Era un venerdì come tanti, e perciò indossavo vestiti semplici, una maglia nera ed una gonna color panna. E visto che non voglio che I miei tacchi vadano distrutti camminando vicino ai lavori a lato del condominio, Ho scelto di mettere I miei infradito dall’Africa (un regalo della mamma di Massimo). Dopo circa cinque minuti di attesa, ho tirato un respiro di sollievo quando si è fermato un taxi. La conversazione col tassista è stata così:
Tassista: Sei cinese?
Io: No.
Tassista: Dove stai andando?
Io: Vado a lavorare.
Tassista: (incredulo) Vai a lavorare? Ma sembri così giovane per lavorare!
Io: (dovrei essere gentile o no?) No, sono vecchia abbastanza, grazie.
Tassista: Hai finito la scuola?
Io: (stavo iniziando a divertirmi) Sì, l’ho finita.
Tassista: La scuola superiore?
Io: (stavo iniziando a stufarmi) Ah ah, no, non la scuola superiore.
Spero sia stato solo un episodio di scambio di persona, spero che non si stesse riferendo proprio a me.
It was a casual Friday, so I was wearing something simple, a black blouse, cream-colored skirt. And since I don’t want my high heels to get destroyed while walking over the construction site near our condo, I chose to wear my pink-beaded slippers from Africa (a gift from Massimo’s mother). After about five minutes of waiting, I heaved a sight of relief when a taxi stopped by. The conversation with the driver goes like this:
Driver: Are you Chinese?
Me: No
Driver: Where are you going?
Me: I am going to work.
Driver: (Incredulous) You are going to work? You look too young to work!
Me: (Should I be gracious or not?) No, I am quite old already, thank you.
Driver: Did you finish school?
Me: (This is getting funny). Yes, in fact, I did
Driver: Was it secondary school?
Me: (This is getting bad). Ha ha, no, not secondary.
Well, I hope it was just a case of mistaken identity. I hope he wasn’t really speaking to me.
August 29th, 2006 at 3:29 am
people ask me the first question quite often. but when they hear me speak they say… “oh i’m sorry you’re from korea right?”
you should be flattered by the second question. at least he did not ask you if you were lost.
so nins are you going to visit me?
December 20th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Hai, yes peope ask me also the same question
the worst is when i buy alkohol, and have to show my ID 
but i like it, it’s better like this
have a nice trip Sis