Ancestrial Lineage

[ABC in NYC]

What is it that has called you so suddenly out of nothingness to enjoy for a brief while a spectacle which remains quite indifferent to you? The conditions for your existence are as old as the rocks. For thousands of years men have striven and suffered and begotten and women have brought forth in pain. A hundred years ago, perhaps, another man - or woman - sat on this spot; like you he gazed with awe and yearning in his heart at the dying of the glaciers. Like you he was begotten of man and born of woman. He felt pain and brief joy as you do. Was he someone else? Was it not you yourself? What is this Self of yours?

-- Erwin Schrodinger

Ultimately, the 44s want EVERYONE, guy or girl (and everything in between), Asian or non-Asian (and everything in between), to be able to answer that question as deeply and completely as (s)he can.

But to understand what he's even asking, to see what people like Schrodinger, Mother Theresa, Nagarjuna, Dogen, Lao Tzu, Plotinus, Emerson, and countless others saw, well, it's going to take some work.

We're going to have to do our best to kick shit up, jolt some people awake, repair some of the damage to our own souls, and maybe even bring a smile to a face or two.

So let's get going.

What is it? Quite simply, my parents, dude. Dad is Chinese. Mom is Chinese. Me? Chinese, obviously. I have NO problems with my identity. It's really as simple as that. Now, work-wise, love-wise, that's for me to figure out....but, then again, that's life for everyone.

So, who am I? I am ________. My dad is from Hok Shan (near Toi Shan) in Guangdong, China. My mom is from Hong Kong, China.

I was born here, but I speak my native language fluently (not even an American accent). I listen to Chinese pop (HK and Taiwanese). I watch Chinese and Taiwanese soaps. I guess that you can call me an ABC FOB.

[ABC in NYC]

Furthermore, I guess that you can call me a "Han"....the first people that had lived along the Yellow River in China.

Like some other posters out there, I'm Asian to the core!

[ABC in NYC]

Need more detail? I can give you the street in China where my dad's family is from....hundreds (if not, thousands) of years ago.

That's who I am!

[angi]

Yeah, tell us about YOU.

You told us about where your parents are from and that you're Chinese, is that it?

[FatFish]

What is it? Quite simply, my parents, dude. Dad is Chinese. Mom is Chinese. Me? Chinese, obviously. I have NO problems with my identity. It's really as simple as that. Now, work-wise, love-wise, that's for me to figure out....but, then again, that's life for everyone.

So, who am I? I am ________. My dad is from Hok Shan (near Toi Shan) in Guangdong, China. My mom is from Hong Kong, China.

I was born here, but I speak my native language fluently (not even an American accent). I listen to Chinese pop (HK and Taiwanese). I watch Chinese and Taiwanese soaps. I guess that you can call me an ABC FOB.

ABC, both my parents are from Hok Shan. I was born there. Live there until I was nine before I left for California.

So, I am the genuine FOB.

[.vhg//ALITA]

If you want I can find that book that my dad's family that names the past 32 generations of our family =D

[ABC in NYC]

What is it? Quite simply, my parents, dude. Dad is Chinese. Mom is Chinese. Me? Chinese, obviously. I have NO problems with my identity. It's really as simple as that. Now, work-wise, love-wise, that's for me to figure out....but, then again, that's life for everyone.

So, who am I? I am ________. My dad is from Hok Shan (near Toi Shan) in Guangdong, China. My mom is from Hong Kong, China.

I was born here, but I speak my native language fluently (not even an American accent). I listen to Chinese pop (HK and Taiwanese). I watch Chinese and Taiwanese soaps. I guess that you can call me an ABC FOB.

ABC, both my parents are from Hok Shan. I was born there. Live there until I was nine before I left for California.

So, I am the genuine FOB.

FatFish,

Are you "Haka yun"?

[ABC in NYC]

FatFish,

Also, where in Hok Shan? My family is from "Doong Hahng Cheern."

[Yellow_Peril]

I'm a HAKKA .. my folks migrated to Jamacia (where I was born) and ran a general foods store there in the 60's .. then to Canada in the early 70's

never been back to the motherland.. mon.

[Dialectic]

You're Jamaican Hakka? You should be CHILL mon! Let go of all the bitterness bro!

I got an Asian friend or two from St. Martin, and they're the coolest fucks on the block! His dad takes jerk chicken out of the oven and talks like a Black man.

Irie bro :D

[Yellow_Peril]

IHis dad takes jerk chicken out of the oven and talks like a Black man.

Irie bro :D

I prefer Ox tail stew myself.. but i also like rotis

[Yellow_Peril]

You're Jamaican Hakka? You should be CHILL mon! Let go of all the bitterness bro!

I got an Asian friend or two from St. Martin, and they're the coolest fucks on the block! His dad takes jerk chicken out of the oven and talks like a Black man.

Irie bro :D


ya well the caribbean asian community is rather small. I probably even know him..

but one thing carribean asians respect IS their asian heritage.

[awong]

I just have grandparents from both sides of my family concidently move to Cuba after 1949, execpt my grandfather lived their longer since he had a buinsess there. Just they lived in the opposite areas of Cuba, havana(my dad) and Santiago de Cuba(my mom). I don't act like a spanish person either...

[FatFish]

FatFish,

Also, where in Hok Shan? My family is from "Doong Hahng Cheern."

I am no HAKA.

Shit man, I have no idea where in Hok Shan.

[ABC in NYC]

FatFish,

Also, where in Hok Shan? My family is from "Doong Hahng Cheern."

I am no HAKA.

Shit man, I have no idea where in Hok Shan.

I am NOT Haka either. I think that Haka peeps live on the next mountain. Ask your dad. Shit, we could be long lost cousins. :)

[Sothy]

Woah...Yellow Peril is a lot older than I realized...he was born in the 60s! Holy shit, he be like 40 or something! :shock:

[Yellow_Peril]

Woah...Yellow Peril is a lot older than I realized...he was born in the 60s! Holy shit, he be like 40 or something! :shock:

ulm no.. 70s

[Sothy]

my folks migrated to Jamacia (where I was born) and ran a general foods store there in the 60's .. then to Canada in the early 70's

alright, but then you are born super early in the 70s :lol: :P