a friend’s wedding is coming up and i was going to give the couple a red envelope. i asked my roommate if she had any and she said that she did.
she gave me a red envelope and i looked at it and blinked at her.
me: “uhhh, this isn’t the right envelope.”
her: “sure it is.”
me: “what does it say on this envelope?”
her:
me: “yeah, this isn’t the right envelope.”
her: “what do you mean?”
me: “there’s a special one for weddings. double happiness or something equally chinese.”
her: “oh, i suppose there is.”
me: “yeah, i want that one. give me that one.”
her: “i don’t have any of those. this is good enough.”
me: “no, i want to be a real chinese person. get me one of those special envelopes!”
her: “fine, fine, i’ll go get some later.”
me: “sheesh, and you call yourself chinese!”
i’m not chinese, but i’ve ALWAYS used the same kind of envelope for weddings. it just wouldn’t feel right any other way.
jenny
you are the most chinese Japanese guy I know. You do remember your history right?
jimmy
I still don’t understand then your philosophy of chinese and japanese…. who came first, and who-kicked-who out.
wilco
i’m just saying, i appreciate all peoples.
Ivy
Hahaha… you crack me up! You don’t have to use those special envelopes you know… thought that’s very thoughtful of you. ^_^
annie
you are a very thoughtful person
what about us koreans? you love us too right? 
i leave for italy today. wish me luck. 