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發表於 07-11-16 04:45 |只看該作者

Dear Moms in the Bay Area,

I was planning to host a gathering at my house in Union City in December after renovation. However, the "c fu" hurt his back and we have to put the project on hold. But we can still get together some time in Dec. How about Saturday, Dec 15? If my house is ready by then, you all are more than welcome to visit me. Otherwise we can hang out somewhere else.

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發表於 07-11-17 18:25 |只看該作者

Sounds good! Though I think I will have a bday party to go that weekend. I need to confirm whether the party is on Sat or Sunday. :)

原文章由 mrschao 於 07-11-16 04:45 發表
Dear Moms in the Bay Area,

I was planning to host a gathering at my house in Union City in December after renovation. However, the "c fu" hurt his back and we have to put the project on hold. But we ...

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回覆 #3 jujee 的文章

Hi julee,
你個BB女好cute,白雪雪好可愛!

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Hi bunnymonkey,
仔仔去L.A.咁乖, 真抵鍚!

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發表於 07-11-20 02:36 |只看該作者

原文章由 mrschao 於 07-11-16 04:45 發表
Dear Moms in the Bay Area,

I was planning to host a gathering at my house in Union City in December after renovation. However, the "c fu" hurt his back and we have to put the project on hold. But we ...

hehe, my family (2A+2B) would love to join but need to reconfirm if my hubby has OT work on that day first. If we come over, we can check the houses in the neighbour too.

花旗太太生活在花旗國，留意時差，你問我未必即時答到。

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發表於 07-11-20 05:12 |只看該作者

My son and I want to join you guys ah. However, it depend on what time you guys start the gathering coz I got to go to company Christmas party that night.

原文章由 mrschao 於 07-11-16 04:45 發表
Dear Moms in the Bay Area,

I was planning to host a gathering at my house in Union City in December after renovation. However, the "c fu" hurt his back and we have to put the project on hold. But we ...

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發表於 07-11-20 09:10 |只看該作者

mrs chao,

if gathering on 12/15, it depends on what time to see if we can make it. we'll need to go to a wedding (probably around 1pm) in SJ.

r u doing a major remodelling for yr hosue? we thought abt buying an old house in a nice area, tear it down and rebuild it. however, we chickened out, coz i heard from our friends that it takes so long to get the permits from the city plus it's so hectic to deal with those contractors.

the houses in Union City seem to be big and at very affordable prices.
is Union City a good place to live and with good schools?
there're couple of families from our old church live in Union City, but all their kids go to a private christian school in Fremont.

原文章由 mrschao 於 07-11-16 04:45 發表
Dear Moms in the Bay Area,

I was planning to host a gathering at my house in Union City in December after renovation. However, the "c fu" hurt his back and we have to put the project on hold. But we ...

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發表於 07-11-20 09:22 |只看該作者

sigh ... i felt like i'm really having a bad day today. i was just unfairly yelled at by my 99 like a dog, so i went out to the chinse herbal store to get the prescribed herbal medication for my son. then i was verbally
harrassed by a Chinese or Taiwanese man, becoz the
doctor jumped off from his conversation and spoke with
me for some instruction. he's not happy and thought
the store owner let me talk to the doctor first becoz
i spoke Cantonese to the owner. he said something
like "all the Chinese in here should speak in Mandarin
instead of Cantonese". he said i was interfering his
conversation with the doctor. when i said it's the
doctor's decision to talk to whom first and none of
his business. he's very emotional and said i was
crazy in Mandarin. he tried to say that he would have
hit me if i'm not a female and almost wanted to hit
me. i told him that he's insulting me coz i'm a
woman. i was very emotional and my heart was
pounding. the doctor tried to stop my conversation
with him, so i just went out of the store without
saying anything. however, when i just about to get
into my car, that man came out of the store and
shouted to me, "watch out yourself!" in Mandarin.

i felt really upset and being harrassed and
discriminated by a Chinese so i kept crying when i
drove back home. then i thought "what's he gonna do to me? did he copy my license plate number and try to have someone kill me? what is he? did he think he's more superior since he dressed up formally?" meanwhile, i think that guy should learn a lesson so i should have called the police at the store.
when i called the store and asked if that guy's still
there, she said he's gone. i said i almost wanted to
call the police, but the store owner's daughter told
me not to bother their store and that i should call the police
when i'm away from the store.

how come i have such a bad day today? why me? this
is the first time i felt like i'm being discriminated by a
Chinese while i've never been discriminated by an
American in the US.

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發表於 07-11-20 13:01 |只看該作者

SY_mom,

I am sorry to hear about your day. Actually if I met that guy in the store, I would not let him insulted me. First, if he think every Chinese should speak Mandarin, then I may say to him that this is America and if he has issue, he can speak in English. Everyone has their freedom of speech and if I feel like speaking Cantonese, I can. It's none of his business. If he can't even understand that, he doesn't deserve to stay in this country. Anyway, I guess it may depends on my mood at the time to deal with those people. Sometimes when I am in good mood, I just let it goes and said fine, I am not in a hurry, you can talk to that Dr first and I can wait.

If I am not in good mood and if that person really annoying, I would have some other reaction. Does that guy looks like a gangster type? If the people really does looks like he's a gangster, I may walk out to my car first and I can call the police and say he was threating me and I feel that I am in danger etc. :)

原文章由 SY_Mom 於 07-11-20 09:22 發表
sigh ... i felt like i'm really having a bad day today. i was just unfairly yelled at by my 99 like a dog, so i went out to the chinse herbal store to get the prescribed herbal medication for my son. ...

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發表於 07-11-20 13:56 |只看該作者

bunnymonkey,

actually that guy does not look like a gangster at all. he's a chinese guy (probably taiwanese) abt in his late 40 and dressed formally. he's able to speak English too. i think he doesn't like Cantonese people. when he heard both the store owner and i spoke cantonese and she asked the doctor to talk to me while the dr. was talking to him, he's not happy.

i just couldn't believe he yelled at me and said i'm "神經病" in Mandarin and that he came out of the store and yelled at me and said "你小心一點!"when i ignored him and walked out of the store.
i felt like i was exactly being threatened, but the store owner is not willing to be my witness.

原文章由 bunnymonkey 於 07-11-20 13:01 發表
SY_mom,

I am sorry to hear about your day. Actually if I met that guy in the store, I would not let him insulted me. First, if he think every Chinese should speak Mandarin, then I may say to him that ...

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發表於 07-11-20 14:16 |只看該作者

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發表於 07-11-21 06:12 |只看該作者

SY_Mom,

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. Don't worry too much about that guy's threats. If you by chance see him in the future and he threatens you again, make sure to call the cops right away! He can go to jail just by threatening you!

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發表於 07-11-21 07:30 |只看該作者

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SY_Mom,
Guess what! A bad day will lead you for a better day tomorrow!:D Look at it this way, that guy was probably having a bad day or he was just informed by the doctor that he was diagnosed with a disease that can't be cured!! (I am so "black heart"):evil:

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發表於 07-11-21 14:11 |只看該作者

原文章由 HappyMatt 於 07-11-20 05:12 發表
My son and I want to join you guys ah. However, it depend on what time you guys start the gathering coz I got to go to company Christmas party that night.

bunnymonkey:
Have you found out what day is the party? Are you available on 12/15?

HappyMatt:
On 12/15, I am open any time after 11:30 am. SY_mom needs to go to a wedding in SJ at 1pm, how about an early lunch at 11:30 am somewhere in SJ or nearby? Or depends on if SY_mom is available after the wedding. We can also meet in the late afternoon or in the evening.

SY_Mom:
We used to live in Hayward and the schools there are really bad. A couple elementary schools in Union City are pretty good and the houses are more affordable compare to Fremont or Pleasanton. We just moved here for a few months. We like it here so far.

By the way, don't let that crazy guy to ruin your mood. Just forget about him. Be happy!

Rose-mag:
Hope you can join us. You can come any time to take a look at the neighborhood here.

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發表於 07-11-21 14:54 |只看該作者

meeemeee,

that guy seemed to be happy when he's talking to the chinese doctor; all of a sudden he got mad when the store owner tried to let me talk to the doctor first for simple instruction.

anyway, i'm feeling ok now.
next time if i see that guy again and he still tries to insult me, i would definitely call the police.

sometimes i feel like the mandarin-speaking people kinda discriminate the cantonese-speaking people. it's hard for us to be friends with the mandarin-speaking people if we don't speak mandarin to them, although they can speak english.
my 99 might feel the same, so she said being able to speak mandarin in the bay area is very important and she makes her grandson to practice speaking mandarin every day.

原文章由 meeemeee 於 07-11-21 07:30 發表
SY_Mom,
Guess what! A bad day will lead you for a better day tomorrow!:D Look at it this way, that guy was probably having a bad day or he was just informed by the doctor that he was diagnosed with ...

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