Foreigners are idiots

Last Thursday Ricky and I were on a search for a conference room which lead us into uncharted waters of the city we live in. Of course this lead us to realize that the fact we are foreigners will always be a handicap...

After going to strange idol worshiping hotels, discussing the benefits of sustainable farming and whether or not David Crowder would be staying at any of the hotels, we hopped on the number 10 bus.

A few stops later we arrived outside a middle school. The bus was surrounded but maybe a hundred little 8 year old 'shao peng you's' in their uniforms, complete with bright yellow baseball caps. Six girls got on our bus, and seeing our white shinning faces headed towards the back of the bus to gaze at our glory/lack of color. One brave girl spoke up...

(Note: (E) means in English (A) means in East Asian Be aware, this will make or break the story...)

Brave girl:(E) Hello!
Echo of other girls:(E) Hello! *giggle giggle giggle*
Me and Ricky:(A) Hello little friends!
Girls 2 to other girls: (A) Are they going to the ferry?
Me: (A) No we are not going to the ferry, we are looking for a hotel.
Girl 1 to others:(A) Are they foreigners?
Brave Girl: (A) Of course they are, look at them!
Girl 1: (A) But they can speak our language!

they stare at us...

me and ricky pretend not to understand...

Girl 2 to other girls: (A) How do you say rabbit?
Ricky: (E) Rabbit.

girls seem oblivious

Girl 3:(A) Yeah, how do you say rabbit?
Ricky: (E) Rabbit...
Girl 4:(A) I dont know.
Ricky a little louder:(E) rabbit!

girls still do not acknowledge

Girl 4:(A) How do you say cat?
Ricky: (E) Cat.
Brave Girl: (E) K...K..
Ricky(Still invisible):(E) CAT! No, no you are right I obviously dont know what I am saying keep ignoring me girls...
Girls(Still ignoring): (A) How do you say it...
Brave Girl:(E) Kitty!
Girls: (E) Kitty! Kitty! Kitty!
Ricky:(E) Cat!
Girls: (E) Kitty! Kitty! Kitty!

After we got off the bus we decided that we better stick to what our books teach us about the language, obviously foreigners can never learn the language pass the point of 'asking for directions', 'buying things at the market', 'sports meets' and 'making a phone call'. or if you do, little girls will assume you dont know anything.

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