Culture is Shared
"culture is an attribute not of individuals per se but of individuals as members of groups."
it's such an nice experience to have joined with groups of people from different cultural background in CLP. And as described above, culture is US and we are=all taking part in it. so what do you mean by Hongkong culture? it is absolutly not only chinese-hongkongers' but All of us AS A WHOLE. we are in a society with mixed nationalities, cultures, religions, languages. how can we call those in small number as "minorities" and looking down upon them by saying "well, they are not one of our kind"?! (reminded me of the X-men!)
in fact personally i won't take the term "minority" as a discriminative word, anyway~ but as we can see in our daily life, "native" hongkongers are subconsciously(shame! sometimes obviously...) taking advantages over or casting the minorities away from their basic
rights or needs (both in work place and school).
Oh! talk too much! i should concerntrate on what we did last week, as a reflection.
we had have a great time last friday in shamshuipo. wandering around and visiting the shops, not based on personal interest but for the undertsanding of others.
it scares Sam at the first stop, for we had talked to Dr. "bone fixer". it seems to be the first time for the Pakistani and Nepalese to witness what it calls bone setting. and the smell of chinese medicine impressed the youths right away! but they do process the qualities we called "shyness", so, not many as a question had been asked. as a start, it's good enough for them to experience.
lovely/cute Rose from the Nepalese grocery store cheers all of us i must say. don't know how she adopt such an adorable American accent though (perhaps movieS?! or out of... reality?!). and when she came across those products she doesn't really know but still insist to give us a ride , she would just read from the instruction (for instance, a whole detailed "how to make" procedure) or the names to us. wowowo, i just love this girl right away! (can i take her instead of the sweet ever Gulab?!)
Since Pakistan, India and Nepal are brothers (not in a very good brotherly relationship i should clarify), even tons of dialects within (roots are also different, one's Sanskrit while the other's Arabic. sam and khan can tell us about it), they somehow share the mutually understandable language, especially in terms of movie. so when it comes to it, Jarmen (nepalese) and Sam, Khan (pakistani) going with us non-stop showing me which movie's their president's choice. i am awaiting for them to show me more! and to tell the truth, i have my own collection of indian bollywood movies at home which i got from india, nepal and ChungKing mension as well!
oh yes, we also talked to the owner of a stationery store, she is one of those under the threat of the reconstruction of the district. thru the conversation we got to know the owners of the shops around had formed a committee and some of those minorites are included. they did have a meeting that night and i don't know what's it about but it's just nice to know that they are together A team!
what make a milk shake a good milk shake?!
i think the key point is to mix it well!
as culture's based on the language, history, literature and live style we shared~ we are all enculturated through the common school and social system, think about it, the distinguished minorities are just, simply one of us.
we are individuals yet, members of it!
let's give it a well shake!
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