Anvi's Photoblog... because I can't write

Did you think that the fact that rich white people made up 99.8% of the 'saved population' on the Axiom spaceship was a conscious, deliberate decision by Pixar?


Update: This guy came to the same conclusion as I did: Wall-E killed them all. Wall-E replaced all the poor working class people. Somebody killed them all. Wall-E killed them all. Think about it.

(I swear I found this video after I came to my conclusion)

 

Kyoto, Japan

June 08, 2008
Kenting, Taiwan

I spotted them among the sea of teenagers on Kenting's noisiest street because the French girl was the only one that wore skirts covering her thighs. All the other girls are in hot shorts or miniskirts.

*Me taps on guy's shoulder*

Me: Bon Soir! Remember me?

*Guy looks confused*

Me: I'm the guy that gave you directions... er 你今天早上又看到我啊 (You saw me this morning!)

*Guy shook his head*

Girl to Guy: <Random French that I pretended to understand>
Me: Yes! What she said!

*Guy still looks confused*

Guy: 我看到你？。。。 OH! Sorry you guys all look the same!
Yep, he's still quite white. Can't tell Asians apart. Wait a sec, I thought he said he ne parle pas anglais.

Me: I thought you don't speak English...

Guy: Uh. She does. I don't... Well. I do.

So yes, that proves it. All french people do speak English. But they don't want you to know that. Not even in Taiwan.
It's like a nationwide conspiracy.

Me: Okay...

*Guy changes topic*
Guy: Hey's it's such a nice coincidence to bump into you! 要去喝酒嗎？ (Wanna go drink?)

*Me shook head*
Me: No man, my parents are sleeping. I'm heading back in 30 minutes or so.

Girl: Aww come on, what's your name?
Me: Jerry, you?
Girl: Elba, nice to meet you.
Me: And you?
Guy: 查理.

...Excuse me?
*Me makes trademarked JERRY-WTF-FACE*

Guy: 查理. Cha-lie. Chaaaaa-lie.

Did you just give me your CHINESE name?

Me: No, what's your English name... er French name.

Guy: Oh. Richard.

Me: But 查理 is Charlie... not Richard...

Guy: Oh I picked it myself.

I eventually went to drink with them, and several times in our conversations Charlie... err Richard kept dropping hints that he wanted to be Asian more than European or White. He saw a lewd Caucasian couple dancing, touching each other all over on the almost empty dance floor and said: "我不像他們白人，我是華人 (I'm not like em whites, I'm Asian)". I asked Elba if Richard has the hots for Asian girls. She nodded wide-eyed as if to say "Oh yeah. Big time". When I asked Richard, he said his ex in Lyon was Taiwanese. But he's totally not here for the girls. BUT he thinks Taiwanese girls are the best among Asians. Uh huh, not here for the girls my ass. ;)

But what's really memorable about this night is how I dropped the "Uh, no, what's your REAL name" bomb on a white guy. It sure feels good and now I can better understand why anyone would ever ask the ubiquitous question. I'm sure all Asians living abroad can understand how it feels to be asked that growing up. Whenever you provide your English name, the local asks: "Uh no, what's your REAL name?". We all know the answer too: I don't want to tell you my real name because you can't pronounce it properly. Now, Globalization has taken its toll, and you'll be given a weird look if you provide your Chinese name. "Uh, no, what's your ENGLISH name?"

Mamam by Louise Bourgeois
Roppogni Hills, Tokyo, Japan

Artist Louise Bourgeois dedicated this giant spider sculpture, which I first saw outside Tate Modern, to her own mother. Eek.
But then she describes her mother as : "deliberate, clever, patient, soothing, reasonable, dainty, subtle, indispensable, neat, useful, and able to defend herself and me."

Now I like spiders, if just a little more. I do feel sorry for them because of their bad rep, which probably began all the way when they started having eight legs:

In Japan I saw,
Chaotic complexity.
intricately balanced by ideals towards simplicity.

Kyoto, Japan

Arashiyama Bamboo Forest,
Kyoto, Japan

Osaka, Japan