The post where she whines….
Dec 5th, 2005 by Lillian
If there is something I hate its this. As always the conversation at a party started of with ”have you seen such and such movie” or ”have you read such and such books”. Now as someone who grew up between culture and currently have 2 more cultures added to make me confused I usually have to say: No, I haven’t see that movie. At a party last saturday I sat at a table with an american, a thai and couple of germans. I hadn’t seen the thai movie and ofcourse I hadn’t read any of the ”but EVERYONE knows that author” ether. Actually, I probably have the equivalent of ”Hauptschule Abschluss” in the german school system and the germans at the table all did the Abitur. So ofcourse I haven’t read the same books.. it took me along time to even learn german.. Actually its nice to be treated as an equal. It means they forget that I’m not german. Or the thai lady just presumed I had seen the same films she had seen. I did wish there was someone at the party who had grown up in PNG and whom I could gang up with but.. but.. there never is anyone to have this conversation with. I have learnt to deal with being the different one. The one who has no idea about nothing. And I’m always totally relieved when that part of the conversation is over and we can talk about other things.
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What’s “PNG”.
Hmmmm…I didn’t assumed that you were German (when I wrote my comments in German), but I thought that you were from the German part of Switzerland. So, where exactly are you from anyway?
And I’m curious about the author that everyone should have already read. :p
Just guessing - is PNG Papua New Guinea perhaps? I thought you were Swiss, actually.
Aha, just read your ‘about me’ section and there it was.
Exactly.. PNG is Papua New Guinea…..
Elemmaciltur as to your question.. where exactly are you from.. I don’t know eather
Hehehe, the ‘About me’ section on my blog doesn’t really give you the detail. As you can see/read, I’m from Asia. I’m from Thailand, Bangkok, to be exact. But I went to high school in New Zealand (about 6 years) and I’ve been living in Munich, Germany for the last five and a half years…and currently am attending the Hochschule für Politik here.
I probably give too much detail !…… what do you think Elem?
No, not at all. I mean, you have to know how much you would want to give out about yourself…with how much details are you comfortable with, etc. I mean, generally, I write only things I feel comfortable with on my blog, knowing that the bigger public audience would be able to find it and read it. I don’t mind answering questions when I am asked (like you did)…and if it’s found then it’s okay, because I won’t give out that much personal details I won’t be able to bare with.
when I read your blog…I feel like I have done so little..you are living your life beyond fullness! My mother is german and we lived there till I wa 5, but beyond that..blip!
thanks for sharing on your blog, if anything, it lets us live vicariously through your experiences!
Good friends of mine are geologists, and their last 2 treks were to papau new guinea (i hope i spelled that right, its late:)
kim