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being chinese, the only thing i dont like is within the chinese community, there are some new immigrants which seem they are totally against learning any bit of english or even any attempt to be canadian and seem like they actually dont want to be here, but were forced to.
on the other side, i have met many new immigrants which try very hard to assimilate into our vancouver culture, almost as if they welcome that they can break free from their mold.
i like where i live, my neighborhood is as culturally diverse as a canadian model can be. my neighbors are from pakistan, philipines, china, france, poland, ireland... just off the top of my head. though we all have our own households where we live our own cultures, once out the door and in our back alley way, we greet each other as neighbors. theres no asian way of mowing the lawn or racking dem damn leaves.
ill be honest in saying i feel foreign when i walk into aberdeen. i may be asian, but ive been in vancouver long enough to lose my honger side.
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