On her first day at work, I enthusiastically leaned in and took the initiative to strike up a conversation. I finally found a talking partner! I know the benefits of this person in a few words! It's really hard for me to judge her age by looking at her wrinkle-free face, but she said that her eldest daughter is in her thirties, so she must be over 50. She is a first-generation immigrant from Jamaica and has been in the United States for decades. Her daughter is excellent and graduated from Yale drama department. She has made no secret of being a tiger mother and has been very concerned about her children's study since she was a child. This can be seen from her work attitude. She writes fast and well, and there is nothing she can't handle. Sometimes my design is really difficult to code, but she refuses to admit defeat and takes it home when the office can't handle it during the day. The next day, he proudly told me: "Done! I really hate you. For that little triangle, I didn't go to bed until 2 o'clock! "
Tina is not tall and big, but she is also full of amorous feelings. Sometimes she wears clothes with a surprisingly low neckline. Wear wigs of different colors and styles to work in turn every day, and all kinds of jewelry jingle. She has a small face and charming big eyes. I wasn't surprised when she told me that she had been married four times.
What surprised me most was Tina's acceptance of various cultures, especially the food, which made me wonder where she came from. For example, I asked her to try Laoganma Douchi Chili sauce, and she fell in love with it, and then asked me to buy her a bottle and put it in the office. Other things, whether crisp red dates or wolfberry moon cakes, were given to her, and she ate them with relish without blinking an eye. After eating, I wiped my mouth and asked if there was any more. I looked at her beautiful big eyes and often couldn't bear to refuse, so I gave her all my stocks.
In fact, she likes the dishes of any country. In order to eat one of her favorite Indian dishes, she even asked her Indian colleagues for recipes, and then went to an Indian food store to buy raw materials and cook them herself. The boss brought back a dessert from India, and everyone just tasted it. She ate all the rest at once!
She also likes listening to music. She wears a big earphone at work. If you want to talk to her, you must walk up to her and make gestures. But she doesn't listen to hip-hop and she doesn't hear of singing. What she likes best is classical music. Sometimes the headphones are not plugged in properly and the music suddenly overflows the office. She proudly told me that she played the cello and studied ballet as a child.
Tina is also crazy about the scene of figure skating competition. Whenever there is a major international competition, she will spend a lot of money to see it. A few weeks ago, I took a special leave to watch an international competition in Canada, and I knew all the contestants like the back of my hand, because many contestants had been paying attention to her since she was a teenager. Also told me that Asian athletes from the United States and Canada performed very well in the flower skating competition, and they would win the gold medal. When it comes to Michelle Kwan, she beats her chest, which is more painful than that she didn't win the Olympic gold medal.
The most amazing thing is that this Jamaican black elder sister especially likes watching China acrobatics and often takes some wonderful video clips to share with me. I don't know much about acrobatics. I just nodded and listened to her explanation.
One day I told her that I had just watched a new Hong Kong movie called Chasing the Dragon, and she asked me who starred in it. I wonder what Andy Lau's English name is. No sooner had she read Liu than she guessed it was Andy Lau. I was so surprised that I couldn't keep my mouth shut, but she simply said that I knew all the movie stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there were hundreds of China movies at home. Then she reported a bunch of movie names and main actors that I was familiar with or unfamiliar with. She said that she just likes foreign movies and foreign cultures.
I often sigh and ask her, elder sister, where are you from? She smiled and said that I am definitely not a typical Jamaican woman. However, Jamaica itself is a very diverse society, although it is deeply influenced by British culture. She said that one of her brother-in-law is from China, so she has a bunch of nephews and nieces of China descent. She also has an Indian brother-in-law, and now her daughter's fiance is Greek, so her family is the United Nations. Coupled with decades of living experience in the United States, she has gradually blurred the differences between various cultures.
Yesterday, she said that her daughter would go to town to have dinner with her and asked me where there was a good restaurant nearby. I said there is a Thai restaurant nearby, which is not bad. She immediately said, "Great! I like Thai food best! " I said, "Is there any food you don't like?" She nodded, thought carefully and said, "Not really!" I shouted, "I knew it long ago!" "
I think Tina is an out-and-out "orthodox" American, a person who can accept any culture, and the kind of person who has survived the most in this melting pot.