会之前，我的父亲有机会将我和我的家人搬到北京

At that time, I had just started middle school in Malaysia and I had never been to China before so I was a bit worried about how life would be like there

我那是刚开始在马来西亚上中学，而且我从来没有去过中国，所以我有点担心那里的生活会怎样

But looking back, I don’t regret it one bit

但回头看，我一点都不后悔

When I was in Beijing, I attended an international school called “Harrow International School of Beijing”

当我在北京的时候，我上了一所叫做“北京哈罗英国学校”的国际学校。

While I was there, I got to meet people from all over the world

当我在那里的时候，我遇到了来自世界各地的人

I was also introduced to a lot of local Chinese friends

我也被介绍给很多当地的中国朋友

They encouraged me to improve my Chinese speaking skills

他们也鼓励我提高我的中文口语能力

Being an international student there, I got the chance to travel all over China to learn about the different cultures and people there

作为一名国际学生，我有机会到中国各地旅游，了解那里的不同文化和人民

In my opinion, learning Chinese in Beijing was a lot more difficult than learning it Malaysia

对我来说，在北京学习中文比在马来西亚学习中文更困难

Mainly because we speak the language a little differently back home so I had to adjust my speaking habits

因为我们在马来西亚里说中文的有点不同所以我需要调整我的口语习惯

But I was glad to have had the opportunity to further improve my Chinese in Beijing

但我很高兴有机会在北京进一步提高我的汉语水平

Because even though it was not easy, it was the most effective way to improve my Chinese

因为虽然这并不容易，这是提高我中文水平的最有效方法

After leaving Beijing, I went back home to Malaysia to finish high school

离开北京后，我回到马来西亚完成高中学业

It was difficult to maintain my proficiency in Chinese since it was not mandatory to attend Chinese classes anymore like it was in Beijing

因为不再像在北京那样必须参加中文课了，很难保持我的汉语水平

Now that I’m in Vancouver, I’m glad that there are a lot of Chinese people here

既然我在温哥华，我很高兴这里有很多华人

Because it can be hard to remember how to use a language when you stop using it for a long time so it’s great that I can use it often here

因为当你长时间不使用一种语言时，很难记住如何使用它，所以我经常在这里使用它是很好的

In the end, continuing to learn Chinese in CHIN 243 has really helped me converse better with my Chinese friends and family

最后，继续在Chin 243学习中文真的帮助我更好地与中国朋友和家人交谈

Being able to understand more of what is being said on TV, in songs, or on Chinese social media platforms has also made learning Chinese more satisfying

能够更多听懂电视节目、歌曲或中国社交媒体平台上所说的话，也使学中文更加令人满意

And now that I am older, learning Chinese has also helped me appreciate and learn more about the Chinese culture

现在我长大了，学中文帮助我了解中国文化也对中国文化有更多欣赏

It has also motivated me to continue learning more about other languages in general

这也促使我继续学习更多语言

I strongly believe that learning new languages can influence and improve a person’s thinking because it introduces more ways for us to think and express ourselves

我相信学习新语言能影响和进步一个人的思想，因为它能介绍更多的思考和表达自己的方式

If given the opportunity, I think everyone should at least give learning a new language a try, even if it seems like a lot of work\

如果有机会的话，我认为每个人至少都应该尝试学习一门新语言，即使这看起来像是很多工作

Who knows? It might create all kinds of opportunities for you

谁知道？它可能为你创造各种机会

Thank you so much for watching, bye bye!

非常感谢您的收看，再见！

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绿色制服

每当我跟我朋友说我是从新加坡来的，他们就马上想起《摘金奇缘》那部电影。虽然《摘金奇缘》这部电影描述了新加坡城市的文化，但是我觉得电影只是介绍了那小部分非常富有的新加坡人的生活，并不代表我们新加坡的日常生活。所以，当我看了那部电影，虽然我为新加坡感到非常骄傲，但是我也觉得他们介绍的新加坡不是我住的新加坡。对我来说，新加坡并不只是大房子和富有的人。电影描述的新加坡只是新加坡的很小一部分。我认识的新加坡是一个拥有多元文化，多种族和很多美味佳肴的非常洁净的花园城市。

新加坡是位于东南亚的一个国家。虽然在世界地图上，新加坡只是一个小不点，但是我觉得作为一位新加坡公民是我最大的骄傲。我上小学的时候并不是个爱国者。我的家庭在我七岁时候就已经搬到中国了。爸爸在香港和上海上班，所以我和我的兄弟姐妹都跟着他走。在国外成长的过程中，我越来越喜欢在中国读书，shiyinwei……但是也慢慢地失去了新加坡人的身份rentong。

我的爸爸是个非常尊敬传统的人。但有时候太夸张了，比如说，每当唱国歌的时候，我爸有时会哭。所以，无论我们离新加坡有多远，爸爸还会经常带我们回国，让我们这些下一代的新加坡人不会失去我们的传统，我们的文化。我还记得，在十六岁之前我必须回到新加坡去报名参军。在新加坡，每个男孩一考完高中，就必须当两年的兵。在那时候，我也感到非常害怕，就问了爸爸：“为什么我们都必须当兵，新加坡已经是一个非常稳定和平的国家了，我们有什么必要去当兵呢？”那时候的我非常幼稚，就被爸爸骂了一顿，他跟我说保家卫国是每个新加坡男孩的责任。虽然现在的新加坡比很多国家稳定，但是我们不能把和平视为理所当然。

高中毕业之后，我回到了新加坡准备入伍。一个风和日丽的早晨，我在我家门口收到了一封信，要求我在三月十六日到海军特种部队报道。看了那封信使我感到非常失望，我觉得很不公平，为什么我的朋友能够到比较轻松的部队，而我就倒霉地被派去了特种部队。之后，我就想办法要放弃特种兵的职务，比如说，在做体质测试的时候，如果我故意不及格的话，就会被淘汰，之后就会被派到了比较轻松的位置。

在二零一四年三月八日，刚好我去当兵前的一个礼拜，新闻报了马来西亚航空的一架飞机坠毁。看了新闻报道，我的心紧了一下，感到非常害怕。之后，我听说新加坡海军部队派出了一队蛙人到南海寻找飞机残骸。我为新加坡的举动感到非常自豪。在那时候，我终于明白了当兵的重要性。从那天起，我就决定要努力去当个好兵。

在我入伍的那天，我抱着爸爸，跟他说再见。之后，我就剃了头发，把我的T恤换成了绿色制服，开始我新阶段的生活。虽然训练具有挑战性，但是我每次要放弃的时候，就会想起我爸爸说的话，想起我那天看的新闻，就会下定决心，拼命地去挑战生活给我出的难题。

我还会经常回想起当兵过程中最难的时刻。每一个新加坡特种兵必须经历了一个传道仪式。在这个所谓仪式的训练中，我连续一百二十个小时不停地做不同的运动，根本都没睡一觉。“我们是年轻的卫国军“ 这句话是我们每天吃饭之前都必须背出来的。那时候，我想起了我的父母，亲人和朋友。想起他们的安全就会给我动力度过一切难关。后来，我终于毕业了，之后被派到海军潜水部队。

在海军当潜水员，我必须要在每一个重大的事件发生的附近海域做安全检查。这是一个反恐怖主义的防御措施。例如，新加坡举办奥运会的时候，我们必须在新加坡的滨海湾做个检查。虽然我们是默默无闻的付出者，但是，能够看到新加坡公民开心地过日子，我们的任务就完成了。

这样，我刚开始以为又艰难又没意义的两年就那么快得结束了。当兵的日子不但能够让我成长，也能让我认识我的国家。虽然我经常在世界别地生活，但是每当我看见我衣架的时候，看到我的绿色制服时，我就会回想起我当兵的日子。绿色制服不仅代表了新加坡现代化的成就，也让我获得了一个身份 ——一位爱国的新加坡公民。《摘金奇缘》电影里的新加坡代表幸福，和平跟满足。这就是我的成就，这就是每一位新加坡公民的成就。

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从出生到现在，我实际上住在香港的时间少于10年。虽然如此，我确确实实是一个拿着香港身份证和回乡证的香港人。我的父母都说粤语。在家的时候每天都会吃妈妈做的粤菜。在香港出生的我三年级就因为爸爸的工作而搬到了上海。之后爸爸在公司晋升了我们就到了北京住。我们就是一个搬到了中国内地的普通香港家庭。

上海和北京的语言，文化和环境与香港完全不同。此外，搬到上海的那一年也正是我接受国际学校的教育的开始。当时刚到上海的我担心的并不是不会说普通话，而是不会说英语。那个时候遇到了很多问题，我也过的很不开心。在学校里，我的英语不够同学的好，所以不能像其他的小朋友一样玩的很开心。在学校外，我不会说普通话，所以没办法跟街上和店里的人沟通。 我每天都盼望着搬回香港的一天。

可是这一天并没有到来。我们在上海住了三年就搬到了北京。高中毕业后我才离开北京，搬到了加拿大上大学。在北京，我还是继续接受国际学校的教育。英语渐渐的变成了我最流利的语言。

这么多年来，我经常被误会成亚裔。就算回到香港，亲戚朋友们都会说我是“鬼妹仔”。在粤语，“鬼妹仔”的意思就是外国女孩子。跟在香港的朋友聊天时，我进不了他们的话题，因为我发现我和他们没有相同的经历。我的粤语没有他们的那么流利，我说话比他们慢。我已经不知道在香港生活到底是什么样了。我好像真的慢慢的变成了一个“鬼妹仔”。为了可以成为一个真正的香港人，我很努力的向他们学习。我学他们说话的方式，用的词语，和生活的风格。我现在更努力的学习中文。可是这个并没有我想象中的容易。

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Autobiography Essay Outline

移民加拿大前：8岁那年，爸爸妈妈突然告诉我我们要去加拿大了，我印象中的加拿大是一个只有北极熊的地方，所以我很不喜欢。加拿大对我来说完全是一个陌生的地方，那里的语言，饮食，生活习惯，文化传统我都不了解。最重要的是，我不想离开从小陪伴我长大的爷爷奶奶。但是我爸爸骗我说，我们只是去加拿大看看，不喜欢就回来。一开始我相信了他，来到加拿大之后，我就没有办法再回去了，不管我怎么哭闹，我爸爸坚持要我们留下来。

到达加拿大：我们一家刚到达加拿大的时候是在Prince Edward Island， 那里什么都没有，我也不会说英文，那里的环境让我很陌生。PEI没有中国的高楼大厦，人们走路都是满满的，说的话我也听不懂。每次吃晚饭的时候，我就特别想念奶奶煲的汤，但是我们经常只能吃意大利面。环境的恐惧让我每天都会哭，我还经常尝试逃跑，记得有一次，我自己跑出门被爸爸发现了，我一直追我，我越跑越快，然后就把手摔坏了。

加拿大生活：后来，我爸爸妈妈带我来到温哥华之后，我变的比较开心了，因为Richmond有中餐吃。我第一次到麦当劳的时候，我爸爸让我去点单，我只能用菜单上的数字点单。最糟糕的是，我爸爸让我拿番茄酱，我也不知道英文是什么，所以我就说了tomato juice。这我印象非常深刻，店员都在嘲笑我，因此我对学习英文失去了信心。我学习英语花了很长的时间，因为我一直很排斥。一开始进ESL班，之会说“How are you?” “I’m fine thank you and you?”。后来，我的老师鼓励我，学英语不是一件非常难的事情，只要在日常生活中多说英语，平常多阅读英文的书籍，英文就会进步得非常快。

中国人？加拿大人？：来加拿大这么多年，我觉得我在加拿大被本地人当作是外地人。在中国也被当成“海归”，感觉在那里都不是最舒服的。我一直觉得，移民来加拿大是我人生中很重要的一部分。每当我说中文的时候，都会有一种非常亲切的感觉，也会让我有一种归属感。相反，当我说英文的时候，我会变得非常理智和专业。我认为会说两种语言是我的优点，也塑造了我的人生。

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我的名字是区晋维，I am also called Andy。我是一位加拿大的华侨。这我的亚裔加拿大故事。

我在温哥华出生长大。在小学的时候，我不懂什么是种族因为我的小学有很多人和我长得一样。在我8岁的那一年，我们家搬到了高贵林。一开始在新的城市和环境里交朋友然我觉得恨困难。当时大部分的人口在高贵林都是白种人。亚裔的面孔是很少见到的尤其在我的学校里。在小学四年纪的时候是我第一次遇到种族主义和歧视。这是我第一次觉到跟其他人不一样的感觉在很多不同的地方。我和我的同学吃的不同，穿着也不同，皮肤的颜色和兴趣爱好都不同。甚至我在学校不许修 ESL 的课虽然我的第一语言是英语。我感到不公平和困惑，因此我否认了我的亚洲背景和传统。

过了几年，我的家庭又搬回到温哥华。这事在高中的时候我又遇见交新朋友的困难。可是在温哥华，我遇见和我一样的朋友们。在我的高中，百分之五十的学生是亚裔人。我遇到和我一样在加拿大出身的亚裔人。在高中我慢慢的加入到 CBC 的团体。我也认识了许多刚到加拿大的亚裔同学。高中然我多开眼见，然我遇见了和我相同的好朋友还有然我学到亚裔传统的知识。

高中毕业后我被 UBC 入去。我特别开心还有兴奋。在大学我加入了很多亚裔的社团。在大学里我们可以选择我们想学的课。一开始我在思考我想不想选修中文课。但是我对中文有更大的兴趣因为我的朋友和社团，我决定我要提高我的中文还有学到对于我传统的知识。我是一名亚裔加拿大人。我有不同的传统和理想和爱好但是这就是我，我就是区晋维。

设置: 第一堂中文课堂

我：uh Hi, 你好，我是andy, whats your name?

朋友：hi my names XXX

我：

(我这个星期🈶️3⃣️哥考试，所以我没要太多时间写这个脚本, 下周我会写得更好..)

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自我介绍：我是谁

您好，我出生于广东省，广州市的劳兆茵。小时候的我不太懂到底发生了什么事，还天真地以为我们一家人是出国玩而已，其实我父母为了我的未来而决定搬到加拿大。《蜗牛自传》要描述的是我适应西方社会的过程以及加拿大的文化、环境和人民如何改变了我的性格和文化认同。

第一章：活泼开朗的我

在广东小学的我特别热情爱玩，活泼开朗，因此也十分享受尝试新的事物。虽然我不识水性，但我依然在我爸爸和姑妈的陪伴下在游泳池玩得十分愉快。喜爱到处玩闹的我有认真学习的时候，也有忘记做功课的时候。在我因为没有做功课而失落的时候，我妈妈不断的鼓励我，让我坚持到底。

第二章：人生路不熟的我

第一次到了加拿大就像到了另一个世界一样，我对于周围的环境和事物既很感兴趣又感到陌生。我姑姐给我的糖就像珠子一样大，它们的颜色也十分相似，让我觉得很新奇。当我人生路不熟的一刻，我表姐和表妹的陪伴令我感受到家的温暖让我逐渐熟悉周围的环境。

第三章：高学生的我

我上了高中之后仍然保持着我偷懒爱玩的性格，整天只想着出去跟朋友玩。但是后来我清醒过来了，而下定决心做一名好学生。在这一刻，我也许刚刚开始我的蜗牛生活，因为我只重视考试的结果而其他的事都不重视。

第四章：成熟懂事的我

加拿大的习俗和人民不仅改变了我未来的生活，而且还改变了我的性格。我也做了一些我在中国从来不会做的事。这些事情提醒了我，我的文化认同和我与加拿大出生的朋友的区别。虽然卷啊大的文化对我有改变，但是我发现我依然跟他们不一样。
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总结：她们都是我

总而言之，加拿大的环境和人民给我带来今天的我。虽然这些影响和改变造成我的蜗牛习惯，但是也同时教会了我人对人之间的礼貌。

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西方和中国人成长的过程很不一样。西方的父母比较开放也会让孩子有很多的自由。很多的中国父母对孩子的要求很高特别是在读书的方面，应为这些要求，很多人会叫这些父母，虎妈或者虎爸。这些虎妈，虎爸会严格地对待孩子希望他们能在学习方面很优秀。这些父母会让孩子有很大的压力因为如果孩子得不到父母希望的水平会被父母惩罚。小的时候我会觉得我的父母也算是虎妈虎爸但是其实他们不是。很多中国父母会对孩子严格是因为他们以前有很小机会读书所以他们希望孩子好好地利用他们的机会去努力的读书。另外，在她们的年代的时候受到跟高的教育水平的人才会找到好的工作所以父母会希望孩子也有好的未来。我的父母一方面会像虎妈虎爸一样觉得学习很重要但我不会害怕他们也不会觉得他们对我的要求太高。我父母对我的教育方式跟它们两个的成长很有关系。

我爸爸是在香港出生的。在家里他有一个姐姐，一个妹妹，和两个弟弟。 在那个年代，很多家庭会比较想生男孩子因为男孩子可以保持住家庭的姓。我爸爸是最大的儿子所以他的外婆和父母特别疼爱他。虽然我爸爸是大儿子但是他从来没被宠坏因为他的爸爸特别严格也觉得孩子必须要读书而也要拿到好成绩。虽然我爷爷很重视学习但是其实他自己也不是一个读书人。他有几个弟弟都读了很多书，有一个是会计师，有一个是教授。我爷爷对我爸爸的严格让他有原动力去努力学习，努力工作。最后他在香港也拿到经济的大学学位。在那时候因为香港的发展建筑业很受欢迎所以我爸爸移民前是做建筑。1989 的时候，天安门的事让很多人觉得中国政府很可怕。哪一年我的父母也决定移民到加拿大。为了移民我父母放弃了在香港好的生活水平而因为希望可以离开复杂的政治事情。在香港，学生也必须要读英文但当然说不必加拿大人说的好。虽然我爸爸的英文哪时候很差但他决定去考会计。考会计的时候他已经四十多岁，在课里他也是最老的但这些东西没影响到他。我出生的那一年（1998）就成为了会计师。他也很幸运因为他的叔叔介绍他去一家物理管理公司。我爸爸在那一家公司都做了二十几年也是公司的物业经理。我爸爸的成功和努力然我妈妈，姐姐和我活的舒服和开心。我爸爸的父母经济上也从来没帮过他，只是我爸爸给他们钱。有一个故事，我爸爸常常会跟我说。他刚毕业的时候去了澳门出差因为那时候赚钱赚的很小所以只是买了些甜点回家。他送给爸爸的时候他就骂他说他为什么买那么便宜的东西回来。从我的看法我觉得这件事对我爸爸影响很大因为他赚不够钱他的爸爸会觉得不够好。这种压力让我爸爸觉得努力做事，成为一个成功的人才可以让他的爸爸骄傲。

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我想介绍我的故事。加拿大是我的出生地，但是我认为香港是我的家乡。出生以后我在加拿大住了三年，然后我就搬去香港。我先上了一个本地学校，两年后，在二年级的时候我就转学到了国际学校。从二年级到大学都上了国际学校，对我来说这个过度时期有一个很大的转变。当时我对这个转变很不开心，但是现在我对这个转变非常感激。

1998年，我和我的孪生兄弟在卑诗妇女医院出生的。我们在温哥华住了三年，在这个时候我和我的孪生兄弟上了蒙台梭利教育模式幼儿园班。上幼儿园的时候就学英文，然后放学后就学中文。虽然我用英文来跟弟弟沟通，但是就用广东话来跟父母沟通。我们在电视看的电影或电视节目都是英文的。三年后，后来因为爸爸公司分派了他在香港办公室上班而全家移民到香港。

移民到了香港后，我父母就选择在本地幼稚园注册上学。香港的本地教育体制跟加拿大的很不同。因为香港的即使占地面积很小，所以很多部分都在课堂里面学。但是我记得在加拿大的时候，很多的活动都在户外学的。加拿大的学习环境比香港传统的更轻松。

香港的传统教育对我来说很难适应，学习又多，又难。每天学英文和中文，我记得本地学校的中文难得不得了，父母雇佣了一位家庭教师来教我中文。星期一到五每天放学后学一个半小时，所以在这个时候我没有什么时间跟朋友一起玩。学校课程也决定我们要学一种乐器或唱歌。本地学校真的很艰苦。然后学完了一年班的时候，我就转学到了国际学校。因为我去的本地学校离我家太远了，每天都迟到。父母希望我有个好的学习经历，

所以他们选择了一个离家近的学校。而且他们从朋友听说，读国际学校会让我将来容易上个好的大学。

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我出生在温哥华，我是一个华裔人，除了英文以外我也能说广东话，现在学普通话。因为我华裔人的身份我有很好的机会学两种语言，和认识两个不同的文化。我从小到大对我的华裔人的身份有不同的看法。
小的时候，大概七八岁的时候就觉得自己是加拿大人，是西方人。我的父母这个时候决定要帮我报名上普通话班。我还记得我当时的想法，我就想为什么一定要上普通话班？这些班会给我什么好处？我的父母不管我有什么想法，他们继续帮我报名，强迫我学普通话。我这个时候认识的中国文化就是春节因为我可以收钱，其他中国文化我不理也不想学。因为我这种态度让我觉得我是加拿大人，中国文化没有意思。
	到了高中的时候我的想法慢慢的改变。我是加拿大人，但做为加拿大人，我也可以学不同种语言。我能选课的时候，我就选中文课因为我想它是水课，不要做功课和学习。课上有很多华裔人，也有些西方人和韩国人。我这个时候没有觉得我是华裔人，我也是想我是一个加拿大人，跟其他华裔人一样选上中文课因为觉得是水课。中文课的老师介绍不同的中国文化让我们可以学会新的知识。除了春节以外，我也学会很多不同的中国文化，让我觉得中国文化不错，而很有意思。在这个时候我就开始接受我华裔人的身份。
	现在的我在大学完全接受我华裔人的身份。我觉得中文很有意思所以又选上中文课。我对中文课的态度也改变了。我跟以前的我不一样，现在我对中国文化有兴趣，也对中国历史非常有兴趣。我觉得现在的我不会觉得我是加拿大人或者是西方人，我会想我自己是华裔人。

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我出生在温哥华，我是一个华裔人，除了英文以外我也能说广东话，现在学普通话。因为我华裔人的身份我有很好的机会学两种语言，和认识两个不同的文化。我从小到大对我的华裔人的身份有不同的看法。
小的时候，大概七八岁的时候就觉得自己是加拿大人，是西方人。我的父母这个时候决定要帮我报名上普通话班。我还记得我当时的想法，我就想为什么一定要上普通话班？这些班会给我什么好处？我的父母不管我有什么想法，他们继续帮我报名，强迫我学普通话。我这个时候认识的中国文化就是春节因为我可以收钱，其他中国文化我不理也不想学。因为我这种态度让我觉得我是加拿大人，中国文化没有意思。
	到了高中的时候我的想法慢慢的改变。我是加拿大人，但做为加拿大人，我也可以学不同种语言。我能选课的时候，我就选中文课因为我想它是水课，不要做功课和学习。课上有很多华裔人，也有些西方人和韩国人。我这个时候没有觉得我是华裔人，我也是想我是一个加拿大人，跟其他华裔人一样选上中文课因为觉得是水课。中文课的老师介绍不同的中国文化让我们可以学会新的知识。除了春节以外，我也学会很多不同的中国文化，让我觉得中国文化不错，而很有意思。在这个时候我就开始接受我华裔人的身份。
	现在的我在大学完全接受我华裔人的身份。我觉得中文很有意思所以又选上中文课。我对中文课的态度也改变了。我跟以前的我不一样，现在我对中国文化有兴趣，也对中国历史非常有兴趣。我觉得现在的我不会觉得我是加拿大人或者是西方人，我会想我自己是华裔人。

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每次有人问我“你是哪里来的人啊？”的时候，我经常不知道怎么回答他们的问题。我坐出租车的时候司机常常会问我是不是中国人。我会说是的，是因为我表面上很明显的看起来像个中国人。但我实际上不觉得我是一个中国人。我的中文虽然在进步，可是也不会比一个在中国长大的人好。我也不是很理解中国的文化。虽然我是在台湾出生的，可是我出生过了还不到一年就因为爸爸的工作搬去越南了。但我也不觉得我是一个越南人。我越南话只会说一些基本的话和脏话，而且我也看不懂越南话。我长的一点也不像一个越南人。

我们全家搬到越南去是因为国民党派了我爸爸在工作的公司（中央贸易开发）找一些国外的投资机会，然后他们就决定要在越南的胡志明市做房地产开发。他们在胡志明市的一个大沼泽建出了东南亚最成功的房地产开发项目之一。我从小到大看到了这块地是怎么慢慢的发展的，连我上的学校也都是爸爸的公司盖的。我在那个学校（南西贡国际学校）从小学一直上到高中毕业，所以我有许多朋友都是从小就认识的。其实他们大部分是韩国人，因为胡志明市也有很多韩国人。

后来，我高中毕业过后就来到加拿大了。我下飞机过后第一个想法就是“哇，我终于搬到了一个我能看懂街道路标的地方了。我也终于来到了一个我能用当地的语言来跟大部分的人沟通！”而且来了温哥华过后我也交了很多新的从中国大陆来的朋友（我在越南的时候认识的中国人都是从台湾来的）。来了温哥华过后，我发现了各种各样的我从来没尝试过的中国菜，也理解了中国文化的很多的不同方面。因为我在温哥华认识的新朋友大都是中国人，所以我的中文也进步了很多。这是因为我平时只有在上课的时候说英文。

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在我成长的过程中，我经常会有文化迷失感。我的家人经常在车上放中文歌曲所

以我很熟悉梅艳芳，张学友，Beyond。 我们庆祝中秋节和清明节，但是我不清楚它们的意义。其他加拿大人以为我很了解中国文化，其他中国人以为我很了解加拿大文化。实际上，我两个都知道一点但都不多。尽管现在我对西方文化有更多的认同感但是在西方文化中却很难找到对亚洲文化的认同。所以我常常会有一种对自己身份的迷失感。

Growing up, I’ve always felt confused by my cultural identity. My family has always played Chinese music on road trips. I am well-acquainted with Anita Mui, Jacky Cheung and Beyond. We celebrate mid-autumn festival and Qing Ming jie amongst many others, but I’m not sure about their meaning. Canadians think I know a lot about Chinese culture. Other Chinese people think I know a lot about Canadian culture. In reality, I know a bit about both. Although I identify more with my Canadianness, it’s hard to find Asian representation in Western society. That’s why I feel lost when I consider my identity.

在西部电影中我们很少看到亚洲面孔，而且即便出现在屏幕中的亚洲面孔，也常常展示出一种带有对亚洲文化有偏见的价值观。我看的电影里从来都没有亚洲人做主角(jue)。即使有亚洲人的角色，他们也只知道读书或是非常内向。我常常在电影里看到这种形象，也接受了这个事实。然而，我很讨厌这种形象。虽然我有着亚洲面孔，但是我却不想成为带有那些刻板印象的亚洲人。我非常努力学习英语，穿不同的衣服，把我的头发染成彩虹色，尽力去摆脱西方人对亚洲人的那种传统印象。

It’s hard to find Asian faces in Western movies, and even when there is an Asian character, they are always reinforcing some stereotype. I have never seen a movie with a main character played by an Asian. On the rare occasion that there is an Asian character, they likely only know how to study or are very shy. Since I always saw these images of people who look like me, I accepted it as the truth. However, I hated those images. Even though I had an Asian appearance, I did not want to be associated with those limiting stereotypes. I studied English very hard, wore different clothes and dyed my hair in order to break away from those Western ideas of what it means to be Asian.

我在唐人街和温哥华市中心东区长大。我妈妈在大统华超市上班，她很努力工作来支撑我们家在加拿大的生活。我妈妈平常下班很晚，但是却坚持为我和弟弟做饭。我爸爸很少说话，但是我知道他很爱我。现在我拿到全额奖学金在UBC读商科，我妈妈对我感到很骄傲。尽管我妈妈不再担心我的衣食住行，但是每次我离开家的时候，她都会给我做一些吃的。她这个月打算回中国去看望我的祖父母以及去台湾旅游，我非常开心能看到她在辛苦工作后能有机会放松一下。

I grew up in the heart of Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside. My mother works full time at T&T. She worked really hard to support our family in Canada. Although she always gets off work late at night, she insists on cooking dinner for my brother and I. My dad doesn’t talk much but I know he cares for me a lot. Today I am studying business at UBC on a full ride scholarship. My mom is very proud of me. Even though she doesn’t have to worry about feeding me anymore, everytime I go home she makes sure that I have a home cooked meal. This month she is visiting my grandparents in China and traveling Taiwan. I’m super glad she gets a chance to relax for the first time in a long time.

我与自身文化认同的斗争一直存在于我内心深处。我没跟父母或是朋友说过。最近我才开始正视这个一直让我困惑的问题。当我在看Crazy Rich Asians， 听到“我要你的爱”这首歌时，我的眼泪就流出来了，因为这让我想起我童年时期的对文化认同的困惑。这种迷失感一直缠绕着我，直到现在。但最近我看到更多的中国人出现在荧幕中作为主演，我现在感觉情况开始发生变化, 随着越来越多的亚裔通过艺术和行动主义来对抗这些长期存在的对亚州人的印象。我也逐渐地能在这两种文化中找到自己合适的位置，我不再在这两种文化中迷失，正是中国和加拿大文化的交融造就了现在独特的我。

My struggle with identity is deeply personal. I don't think I've ever verbalized it to any friends and definitely not to my family. Only recently did I begin to confront the source of my discomfort with my identity. When I watched Crazy Rich Asians in theatres this summer and tears formed in my eyes with the opening scene playing “我要你的爱”, I was reminded of my childhood self who grew up conflicted about who she was. I can feel that things are starting to change as more Asian Canadians fight these longstanding one-dimensional portrayals of Asians through art and activism. I am also gradually finding my place amongst these two cultures. I accept that I am made up of these cultures and they make me who I am.

有时候也和加拿大朋友讲一些中国的有趣的迷信来开玩笑，比如一定要吃光所有的米饭不然就会孤独终老，我觉得也是传播中国文化的一种很好的方式。这个学期我上了中文课，不仅中文得到了提高，而且我还学到了很多中国戏剧和历史文化。这个夏天我打算和我的朋友回到中国，见我的亲戚们和看一看我父母的家乡。我在九月也将去香港大学做交换。我现在已经不再迷失，渐渐地，我决定接纳我的中国和加拿大认同，让他们成为我的一部分，因为这样，我才是完整的。

Sometimes I make jokes about Chinese superstitions to my other friends. For example, I tell them if they don’t finish all their rice then they will be forever alone. I think this is a great way to spread culture. This semester I enrolled in Chinese, where not only have my language skills improved tremendously but I’ve also been able to learn about Chinese cultural customs and history. This summer I am travelling China with my best friend to meet extended family and see the places where my parents grew up. I will be going on exchange in Hong Kong in September. Little by little, I am becoming more sure of myself and accepting of my unique culture identity. It makes me who I am, and because of it, I am me.

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Describe my parents story, the struggles and objectives they had to go through and how it effected them. How it effects me and how their learnings taught me and made me who I am today. What is different from their upbringing and mine and the differences in each country I've lived in and how they effected me.

Where Im from

Where I grew up

How or what I was taught

What is important to me in life

How am I different or similar from others

Parents story

Things that make me who I am

Differences between parents growing up

Differences between each country I lived in

Try to talk about things you notice in Canada that are different

Introduction:

Briefly describe myself and my story. For example where I'm from where I grew up etc.

Main Body:

My families background and story, not too in-depth.

Parents story.

What I consider my home country.

Main Body 2:

talk about the the different aspects I received throughout my life in different countries.

Differences and similarities between the countries and so forth.

Main Body 3:

more in depth about my character and the things I’ve learned. for example from my experiences and what my parents taught me.

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*做父母的Timeline*

我妈妈在1989年移民到加拿大的Vernon, 23岁的时候认识了我爸爸。他们是从朋友圈认识的。虽然父母两都是广东人，不过家庭背景完全不一样，一个是村长的女儿，一个是平凡人的儿子，所以结婚的过程中很困难。我父母结婚以后，因为工作的原因就搬到了Calgary，也生了他们第一个孩子，我姐姐，Nancy.

四年之后我父母又搬到Kelowna也在，1998年的父亲节生了我。因为1998年是虎年，因此在中国传统里生儿子是比较好，但是我并不是。我听说我妈妈怀孕时医生都跟她说我是个男孩子，连算命的人都说我是个男的。我出生的那天，我爸爸兴奋的马上买了一台车来迎接我。

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*从1-6岁*

我出生以后因为父母经常忙着上班，所以我大部分的时间都是姑姑来照顾我。我姑姑非常的疼爱我，对我好像对自己女儿一样。我姐姐从我出生以后就被我改了名字，“大大” 就是因为我不会说 “姐姐” 所以改了，连现在全家都会叫他 “大大”。但是其他的我都忘了。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

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*从6-14岁*

2000年我两岁的时候又搬到了Kamloops，在这个偏僻的加拿大城市里没有亚裔人，只有我家的人。一年后的2001年一月四号我父母就生了我弟弟，Waylen. 我家里非常的开心因为终于有个男的，但是我在我父母心里就越来越没有地位了！！！因为我的家那时候是Kamloops的唯一一家中国餐馆，所以在学校里每个人都认识我家。餐馆的生意刚开始，所以我父母也越来越没有时间照顾我们，因此我和姐弟们都是被奶奶带大的。奶奶是我们的英雄！

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*从15-18岁*

我第一次遇到真的从亚洲来的人就是我十五岁的时候，学校里有留学生。我从那天起就对亚洲有非常大的兴趣，下定决心一定要去亚洲让自己看看，但是我妈妈不让我去，因为她说我应该好好的读书，不要浪费时间。因此我就很努力的读书，希望有一天能去亚洲。皇天不负苦心人我成功了，不但可以去亚洲我还跳级了！

我16岁就从高中毕业了，但是我突然去了法国读书。。。。问我也不知道为什么。

5 分钟

*从18岁-现在*

从十五岁到现在我都没有跟我父母住，我喜欢独立的生活。自己上班，自己负责自己的起居饮食。虽然没有家人的照顾，但是我从生活中学到不同的技能和人与人之间的沟通。

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Chapter 1:

Born in Canada, growing up in Canada as an Asian kid,

出生在加拿大，我是一个亚洲孩子在这里长大，

Going to a school as an Asian kid where 98% of students are white,

我去这个学校, 其中98％的学生是白人

Being bullied for being Chinese, becoming more mature my heterosexual nature, the first girl I linked told me she did not like me because I am Chinese,

我被白人欺负因为我是中国人，我第一个喜欢的女孩，告诉我她不喜欢我因为我是中国人，

Chapter 2:

Move to area of City where now 60% of students are Asian,

搬到现在60％的学生是亚洲人的城市区

Still does not fit in,

仍然不适合，

Bullied for being anti-social, weird,

还被人们欺负，因为我不一样，

Realize that I can improve my future by studying and learning more,

我后来知道我多学习可以有好的未来，

Bullying now is different, not racism but predatory bullying,

欺凌现在是不同的，欺负的更坏

Bullies follow me into adult life,

欺负我的人更到我长大，

Try to ignore bullies throughout high school,

我移动那些人，当看不到，

Chapter 3:

Got good enough grades to get accepted into 2/2 universities I applied for,

得到好的成绩可以被我申请的2/2所大学录取，

Start optimistic life at university,

在大学开始乐观的生活，

Make some friends, forget past life, experience no racism or bullying in University,

结交一些朋友，忘记过去的生活，在大学里没有经历过种族主义或欺凌，

Brother becomes bad, engage in high risk behaviour, maybe does drugs,

兄弟变坏了，从事高风险行为，也许吸毒，

Family being dragged down by brother,

家人被兄弟拖下来

My grades start to suffer,

我的成绩开始受到影响，

Tries to find solution to his problem, but Canadian culture accepts bad behaviour, excuse -> mental health,

我找不到解放这个问题的帮发，因为加拿大文化接受这重行为，用头脑有问题来借口，

He starts to do things to harm us,

他开始做伤害我们的事情，

Life starts to fall apart again,

生活开始再次崩溃

Start to lose faith and hope in Canadian culture, Canadian system,

开始对加拿大文化希望，

Falls into depression for several years, entire life theme changed from optimistic to narcissistic,

整个人生主题从乐观变为自恋，

Chapter 4:

Realizes that being Asian has disadvantaged me many times,

因为我是亚洲人，我的生活不利

Sees dark side of Canadian culture,

看到加拿大文化的黑暗面，

Realizes that no matter how much I try, I will not succeed in this society,

意识到无论我尝试多少，我都不会在这个社会中取得成功因为我不是白人，而我是亚洲人

There are always people you will try to bring you down even your own brother,

这里的文化太差了，练兄弟都会做这些事情

Chapter 5:

Sees subtle Canadian racism,

看到微妙的加拿大种族歧，

Compared to blatant American racism that will directly say racist things, white Canadians show racism on their face, by showing disgust on their face,

加拿大的种族歧视，更美国 不同，那们白人会给你很丑脸看，可不在你面前说他不喜欢你这个亚洲人，

But racism not only from white people, a lot of racism from Filipino and Indian people who are also majority in Canada Vancouver,

但是我经验的种族歧视不是只是从白人， 菲律宾人和印度人也会特别种族歧视中国人，

Realizes no matter how much I adapt to this culture and society, I am an Asian person,

我是亚洲人，我明白这个社会，不接受我这种人，

Realizes that immediately after graduation I have to move back to Asia, China or Hong Kong or East Asian majority country or city, before my life is completely destroyed by these people.

我明白我毕业了时候就要会去亚洲，因为在那个社会才能欢迎我，

Worry that I will not fit in in Asian culture, being an alien since I have lived my whole life in Canada.

但是我担心我在那边也不能适应亚洲的文化，因为我是外星人，

The future awaits, optimism…

但是我对未来的看法很乐观，

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自从我出生以来，我就住在印度尼西亚的泗水。 我在那里住了十七年。 我的母语是印度尼西亚语，但由于我很小，我的父母过去常常教我基本的中文和英文。 我的父母一直认为学习和只懂一种语言是不够的。他们希望我说中文的另一个原因是因为我是出生在印度尼西亚的华裔。 我外婆是在新加坡出生的，我外公是在香港出生的。 我爸爸的父母都是在中国出生的。 由于殖民化，所有人都很早就搬到了印度尼西亚。

在我五岁之前，我的第二语言是中文。我只学会了用中文说话，直到我的父母决定让我去参加每两周一次的中文课。随着时间的推移，我学会了用中文写作，阅读和说话。从小学到七年级，我一直都去基督教学校。当我上七年级时，我的父亲担心我不能流利地用英语交流。然后他把我搬到了国际学校。第一个月非常困难;除了我，大多数人都会说一口流利的英语。但随着时间的推移，我的英语变得更好，最终成为我的第二语言。那时我还上中文课程，但在国际学校，他们的中文课程比我过去的中文课程更容易。由于我是家里第一个在国际学校上高中的人，我通过来自世界各地的朋友学习了很多其他国家的文化。例如：我在高中的朋友来自许多不同的国家。有几个人是从东南州，几个人是从北美洲，还有几个人是从欧洲来的。我能学到各种各样的文化。我的美国朋友教我北美的文化，因此很容易适应在加拿大的生活

当我离开高中去大学时候，我很遗憾地发现我高中的朋友都没有跟我一起来到UBC。我冒了风险，决定来这里探索温哥华。我在大学的第一年再次学习中文课程，因为我不想失去阅读和说这门语言的能力，而且我也不确定那时我需要拿什么课程。几年后，我发现UBC不会接受我在高中时获得的语言学分。所以我决定为什么不继续用中文学习。

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我是在中国出生的。我和我家里的面的人在我小时候三岁左右的时候移民到了加拿大。我的父母和别人的父母有点不一样，因为他们到现在都没有完全的融入加拿大人民的文化习惯。我们家里所有人只会一起说中文，不会说英文，只有我和我弟弟和姐姐上学的时候说英文。我们在学校很快就习惯了加拿大人民的文化和习惯，因为老师们和同学们都人很好而且都会帮助我学习英文。我觉得从那个时候开始我就有了身份危机，因为我不知道自己到底属于华人还是加拿大人。这件事我想了很久，到现在我还会在想，到底是怎么样。

温哥华的华人数量非常多，很多都是来到这里保持自己文化的中国人。这一点跟我的父母也一样，所以我们都来到了这里。这个原因导致我的家里人习俗方面跟中国人一样但是不太会讲英文除了孩子们。

我在上大学之前就已经能说正常的中国但是不会读中文也不太会写中文。最多也只能看懂五十个字左右。英文很快就变成了我平时主要说的语言。最大的原因就是因为我的学校里面所有的人都说英文所以我和我的弟弟姐姐没有别的选择。学校做的作业也是英文作业，我的朋友也没有中国人。我觉得一个人主要学习和讲的语言最后会非常影响一个人的。最后我见变成现在这样了。

最近这几年来，加拿大政府开始接受越来越多的移民，让他们来到加拿大成为这里的人民。很多过来加拿大的移民都是中国来的，很多她们家里条件都挺好的，所以她们过来之后还会说中文，很少说英文也不太会加入加拿大人的活动和文化习惯。这些人叫做FOB’s （刚刚下船的人）。我看到了这些人的生活方式很自由，每天做他们想做的事情，我也想跟他们一样生活所以我想成为一个FOB。

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好多人都坐过过山车，但是每个人对它有不同的看法。我小的时候极为讨厌坐过山车，但长大了以后，就渐渐的接受过山车--虽然会挑战我自己，但是这个经验会让我成长。坐过山车就代表了我作为一个CBC（即加拿大出生的华人）的认同的过程。

只从我上了大学，很多同学和朋友都佩服我到了UBC还要读中文而很多家长都很羡慕我作为华裔孩子愿意读中文，但是我对学中文的想法并不是一直都正面的。从小到大，妈妈会说这一句话“无论你有多成功，住在什么城市，或者说什么的话，人们一看见到你就知道你是中国人，所以你并需要学中文。”随着这个想法，从四岁开始妈妈每个星期都送我去上中文课。在小学，我班里全部的同学都学钢琴，跳舞，武术，等等而我呢只会写中文。他们表演的时候可以收到观众的称赞而我只可以考试的时候拿高分数。除了为了满足父母以外，我觉得花时间学语言没意义。

我对学中文的想法一直都在变，但是在我成长的时候有很多元素影响到和鼓励我坚持学中文。每一次到了一个成长的地步我会发现到中文对华裔人越来越重要。比如说，因为我的小学差不多百分之九十五都是华裔学生，所以校长就加上了中文班到课程里，每天都有一个小时学中文。虽然我小的时候没有认真的学中文，但是因为我的成长的环境，我有说中文的机会因此可以保持住基本的中文语言。

到了中学后，我失去每天说中文的机会，然后看到我的中文水平退步得很快。但在这段时间，我发现到温哥华到处的说中文的人越来也多。在我最喜欢的餐厅吃，我也要用中文来点菜，见到朋友的父母也要用中文来沟通。渐渐地我就发现到中文的重要性，特别是我选择学商业之后，每次说到商业就提到中国，所以就坚持的上课外中文课。

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我在温哥华的东部出生的，小时候成长，真的影响了我的自我意识。我住在东温哥华的两个不同的地方，那就是唐人街和PNE附近的人大部分。这两个地区都是由说广东话的中国人居住的，他们和我有着相似的种族背景。在学校，我的同学来自不同的种族。作为一个孩子，我们不会有种族的分别，只是通过大家的个性来一起互动。这给了我第一次认同感，因为我只是想和他们一起努力读书和游戏。

搬到里士满是一个全新的体验，虽然我之前已经搬过。这里的人们有些不同，我搬到这里不得不适应新的环境。里士满居住着更多的中国人，虽然我也是一个中国人，但我感到与他们有些脱节。可能我已经长大了，与其他人相比，我觉得不同，觉得我不属于自己。这是因为当我住在温哥华时，我从未试图根据他们的种族来适应人，而只是个性。随着时间的推移，我能够适应人群并获得新的经验，这有助于增加我的个人特质和身份。

自从搬到里士满后，我想与我的种族背景和文化联系更紧密，因为我感到很失落。在搬到里士满之前，我只是把自己当作加拿大人，但我并不认为自己是中国血统的加拿大人，因为我与自己的文化很不相关。我现在开始更多地了解中国语言和文化，并热衷于中国血统。

目前，我更了解自己以及如何看待自己的身份。我觉得我自己是中国人，也是加拿大人，我也发现中国传统的加拿大人也有自己的身份。随着时间的推移，我想找到更多关于我的起源，所以我进行了DNA测试，发现我不是中国人，而是四分之一的越南人。这些新信息带来了我的好奇心，我希望将来能够找到更多关于我自己更多的这一方面。

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作为一名在加拿大出生的华人，长大的过程中我经历了许多平常孩子没有经历过的事情，也考虑过很多其他孩子没有考虑过的深刻问题。比如我到底算是哪里人？我的国籍在哪儿是否代表我就是哪里人？拥有亚洲人面孔的我为什么总是无法被本地人接受？不会说中文的我就应当被中国排挤吗？这些问题伴随这我成长，同时也困扰着我。

我还记得小时候我妈妈第一次带我回她在中国的老家。他们都说着类似广东话的方言，因为妈妈的家乡是一个小城市叫恩平，靠近广州，那里在农村里的人都说家乡话。我当时又无聊又孤单因为我不仅不习惯那里的环境，并且我也听不懂他们的语言，因为我当时只会说英语，连普通话都不会几句。在中国的我十分不适应。可是更令人难受的是我在加拿大也没办法被本地人接受，因为他们觉得虽然我在这里出生，可是我没有像他们一样天蓝色的眼睛，金黄色的头发, 和高高的鹰钩鼻。 虽然我说一口琉璃的英文还不会说国语，就由于我拥有一张亚洲人的面孔他们就觉得我跟他们不一样，所以不接受我。这使我非常自卑。

随着我慢慢长大我的家人教了我更多有关于我们自己的家庭背景以及中国的传统与文化，我渐渐地也开始对自己的身份有更加清楚的理解。我现在每两年都会和家人一起回一次中国，我们不仅仅会回到爸爸妈妈的家乡，爸爸妈妈还会带我和姐姐去中国其他的地方走走看看，让我们见识更多的中国元素和文化。

通过我家人给我多年的教育，我学到了越来越多关于中国的古老传统与文化背景我终于慢慢地可以接受和欣赏中国文化。当我长大后我再也没有因为我是一名中国人而在加拿大感到自卑，因为我接受了我是中国人的事实，也同时学会了结合我的中西方文化，并且我还认识了许多跟我有着相似经历的朋友，他们同样也是加籍华人。

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大家好，我叫冯千芷，英文名是Lucy，今年19岁。可能许多人会认为我一直以来都是一个非常自信得人，有自己独立的思想，也很乐意跟别人分享我的观念，但事实不是这样的。这是近几年才发生的变化，而我小时候的性格恰恰相反，不止内向，还习惯性的依赖别人，没有自己的主张。接受我的缺点，尝试着把它们转化成优点是我一直努力——的目标。可是作为一个华裔加拿大人，因为拥有着东西方的文化，成长在合格个陌生又熟悉的国家是坎坷不平的。在这个视频我会介绍一些我的儿时回忆，成长过程，和分享我的移民经历。

那先来从我的身世说起，我的故乡是中国寒冷的黑龙江，我父母是在哈尔滨上学的时候认识和结婚的。在99‘年，我的妈妈发现她怀孕了，所以她和我爸爸就商量好要移民到加拿大，为了给我提供更好的教育和成长环境。因此，在我一岁的时候，我就跟着我父母坐上了飞机，飞往温哥华。听我妈妈说，那时候的生活非常辛苦，我的父母一边忙着工作还要照顾还是婴儿的我。因为语言问题，他们也遇到了很多困难，也承受了很大的心理压力，特别是我的爸爸。她在中国读完了博士就一直有着稳定的工作，而我的妈妈在中国也是一名医生，所以他们也是人生中第一次感受这样的经济和环境的压力。但是他们没有放弃，经过不断的努力和团结，不久，我爸爸就找到了一个他满意的工作，我们的生活也渐渐地提升了。这也是让我很欣赏和佩服我父母的地方。我日后遇到烦心事或麻烦的时候，我就会想起我爸爸妈妈为了这个家的付出。相比之下，我面对的烦恼简直是小巫见大巫。

小时候，我对我的中国北京和文化感到自卑，因为我的文化习惯使我跟北美人的文化不同。这导致我变得没有自信，只参与一些所谓的亚洲人的活动比如弹钢琴，学数学，和中文。后来，到了我上中学的时候，我做出了一个重大的决定，那就是去报名参加我们学校的篮球队。那天有大约50个女生跟我一起竞争稀少的排名位置所以我并没有多大的希望，但是第二天我居然被选中了，这是我那段时间第一次感到有成就感，也代表了我作为一个亚洲人同样也可以圣人不传统的活动。训练的过程是非常艰难的，我那时候每天身体都酸痛，连楼梯都爬不上去。当我想放弃的时候我就会回想到我妈妈给我跟我讲的移民故事，这让我又充满信心的坚持下去。

通过篮球，我学会了自信和勇与尝试新的事物。在这同时，我的华裔背景和文化教会了我要有始有终，永不放弃。总而言之，我认为华裔加拿大人特殊的地方就是他们独特的经历，这样他们才能够结合东方和西方的文化，体现两方的优点。

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我的视频的画外音剧本：第三文化孩子

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我的视频的画外音剧本：第三文化孩子

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第一部分：我是哪里人？
大家好！我叫徐恩年。 我是加拿大人。。。那就是我平常的大然。我见人的时候，他们会先问我我从哪里来。别人会有比较简单的答案。可是我的答案没有那么简单。我一般会跟人们说，“我是在多伦多出生的”。可是我六岁就搬到美国，西雅图。然后我十岁就又搬到上海，在那里长大，上完高中。我一说完大部分的人就会有困惑的表情。他们会给我说，“你住在好多地方”！

我：如果我想说一个比较简单的答案，我就会跟他们说我是在多伦多出生的，然后忽略我住在西雅图那四年。当我来温哥华，我发现我的答案并变跟复杂。我就经常问我自己，“我是哪里人？为什么我的答案那么长， 那么的复杂”？
在上海的时候，我的父母送我去国际学校。我的同学都说英文，他们也是从国外来的。可是我一离开学校就觉得好奇怪。在马路上我看人来来往往，大部分都是中国人。我长得像他们，像中国人。但是我说的语言和生活习惯与他们并不一样。我也感觉到我和我的外国朋友也有挺多区别，比如说我长得像亚洲人，在家庭吃不同的菜，会跟父母 说不同的语言。

第二部分：我文化的矛盾

我十二岁就开始感觉到我活在中国和外国文化的中间。我在网上查了一个广东话的单词：叫“Jook-sing”，意思就是一位中国人在国外长大，所以他就对外国文化更熟悉，可是他也不是“真正”的老外。像一根空洞的竹子，你一把水倒进去在另一边就会流出来。从我学了这个新词以后，我的心就开始着急，因为我不知道我可以在哪个文化属于。

我有时候自己会想：我不是中国人！我不是真正的中国人！我也不是外国人，更不是加拿大人！于是我就开始上网查加拿大的文化和生活方式，甚至去学习加拿大的成语。我想说服我的父母也想说服我自己我不是中国人，因为我觉得我只能有一文化，。我开始讨厌我中国人的外表，和中国文化与生活习惯，虽然我的外表看起来是中国人，可是我并没有在中国长大，并在很多不同的地方成长，让我很疑惑我到底是哪里的人。因为这些疑惑，我感觉这件事情给了我好多挫折。我的妈妈说我当时那段时间经历了我人生中第一个身份危机。我不是中国人，也不是加拿大人。那我是哪里人？我到底是谁？

第三部分：我是第三个文化孩子

我在上海的的学校叫上海协和国际学校。那里的学生都从不同的国家来的，有一些和我的情况一样。他们也是华裔，在国外出生的，然后因为父母的工作需求搬回中国去上学。我就跟同学分享我的从身份危机而感受到的感想，他们也跟我分享他们自己的困惑。我发现我们都有着一样的问题：我到底是哪里人？

我的同学还在寻找他们的文化认同，可是我同学的故事也带给我了一些安慰，我知道不光是我一个人在思考我的文化认同。我的老师也开始鼓励学生们接受他们自己不同的的文化，不管是从哪里来，不管有着什么样的故事，我们在协和国际学校都是一家人。这位想法很像美国的熔炉一样，可是我只毕业了以后才发现我学校的态度跟加拿大的文化莫塞克不一样。
我来温哥华上大学的时候就是我第一次搬回加拿大。我六岁离开了这个国家，现在已经基本上不记得我小时候住在这里是什么样了。我在社会学课上写了一张文章。文章的题目要求你介绍你认同的一方面，我就选择叙述一下那些陪我成长的文化，尤其是我的身份危机。在写这个文章的时候就碰到一个词语让我突然间懂了我自己的成长过去：Third Culture Kid，第三文化孩子。这些孩子，像我和我在上海的同学，小时候就从他们的故乡搬到别的国家。虽然我搬到了我的祖国，但是我还是觉得我是一个外人。当我写完那片文章以后就感觉到很多平安，让这些年在我心里一直放不下的身份危机彻底安静了。

在加拿大，不同的文化连在一起，像一个马赛克，所以加拿大经常被叫一个文化马赛克。意思就是我们能有我们自己的故事 和自己的文化。我们把我们不同的认同像一个马赛克连在一起。我不能光说我是一个中国人，或者我是加拿大人。所以通过这些年我的成长和与对不同文化的认知和欣赏，我学会了把这两个不同的身份放在一起，让它们成我自已独特的身份，就成为我的认同。如果现在有人问我：我是哪里人？我想我会说：我不能给你一个简单的回答，可是我很愿意跟你聊一聊我所有成长的地方。

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还有东西加。 

香蕉人？

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还有东西加。 

香蕉人？

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那就是。

我是李亦凯。

我是一个从马来西亚来的华人。

几年前，我搬到温哥华加拿大来上大学。

我是一个香蕉人。

什么是香蕉人呢？

香蕉人像香蕉一样，外面黄里面白。

表面上看的好像能说中文，实际上才能说一点点。

这让我陷入了很多尴尬的境地(situations)。

比如说，我去中餐馆的时候，服务员都以为我懂中文而实际上我有时候不知道他说了什么。

有时候我不明白我只是点点头说”嗯“。

马来西亚有句话说，死定了！

如果没有英文翻译, 我就死定了。

二零零八年，因为爸爸的工作，我和家人搬到北京住了两年。

那两年，由于环境的变化，我开始更多地学中文。

尽管我上了一所国际学校，但我还是花了很多时间和我的中国朋友在当地。

每当我去一家中国餐馆，我都想尝尝餐馆提供的新菜，但我看不懂菜单。

大多数，中国餐馆的菜单的翻译都很奇怪。

大多数时候他们菜单的翻译都很奇怪。

每次我要点菜的时候，我都需要能读中文的朋友的帮助或者我说”uhhhh…….“,”这个一个，那个一个”，“第六号一个”。

作为华裔，我感到很羞愧。

在我来加拿大上大学之前，因为加拿大是一个讲英语和法语的国家, 我以为我需要的是法语而不是汉语。

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在我很小的时候，妈妈每天晚上都给我读书。她一边对我读，一边给我看图画。书上都有什么呢？有一个亮亮地太阳，快快乐乐玩了一天以后也该去睡觉了。太阳公公下了山以后，月亮和星星才会出来。那时候的我好想快一点长大，早一点学会字，我也就可以读给妈妈听了。

我叫罗卿源，我的故乡在昆明。小的时候我非常有活力，每天都贪玩，还特别讨厌上学。上课的时候都跟朋友门假装玩神奇宝贝。下课以后我都会跟的我的两个表妹把天都闹垮掉。那时候的我最喜欢爷爷奶奶和外公外婆一起带我和我的表妹去公园玩。那里的天气每天都非常好，风景也很美。在公园里有好多好多好玩的。比如说可以坐过山车，坐小船，喂小鸟，还有去看很多很多的动物。那时候的我真的过得很快乐。可是有一天，不知道为什么，爸爸妈妈跟我说我们要搬家，而是搬到一个很远的地方。以后就会少见得到爷爷奶奶和外公外婆。

在飞机落下来的那一天，我才六岁。我们一家来到了一个不知道的地方，而数一个不知道的语言。我记得爸爸在中国的时候是的教过我一点英文。小时候我喜欢车，所以爸爸拿的一个图画跟我说英文的车叫“卡”，就像卡片一样的音调。可是我跟别人说“卡”的时候，他们都听不懂。因为我还不懂英文，在学校里交不到朋友，还被别人欺负。有一次别人推我的时候我也去推了他一下，可是老师看见的时候只看到我动手。我也不会用英文解释，所以只有我一个人被罚。后来，我很努力的去学英文，可是学的学的就把中文给忘了，小时候想给妈妈读的书也就忘了。而那时候，爸爸妈妈一只都很忙，慢慢地也就不跟我玩了。

不知从什么时候开始，我跟妈妈和爸爸讲的话越来越少，也不知道什么开始，我也回到家就把房间的门关上，躲在后面。很多在学校里法身的事都不好跟他们说，怕他们担心，也怕他们不懂。慢慢地，我跟中国的亲戚也越来越远了。我觉得当一个加拿大华人会是很孤独,因为虽然我知道我的父母对我洗身了很多，但是因为我有了这一段经验，我有很多他们不好了解的想法。

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我的名字是吴丽晴，美丽的丽，晴天的晴。我出生的时候我的父母还没有给我起名。我的父亲就从医院的窗户往外看了看，他被美丽的晴天吸引到了。 突然我的爸爸就听到了我的哭声而想出了“丽晴”这个名字。我觉得我父母给我取名的时候应该没有这么夸张，但是这是我父母告诉我的故事。

在我小的时候，我父母强迫我参加了很多不同的课外活动。我学过： 游泳，滑冰，芭蕾，钢琴与羽毛球。

我学游泳的时候，我很想放弃因为我到第二级的时候，我考了五次都没有通过，可是我的母亲不让我放弃，我就只能坚持下去。当我终于通过了第二级时，我发现我喜欢上了游泳，因为我游泳游得更好了。从那时以后，我一次就通过了每一级游泳课。

我滑冰的故事和我游泳的故事非常相同，因为我学滑冰的时候，也是因为第二级考了八次还没有通过而想放弃，可是我的父亲不想我这么容易就放弃。我每次滑冰下课的时候，我的爸爸会陪着我再滑一个小时。在第九次滑冰考试的时候，我终于通过了，我高兴得不得了。我从那一天就开始爱上滑冰了，因为我越滑越好，我也发现滑冰的时候给了我一个自由的感觉。

我非常感谢我的父母强迫我学那些课外活动，因为直到现在，我都还非常喜欢这些活动而且这些活动使我更加全面地发展。比如说，我现在学习很紧张的时候，我会去和朋友们打羽毛球或者我会边听音乐边跳舞使我放松下来。

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How am I supposed to feel proud of myself when everything around tells me that I’m worth less than others?

当周围的一切都告诉我，我的价值低于其他人时，我怎么能为自己感到骄傲呢？

How am I supposed to feel proud of my culture and people, when we’re portrayed as that we’re uncivilized people who have no manners, who kill dogs, and pollute the Earth?

当华人被描绘成一个没有礼貌，杀狗，污染地球的不文明群体时，我怎么能为自己的文化和族裔感到骄傲呢？

How am I supposed to feel about my place of heritage, when I am only shown what China is doing wrong in the world and nothing about what they’re doing right？

当我读到看到的都是对中国的各种批评指责时，我怎么能感受到华人文化的价值呢？

That it, is some ways, what it is like, growing up as a Chinese person in the Western world.

以上就是一个华人后裔在西方世界成长的社会环境。

The Chinese-Canadian experience, or more broadly speaking, the Asian-American experience is a unique one.

作为一个华裔加拿大人，或更广义说亚裔北美居民，在西方社会的成长经历是很特别的，我们没有成为一个地道的华人，也没法完全成为西方世界的一部分。

We grow up not really a part of the Chinese community and we grow up not really a part of the Western world.

我们跨越了两个世界之间的界限，有点象被抛弃者，我们并不属于任何一个。

We straddle the line, between two worlds, kind of like outcasts, we don’t  really belong in either. This experience is one that is common to all of Chinese-Canadians here,  whether we continue to straddle that line, embrace our Chinese roots, or  choose to fully assimilate into Western society. 无论我们是继续跨越这条界线，拥抱我们的中国根源，还是选择完全融入西方社会，这种经历对所有华裔加拿大人来说都是一样的。

I really do believe that at some point, all of us Chinese-Canadians are forced to make a choice, to either embrace or turn our backs on our ethnic roots.

我相信在某些时候我们所有的华裔加拿大人都被迫做出选择，要么接受，要么背弃我们的种族根源。

As for me, I am more proud than ever of my cultural identity and my roots. However, it was not always this way.

至于我自己，我比以往任何时候对自己的华裔身份更认同，而且对华夏文明更引以为自豪。然而，过去的我并非如此。

You, the viewer may be wondering, “How did I come to love myself, my people, and my culture?”

作为读者，你可能会有疑问：“是什么原因令你接受华裔身份，热爱你的华人族裔和文化呢？”

I suppose it’s time for a little story…

我想讲一个小故事了......

Like many other Chinese-born-Canadians of my generation, I was fortunate enough to grow up in an environment where there were many others like me- Chinese by ethnicity, Canadian by place of birth- but that never stopped the discrimination from happening.

我很幸运，在我的成长环境里，身边有许多象我这样的同辈华裔加拿大人， 但这从未阻止歧视的发生。

I remember in Grade Two, my parents brought some chips and other snacks to one of my classes because it was my birthday.

我记得在二年级时，在我生日那天，我父母征得老师同意，带了蛋糕，薯条和其他小吃到我的课室来庆祝我的生日。

The teacher passed out the food. Then we sang Happy Birthday and celebrated another kid’s birthday. The funny thing was that it wasn’t even her birthday. Her birthday was one day after mine.

老师叫了其他同学把食物分发出去，却为另一个孩子唱生日歌。有趣的是，那天并不是她的生日。

This sort of thing happened from time to time as I grew up and served as a constant reminder that I was different, that I was worth less, that I was somehow not worthy, that I did not deserve the same treatment that people of other races would receive.

这种事情不时发生，同时也不断地提醒我：我跟别人不同，我的价值更低，我不值得与其他白人孩子一样的待遇。

The media only heightened that feeling of inferiority that I had.

主流媒体也加强了我的这种感觉。

In these Hollywood movies, us asians, or socially awkward bookworms, unattractive and lacking in personality. That’s all we were. We were simply objects of comic relief and ridicule.

在不少好莱坞电影中，我们亚洲人，尤其是中国人被丑化成社交尴尬，缺乏吸引力和缺乏个性的小丑，我们只是被嘲笑的对象。

I grew up feeling that my Asianness, my Chineseness, as if it were a sin to be Chinese, made me less than others, that if I wanted to fit in, and yes, I wanted to fit in, that I would have to hide what was asian about myself and be a normal Canadian.

我从小就觉得身为亚裔，特别是作为华裔是一种罪过，让我变得没有价值。如果我想要适应，是的，我想要适应，我将不得不隐藏自己华裔的特性，变成一个纯粹的加拿大人。

God, I love Chinese food, but whenever I brought something that wasn’t strictly Western style for lunch, I never showed anyone what was inside my thermos.

我真的太喜欢中国菜，但每当我带一些不是西式午餐回学校时，我从不愿意让别人看我保温瓶里面的食物。

I didn’t want to be judged by the smell of my food. I didn’t want to be judged by the look of my food. I was ashamed of this aspect of me, I was taught to be ashamed of this aspect of my identity, and I was scared to be further humiliated. I learned to hide this aspect of myself, this aspect of my identity.

我不想别人用我食物的味道和卖相来评价我。我的经历令我觉得吃中餐羞耻，作为华裔羞耻，我害怕被进一步羞辱。我学会了尽可能隐藏自己带有华人色彩的一切。

I never really told anyone about it.

我从来都没有向别人说过这些话。

Despite growing up in a community with a sizeable Canadian-born-Chinese population, these issues regarding cultural identity and discrimination was never something anyone talked about. They displayed only indifference and resentment towards Chinese culture and the China, the country itself.

尽管在一个拥有相当数量华人的社区中长大，但这些关于文化认同和歧视的问题从来都不被正视。社会上有一种对中国和中国文化表现出冷漠和不满。

No one cared about any of these issues, no one talked about them, so I never really thought about them either.

没有人关心华裔加拿大人是否得到社会的认同，因为没有人谈论过，所以我也从未真正考虑过这些事。

To be honest, it’s not something I really thought about until the last few months. Growing up, I just quietly internalized all the racism. Looking back at those days, I must say I didn’t really have a particularly happy childhood.

说实话，直到最近几个月，我才真正开始想这个问题。在童年成长过程中，我只是悄悄地将所有的种族歧视淡化。回顾那些日子，其实我的童年并不是特别快乐。我是个胖乎乎的小孩，对这个世界很生气，对自己很生气。

I was a chubby little kid, angry at the world and angry at himself. I was scared, lost boy with no friends and no confidence, who never really understood why he hated himself so much.

我那时只是一个没有朋友，自卑胆怯的男孩，我以前并不明白为什么我如此讨厌自己。

I think I’ve come a long way from those days, but I still think there is still a scared little boy within me, a little boy scared of being judged for being Chinese. 我已经成长了很多，但我仍然认为我内心还是一个胆怯的男孩，一个害怕被标签为中国人的男孩。

It’s funny too how this scared little boy pops up too from time to time, the internalized racism and shame manifesting itself in my unconscious behaviours.

这种潜意识到现在还在影响着我，种族歧视和羞耻感后遗症时常表现在我无意识的行为中。

For example, one day after class last semester, my Chinese professor, Wang Laoshi, heard me speak in English to some classmates and immediately noted that I speak differently when I speak English.

例如，在上学期的一天下课后，我的中文教授王老师听到我用英语对一些同学说话，并立即注意到我说英语时的说话方式不同。

It was something I never noticed, but, as it turns out, I would speak Chinese in a higher pitch.

这是我从未注意到的事情，但事实证明，我会用更高的音调更小的声音说中文。

On the surface, it is easy to write this off by labelling my unfamiliarity with the Mandarin language as the cause of this behaviour, but the reality the way difference in the way I speak Chinese should be a result of this subtle, but pervasive sense of shame regarding my asian heritage.

从表面上看，很容易通过将我对普通话的不熟悉作为这种行为的原因来说明这一点，但实际上， 真正的原因是对亚洲传统感到一种细微但一直存在的羞耻感。

I really do have a long way to go in reconnecting with my Chinese cultural identity.

我真的还有很长的路要走，重新融入我的华裔身份。

If there’s any one thing in my life that I will look to for guidance, it is the one thing that first rekindled a sense of love and pride for Chinese culture and identity as someone of Chinese descent.

如果我生命中有任何一件事我会寻求指引，那就是首先重新燃起一种对中国文化的热爱和中国血统的认同和自豪感。

This one thing, music, has been a means expression, for all my pain and sorrows, for all my rage, for all that I felt and I all that could not find the words for. It was also something that made me feel a little less lonely, a little more understood. It was through music that I found peace.

在这一件事上，我不得不扯上音乐，因为它一直是我的一种表达方式，表达我所有的痛苦和悲伤，我所有的愤怒，我所感受到的一切，以及我无法找到的所有话语。这也是让我感觉不那么孤独，有更加深刻了解的东西。通过音乐，我找到了内心的平静。

Beyond that, music has been a means of discovery, a means to discover myself, the art and culture of other people, and the means by which I discovered, and explored, and engaged with Chinese culture in a less superficial, deeper way, that goes beyond- oh I’ll have some Chinese takeout food, maybe some chow mien and sweet and sour pork, as I watch some Bruce Lee tonight.

除此之外，音乐一直是一种发掘手段，它令我发掘自己，发掘艺术和文化，发掘其他人。它也是我用一种不那么肤浅的方式去发现，探索和融入中国文化的手段。 我想超过这个-我要看一部李小龙的电影，我会叫一些中餐外卖，比如一些炒面和糖醋猪肉

Yes my love for music, my curiosity and need to always unearth something new to listen to, a new genre, a new style, a new artist, led me first to 《中国好声音》 and then later other similar programs like 《我和你唱》，《歌手》，and 《声入人心》.

因为我对音乐的热爱，我的好奇心和需求总是令我发掘出新的节目，一种新的流派，一种新的风格，一些新的艺术家。我最先找到的是“中国好声音”，然后是其他类似的综艺节目，比如“我和你唱“，”歌手“和”声入人心“。

It wasn’t long before it became a family thing. Every Friday, we would gather around the dinner table and watch the new episode of 《中国好声音》or whatever was on, watch, appreciate and discuss the show. I have followed these shows for a long time.

我找到这些节目不久，它们就变成了我们的家庭娱乐节目。每个星期五，我们都会围着餐桌聚会，观看欣赏和讨论新一集节目。

Although I didn’t really understand most of the dialogue before I enrolled in UBC’s Chinese Program’s heritage courses, now that I do understand most of what the conversations, I find a new sense of appreciation and understanding towards what is presented in these shows these shows present. They showcase authentic modern Chinese pop culture. These shows also portray Chinese people for what they are. I am introduced to many celebrities and the stories behind their works. I am introduced to normal people, normal people who lead normal lives. They shared their stories of their passions, of their triumphs, of their struggles. They all faced the same everyday pressures, they all had dreams and aspirations, like everyone else.

虽然在我选修UBC中文课程之前，我并没有真正明白大部分对话，但现在我确实听懂了大部分的对话。我看综艺节目一段时间了，现在我发现对这些节目中呈现的内容有了新的认识和理解。这些节目展示了真正的现代中国流行文化，从这些节目里我可以看到真真实实的中国人，知名人士成名前后和他们作品背后的故事，分享了他们充满激情的奋斗故事。跟别人一样， 这些人也面临着日常压力，他们都像其他人一样有梦想和抱负，有失败的彷徨，挣扎与抗争。

These programs really humanized the idea of a Chinese person. I saw all these Asian people that went beyond the stereotypes and realized that I did not have to conform to a certain idea. I could simply be myself.

这些节目改变了人们对中国人的刻板看法，看到他们人性化的方面，令我意识到我不必遵循某个想法，我可以简单地做我自己。

Also, having grown up, not idolizing anyone, despite my friends idolizing figures like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, I found myself suddenly aspiring to be more like various famous artists from China. There are three gentlemen in particular who represent an ideal that I hope to mold myself after. To me, Li Jian, Li Quan, and Liao Changyong represent a certain kind of masculinity that is very different than the very macho male figure that is considered the epitome of masculinity in Western culture. The masculinity that Li Jian, Li Quan, and Liao Changyong represent is the type I aspire towards. On one hand, they are wise, refined, educated, and kind, on the other, they carry with them a certain sense of strength and confidence. Their confidence is a quiet confidence, one that is very grounded and humble.

在我自己的成长过程中，没有象其他朋友一样崇拜贾斯汀比伯和泰勒斯威夫特这样的名星，但我发现现在自己更渴望以中国的一些著名艺术家，特别是下面三位作为自我塑造的楷模。对于我来说，李健，李泉和廖昌永代表了某种有别于西方英雄主义的大男人气质，后者被认为是西方文化中男性气质的缩影。李健，李泉和廖昌永所代表的男性气质是我渴望的那种。一方面，他们是睿智的，精致的，有学识的，善良的，另一方面，他们带着一种内在强大的力量和信心。他们的自信是一种安静的自信，一种非常沉稳而谦逊的自信。

It’s funny that I’ve been following these shows for quite a long time, but I’ve never really actually been singing much myself. It was not until this year that I started singing because my professor, Wang Laoshi, told us about a Chinese singing competition. I signed up initially just for fun, not thinking about it too much. Just the process of selecting and practicing a song, however, led me to actually bring this aspect of Chinese culture into my daily life and connect more deeply with this aspect of my heritage. From not singing at all, it’s become a daily habit, singing Chinese songs, for example, Teresa Teng’s songs, when I study.

有趣的是，我看这些节目有很长一段时间了，但自己从来没有真正地唱过什么歌。直到去年中文教授王老师告诉我们中文歌唱比赛，我并没多想，为了好玩而报名，但整个选歌和练习的过程使我真正将中国歌唱艺术带入了我的日常生活，并更深入地融入到了自己的文化传承里。从根本不唱歌，到学习唱中国歌曲变成为日常生活的一部分。

I know a few songs including the《月亮代表我的心》and 《我等到花儿也谢了》and there are so many songs I plan to learn and hope to share with others. Li Jian’s《贝加尔湖畔》is one of song’s I want to learn most. To be honest, all his music is absolutely amazing. The lyrics are like poetry, his voice is quiet and melancholy, yet clear and textured, and despite all the passion in the music, there is a certain refinement and calm. His music is so much like a lot of the traditional Chinese music, like guqin, etc. Even where the emotion and tension builds, the sounds are always soothing and unhurried. Even when the texture builds, there is a certain simplicity and transparency to the music. His music is humble, introverted and deeply reflective in a way that is true to the more traditional aspects of Chinese culture, Chinese values, and how Chinese people are at heart. At least I am that way, deeply introverted, etc.,  even though I’ve been kind of conditioned to not show it too much, to sometimes put on an ego, and to act way more extroverted than I am. There’s just so much that is reflected in the music and that’s true for the other art forms too from what I see too. It started with Chinese pop music, then I started searching up Chinese film, Chinese art, Chinese traditional music, Chinese calligraphy, etc.

我学了邓丽君的“月亮代表我的心”， 张学友的“我等到花儿也谢了”，我打算学习很多歌，希望与他人分享，李健的“贝加尔湖畔”是我最想学的歌之一。说实话，李健的所有音乐都非常棒。歌词就象诗一样，他的声音安静而忧郁，却清晰而有质感，尽管音乐中充满了激情，但仍有一种精致和平静。他的音乐非常象中国传统音乐，如古琴曲一样让人安静地听。即使在情感和张力的高峰，声音也还是不紧不慢地舒缓。在歌曲的构思上也保持了一定的简洁性和透明度。他的音乐内敛，含蓄，让人回味，表达方式与中国的文化传统，价值观以及思想是相符的。尽管有时我自己也大胆表现自己，但我还是比较内向，很容易对这样的音乐产生共鸣。我从中国流行音乐开始，然后我开始搜索中国电影，中国艺术，中国传统音乐，中国书法等，发现不单音乐，其它艺术也处处留下中国文化的印记。

There is a certain distinct quality about the TV Dramas and movies that I’ve watched and the pieces of art and calligraphy I’ve seen that makes them distinctly Chinese.

从看过的电视剧和电影，国画书法，都有鲜明中国艺术特质。

I think there is this interesting little feedback loop: on one side, the cultural products reflect the culture and the people, on the other, the people reflect the cultural products that consume. Our perspective, our unconscious behaviours, and our values reflect all the media and art that we engage with. But we too can shape these cultural products that shape us, those around us, and future generations.
我认为这是一个有趣的小反馈循环：一方面，文化产品反映了社会文化和我们自己的人生观，价值观，另一方面，我们通过消费文化产品，我们的观点，价值观便无意识地反过来影响了我们所参与的所有媒体和艺术。所以我们可以塑造这些影响我们和我们周围的人和子孙后代的文化产品。

Although, I study business, I hope to one day be able to pursue a path, perhaps as a singer, song writer, composer, pianist, or something, that will allow me to create some form of cultural product. I’m not sure what I would create yet and I’m not sure if the product will be a fusion of Chinese and Western culture or if it will be purely Chinese culture, but what I do know is that I want to make something for other young people like me.

虽然我学习商业，但我希望有一天能够追求另一条道路，也许当歌手，作曲家，钢琴家或别的，这将使我能够创造某种形式的文化产品。我还不确定我会创造什么，我不确定该产品是否融合了中西文化，或者是纯粹的中国文化，但我想为象我一样的年轻人创造一些东西。

I hope I can create something that will unite us young people, that will start a discussion, that will empower and create a sense of pride in people who grew up in an environment that may have left them with a sense of shame regarding their culture.

我希望这种文化产品会使我们年轻人团结起来一起讨论，这将赋予那些在一个可能让他们对自己的文化感到羞耻的环境中长大的人们的自豪感。

I’ve also had this little thought though that maybe if it’s possible I’d love to be like a Li Quan, write the song, music and lyrics, and perform it. The one difference though is I’d love to also write some songs in Cantonese and some in Taishanese. Both are languages of my family as my dad’s side is from Taishan and my mom’s side is from Guangzhou and both are languages that represent cultures that need preservation. Mandarin as a language is the language that pretty much everyone in China speaks now. Taishanese especially and the culture behind the people in Taishan is especially at risk of disappearing as everyone assimilates into the dominant culture in China. It’s something that’s a part of me. I need to learn the culture, I need to learn to cook some of their dishes, actually study the language, I need to bring it back in my life and preserve it for future generations.

我还有这样一个小小的想法，如果有可能我会喜欢象歌手李泉一样，创作自己的音乐和填词，然后表演。但有一点不同的是，我还希望用粤语和台山话写一些歌，因为我爸爸是台山人，而我妈妈是广州人，两种方言都是需要保护的语言，而现在几乎每个中国人都会说普通话。 特别是台山话和台山文化更容易消失，因为每个人都融入了中国的主流文化。 广州和台山文化都是我的一部分，我都想学习，另外我还想学习烹饪中国菜，我需要把中国文化带回我的生活中并为后代保留它。

My background is a part of me. Although, I’ve come a long way in reconnecting with my Chinese roots, by bringing Chinese art, music, and culture back into my life, I still have a long way to go. I’ll take it step by step, hopefully hope to go on exchange to Beijing to actually experience the life in China, and I’ll see where it all leads me.

我的家庭背景是我的一部分，通过将中国的艺术，音乐和文化带回我的生活，重新与中国的根源联系起来，我还有很长的路要走。我会一步一步地接受它，将来我希望能够到北京去交流学习，真正体验中国的生活。

Honestly, I’m not sure where I’ll be in 5, 10 years, or what I’ll do, if I’ll be maybe doing something in Finance or if my dream will be realized and maybe I’ll be making music for a living. All I know is that I’m Chinese-Canadian and very proud to be of Chinese descent.

我们无法预测5年，10年后的事情，也许我会做财务方面工作，或者当我的梦想实现后我会从事音乐方面的工作。 我不会忘记我是华裔加拿大人，身为华裔而自豪。

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移民到另一个国家这个经验可以带来很多冲突的感觉。它代表离开你原来的家然后在一个谋生的地方成立一个新家。虽然你有可能获得到一些新的和更美好的机会，你也必输里开很多的爱人和朋友还有离开一个非常熟悉的地方。想回到我最早的同年，我的心中就被充满了怀旧之情。时间长了以后，一个地方就会变成想你的一部分。虽然我在加拿大住了十三年了，比我在中国住的八年时间更长，但我还觉得河北省保定市出还是我真正的故乡。

我有是做梦还会梦到我奶奶的家和我小时候的朋友，但自从我八岁移民到加拿大以后我以前的生活开始变得越来越遥远。我的时候觉着我有两条命就像我有两个名字一样，两个身份和两个语言。我以前都觉得这两个我是完全分开的，没有任何的交叉，但我现在不这么人为了。我做中国人的身份和我做加拿大人的身份并没有任何的冲突，反而是互相复合，都为形成我这一个人做了贡献。

我离开中国以前我觉着外国，尤其是西方，是一个很神奇的地方。我想象所有西方国家都是很现代化甚至是一部科幻电影里的社会，到处都是高楼大厦还有我没见过的科技想机器人和飞翔汽车。我来到加拿大没有见到飞行汽车或机器人，我刚离开机车到我的新家的路程先注意到有很多很多的树和特别蓝的天。我爸爸惊讶的说这里的蓝天百云看起来像是在一幅油画里的一样，他没想象天可以真的这么完美。

我们的第一个新家在本那比的铁道镇（Metro town）区里的一间一室一厅的公寓。一进门你就能闻到一股的味道从又脏悠久的地毯发散出来。 我父母开始说那味道太难闻了但我那时我突然被充满了一个想保护和辩解我新的家的愿望，所以我就趴到地上然后大口气闻了一下地毯然后大声说“太好闻了！”我只来加拿大一个小时而已但我已经接受它以为我的故乡了，我宁愿做任何事来保护它所有部分的好名额。
我们在哪里住了三年但是从来都没成功把地毯的味道消除，不管怎么洗也都不光用。这就是哪栋公寓楼曾经的地点，三年前被查掉了，被很贵的豪华高层楼花代替了。我这那是也代表我的童年很关键的一部分的丧失。

刚搬到加拿大的前几个星期也许多巨大变化和生活调整但我非常快乐的把一切不同的事情都愉快的欢迎了。在我自己想象力里创造的世界，我觉所有的一切都一个惊险的历险故事一样。让我父母非常烦恼的经济问题根本没有进到我关注中。
我们刚移民到加拿大是没有带来多少钱所以我们不停的都要想办法省钱像是买最便宜的东西但我当时没有觉着这是什么挫折，我在学校认识的新同学和我的邻居都是新移民，和我的生活环境也都是一样的，所以我从来没有觉着我们是穷人虽然我知道我们是低收入家庭。

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Essay Topic: 为什么我学习中文？这对我的认同有什么影响？

第一课：中文学校
我在列治文出生，所以从小时候香港文化对我的日常生活有很大影响。比如说，我的父母喜欢去说广东话的地方，所以我要说广东话。在这个时候，我的广东话很差所以我很多时候想放弃。但是，我父母就鼓励和帮助我说广东话。因此，我的广东话比较其他华人的广东话更好。除了广东话以外，我十岁的时候上了中文学校因为我父母想我开始学习普通话。但是，我不喜欢学习普通话因为这对我的日常生活没有用。因此，我父母决定我在中学学习中文。

第二课：MANDO
上中学的时候，我选择上中文课因为我觉得中文比较法文更好用。并且，我听到中文课是水课所以我可以有好成绩。我上中文课的时候很容易因为中文课里有外国人，所以我的中文老师要教得很慢。虽然中文课很慢，我也开心因为我可以介绍中国文化给我的外国同学。但是，我上MAND11/12的时候有越来越少外国同学和越来越多中国同学。在这个时候我发现的中文和中国同学的中文有很大分别。并且，MAND11/12比较MAND9/10更复杂，所以我成绩越来越差。在这个时候我知道学习语言不容易。

现在: CHIN
我在暑假反攻的时候有很多中国游客，所以他们会用普通话来问我繁体。但是，我很久说了普通话，所以我不能繁体的很好。这让很多中国游客很生气。我记得有一个游客几乎骂我因为我听不懂她说什么。这件事使我很伤心也很生气。因此，我为了不想受区别而学习中文。在UBC学习中文很困难，虽然我很努力学习，我成绩总是很差。但是，我不想放弃因为我的朋友和家里人支持我的决定。所以我觉得自强不息最重要。除了学习中文以外，我也学习广东话在Club HK。虽然我觉得这里的课太容易，我很喜欢跟其他香港人用广东话来练习。

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