She Surprises

I LOVE surprising people.

Today, a couple of my classmates from Taiwan were CAUGHT OFF GUARD by the fact that I can speak Mandarin (the official dialect of China). They were even more surprised that, not only am I also fluent in Cantonese, which is another major dialect of Chinese, I have also read some classics (ones that they haven't read), prefer Song prose and can recite some of them (prose from the Song Dynasty in 960-1280 A.D.), have read popular epic novels that they are familiar with, and have taken a liking to some old Chinese pop music from the 70s.

I guess everyone in my program thought that I was born in the States, whereas I was actually born in Hong Kong, at which I lived for 12 years before moving here. They thought that I look and sound like I am from Southern California. Oh, come on. I'm not high-strung like they are down there. haha!

I guess I'm just full of surprises, eh?