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Every birthday I ask for pizza. It was largely the same.
In HK, being 18 almost always means you are studying for HKDSE, basically the biggest and most important exam of a Hongkonger's life. I got a few blessings from my family lol.
Is HK test the same as GaoKao?
Lol funny that I didn't even have to take the SAT/ACT (US Standarized Tests) to get accepted to a state college because of COVID changed the requirements.
But then I have depression and had to withdraw 🙃
Now I have self esteen issues.
If I was still in mainland, I would've felt even worse because you know how much education is valued. The competition is so much worse, labor protection is horrible. 1.4 billion people, ugh cant even breathe in that air (literally and figuratively).
I feel like the US is more like relaxed when it comes to stuff like college, I think I can re-enroll later once I get my depression fixed. I think in China, they just don't ever let you do college again once you're past the normal age for college. Also mental health is sooo stigmitized...
Anyways, the pizza thing... is that like very special?
Cuz from my perspective, that's just an average dinner here in the US lolol.
I mean I guess if things are uncommon, it becomes special.
I have faint memories of being in McDonalds in Guangzhou... I think those always felt special... I mean I guess its cuz its foreign and its full of 味精... felt like a past life ngl, was so long ago.
When I first arrive in the US, I went to McDonalds a lot, its like a treat basically, now those stuff taste so bad (inflation maybe? lower quality stuff?), I just go to Chinese restaurant sometimes instead lol
Every time I see your comment, I just wonder like "what would my life have been life if I never emigrated" like the "alternate timeline" type of thing... yea I overthinkg life too much sometimes.
You know, I never technically even graduated highschool, I had fight school where a 鬼佬 kid instigated a fight and I got in trouble when I was 17, so I ended up hating school. So in the US, there are theses things called the "GED" where like you can just take these tests in Math Reading Writing Science and get school done with. My GED test scores are better then my GPA in school (Grade Point Average)
School in Philly suck so much... so much 種族歧視.
My mom had to move us away from NYC. NYC was so memorable. Literally like 1/4 to 1/2 of the class is Asian, a lot of Cantonese speakers, a few occasional Mandarin speakers too, so I felt more comfortable there... I mean bullying still exists, but at least I never was in a situation where I felt like was the only Asian kid in the room.