Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Well-adjusted? Moi?

I took an online quiz called "What Kind of Ex-Pat are you?" It's designed for those of us in China. If you're curious, here is how I scored:
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Your Result: Well adjusted Ex-Pat --

China might not be everything that you expected, but you can accept it for what it is. After all, it would be no fun if you knew everything before you came, and it's not as if China is being like that just to spite you.

China has it's good points, which are very good, and its bad points, which you don't dwell on.

You also accept that you can't really make much of a difference and so you don't really try all that much.

You have a small collection of open minded Chinese friends with whom you can talk openly about touchy topics, but, for those who are not open minded, you know not to press the point too much. All in all though you are more interested in hearing about them and China, than in telling them about you and your country. And you have no intention of spoiling a good friendship by inserting your foot into your mouth for the sake of a debate.

You can speak some Chinese and, even if you are not very good at it, you still try. When you get home, you will show off your Chinese language skills to your friends.
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I'd say that this is mostly true except for the language part. I do know some Chinese, and I do use it on a daily basis, but it's nothing that I could "wow" my friends with.

1 comment:

susansinclair said...

Sounds like ex-pat meets rhetorician--the ability to suss out the conversational territory and know what to say, or not... (Is "suss" a word? Why do I think it is? Hmmm...)