What kind of blog is this???

This is a blog dedicated to people. Big ones, little ones, blue ones, yellow ones, solemn ones, funny ones... you get the idea.
How does one overcome their fear of strangers with whom one has no apparent common ground? Go meet them, of course!
My challenge: Every day (Lord willing), a new face, a new story.
If all the world is a stage, then there are a lot of characters I am unfamiliar with, and I want to change that.
Get ready to meet some crazy characters!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Profile 1

Considering that it is 1:53 in the morning, and not too many people are around, I decided it would be most fitting to make the first profile about myself. I'm sorry, is my modesty showing? I'll just stick to the non-basics.

BECCA~
Physical Description: Button nose. High, Tudor forehead. Dark, squinty eyes. Long, dark hair. Currently wearing striped pajama shorts and a black top.

Things that make her smile big: Eating (any time of day). Dressing up, The color green. Puppies. Korean Dramas. Dance, in all its forms. Anything written by Roald Dahl. That song that forces you to listen to it again and again.

When Becca was a little girl, she wanted to be a movie star. You couldn't get her to stop singing, dancing, or hamming it up, no matter where she was. She could quote entire movies, from start to finish, playing every character herself. There was also a 3 year phase where she wanted to be an Irish dancer in Lord of the Dance. (Not the ideal dream-job for a Chinese girl.) Now that she's grown, she still occasionally daydreams of being a performer.

Where did she come from? Well, there was this singer from Taiwan, who travelled with her singing group, hired by a Chinese radio station to perform in Chinese churches all around the world. This singer was introduced to a widower, who was the former son-in-law of the host family she was staying with in Ohio. His first wife/the host family's daughter had died of leukemia at a young age. Well, wouldn't you know, that darned visa was about to expire, but maybe there just might be something there.  Only one way to find out. Providence stepped in, and husband and wife stepped out of that courtroom after a whopping 2 week relationship.

Oh. Did I mention he came with some baggage? Three to be exact. 2 little girls and a baby boy with special needs. Did I also mention that she could not speak a word of English, and he, not a bit of Chinese? Despite the fact that Chinese blood coursed through his veins, he was actually born and bred in Kingston, Jamaica. Just a clue. They don't speak Mandarin in Jamaica.

So. One baby boy and lot's of culture shocks later, into the world came the one and only Becca. The fifth, the last, the spoiled.

Where is she going? God only knows.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting. I've known you for 23 years and never knew that's how your parents came to be. That's funny.

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