My girl Hillary is on TV right now talking to the Handsome President of Taiwan. In Chinese, Hillary says, "Hello." Then the two of them continue their conversation in English, the Handsome President's Homely Wife looking on.
I turn to my grandparents and point. Pointing is a helpful language-learning tool. "He speaks English!" I say in Chinese. (So meta.)
On the couch, my mother widens her eyes and looks at me. Slowly, she replies: "He is a Harvard graduate."
My mom likes the Ivies.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Hillary + Taiwan
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As all of you know, China (and more specifically, Taiwan) is a big part of my heritage. My mother was born in China but raised in Taipei, Taiwan. (FYI, my father was born in Philadelphia but raised in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. So kind of the same.) All of my mother's immediate family still resides in Taipei: my grandparents, my aunt, my uncle, their children and their children's children. I'm going to Taipei this summer for seven full weeks (from May 28-July 15) to live with them, become familiar with their Taiwan lifestyle and finally learn to speak some Mandarin.
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