Comments on: My Lifestyle is My Personality, Not My Country http://www.ronalfy.com/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/ Life is a blog. I wanna write it. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Jenson http://www.ronalfy.com/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-58993 Bob Jenson Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:52:43 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/2007/06/11/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-58993 I get what you're saying, I was born and raised in another country but we've migrated to New Zealand. They are mostly very accepting of my different culture but there is still a certain 'distance' in how people treat me. Saying that, it seems to be getting better over time. Cheers, Bob. I get what you’re saying, I was born and raised in another country but we’ve migrated to New Zealand. They are mostly very accepting of my different culture but there is still a certain ‘distance’ in how people treat me.
Saying that, it seems to be getting better over time.

Cheers,
Bob.

]]> By: aeireck http://www.ronalfy.com/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-57716 aeireck Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:44:53 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/2007/06/11/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-57716 It doesn't matter if you do or don't practice Chinese traditions. All you have to do is to appreciate and understand it. You can also try some new things about Chinese traditions and make fun of it. And most of all, enjoy it. It doesn’t matter if you do or don’t practice Chinese traditions. All you have to do is to appreciate and understand it. You can also try some new things about Chinese traditions and make fun of it. And most of all, enjoy it.

]]> By: inspirationbit http://www.ronalfy.com/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-5636 inspirationbit Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:55:49 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/2007/06/11/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-5636 same here... I consider myself being Cosmopolitan. I was born in a country different from my ancestors land, I've moved from one country to another several times. I was a citizen of 4 different countries. Now I'm Canadian and I like being associated with a country that welcomes diverse cultures. same here… I consider myself being Cosmopolitan. I was born in a country different from my ancestors land, I've moved from one country to another several times. I was a citizen of 4 different countries. Now I'm Canadian and I like being associated with a country that welcomes diverse cultures.

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.ronalfy.com/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-5584 Ronald Huereca Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:00:55 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/2007/06/11/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-5584 I can relate too having been raised in the Philippines and then being a half-Mexican in the middle of the inner-city in Las Vegas. I have a strong Mexican background, but you couldn't tell by the way I lived. I can relate too having been raised in the Philippines and then being a half-Mexican in the middle of the inner-city in Las Vegas. I have a strong Mexican background, but you couldn't tell by the way I lived.

]]> By: Bes Z http://www.ronalfy.com/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-5581 Bes Z Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:26:30 +0000 http://www.ronalfy.com/2007/06/11/my-lifestyle-is-my-personality-not-my-country/#comment-5581 Awww, I am guessing asking you how to make sushi is out of the question then. :( [damn, have to buy a book now! :(] Just kidding to make a point! Excellent post <strong>Jess</strong>. People love assuming things, specially when it comes to looks and culture. Many people love judging others, even if they don't think so. People focus a lot on where one is from, instead of knowing what one is. I'm mixed, born in a different country and raised in different countries, and I have seen stereotypes and I have been stereotyped almost every single day, both online and offline. People make retarded and racially retarded jokes [much like my above one simply because of appearance or knowledge that someone is something from some area] in front of me, related to me, all the time and they think it is all right. A joke is fine, but that idea from which the joke stems is always there, growing. We need more posts like these, with people actually going through such an experience, so more people can start realizing how narrow minded they are, even if they profess to be open minded. The typical "I'm open minded" and "I treat everyone equally" mantra isn't going to work since people say one thing and they do something completely different, like people hanging out most of the time only within their own ethnicity, even if they have opportunities to hang out with other ethnicities. I do not associate with any culture. I'm me, and if someone cannot understand that, they cannot understand me. Thanks! Awww, I am guessing asking you how to make sushi is out of the question then. :( [damn, have to buy a book now! :( ]

Just kidding to make a point! Excellent post Jess. People love assuming things, specially when it comes to looks and culture. Many people love judging others, even if they don't think so. People focus a lot on where one is from, instead of knowing what one is.

I'm mixed, born in a different country and raised in different countries, and I have seen stereotypes and I have been stereotyped almost every single day, both online and offline. People make retarded and racially retarded jokes [much like my above one simply because of appearance or knowledge that someone is something from some area] in front of me, related to me, all the time and they think it is all right. A joke is fine, but that idea from which the joke stems is always there, growing. We need more posts like these, with people actually going through such an experience, so more people can start realizing how narrow minded they are, even if they profess to be open minded. The typical "I'm open minded" and "I treat everyone equally" mantra isn't going to work since people say one thing and they do something completely different, like people hanging out most of the time only within their own ethnicity, even if they have opportunities to hang out with other ethnicities.

I do not associate with any culture. I'm me, and if someone cannot understand that, they cannot understand me.

Thanks!

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