The mold of me
I’m different when I’m at home. When I’m at home, I am actually a pretty boring person…seriously! I like to sit around, play video games, read, hang out with the folks, play basketball, etc. When I’m in China, I’m much more outgoing, energetic, and ready to go and do just about anything at almost anytime.
Why is that? I figure it’s because I’ve actually reinvented myself as a new person in China. Because it’s so hard to break out of a mold, I’ve kind of accepted my fate as a boring person here in America. But in China, it’s like you’re on a stage. Being a foreigner almost gives you a license to do things that might be considered weird if they were done by Chinese. In America, everyone who knows me, knows me as being a certain kind of person. I’ve stuck with their idea of what or who I am. I’ve somewhat allowed it to control me. I’m used to it.
I guess, to the same extent, once I’m established in a particular location in China, I also act how people expect me to.
Not particularly deep, but something that I was thinking about.
