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发表于 2007-2-20 17:42:46
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回复: 我是中国人！——记今日VFS开学典礼
这是我写给我的老外朋友的——
It's another rainy day in Vancouver.
As always, no jetlag for me.
I got up early this morning to attend the Orientation of VFS--the world-class Vancouver Film School. The Orientation was held at Tinseltown Theater in Chinatown, on the 3rd floor. I was sitting in the small theater together with about 100 students from all over the world--at least 60% of them were from outside of Canada!
The school leaders gave truly exciting speeches and presentations of student productions, and constantly focused on "marketing" and "network" to prepare us right from the start to be successful on the marketplace one day, soon.
After the meeting we took student ID photos, and a whole bunch of men and women walked up to talk to me, including a small dark and curly-haired guy from Chicago, a tall, smiling, young blond guy from Calgary, Canada, a tall, dark-haired reticent girl from Denmark, a short, round-faced blond girl born in Moscow, growing up in Canada and speaking Russian and fluent English, as well as dark-skinned East Indian girls and South American guys.
There were also students from the Middle East and South Africa, which really surprised all of us, but most of the students were whites. Only a few were from East Asia, who were apparently the shyest, never having enough courage to socialize in a pool of aspiring would-be filmmakers.
After taking photos, we walked to the school's cafe, to mingle, to socialize...I seized the opportunity to talk to a number of people, each unique. An older guy from Switzerland approached me, saying he had always wanted to learn an Asian language. He first started Japanese, but found it too difficult, and then switched to Mandarin, only to find it even more diffucult. Wondering where I was from, he guessed that I was from Thailand or the Philipines. I almost laughed out loud, correcting him that I was from Beijing, China. Like most of the other students and teachers, he was just more than thrilled, asking me all about how to learn Mandarin well!
I also had an intense and highly intellectual conversation with our Student Service Manager Liz, a chubby and yet charming woman in her 50s, with three sons all in the film industry for Hollywood. Again, she was excited to hear that I was from Beijing, China, and stated that nowadays all the world was looking at China. She said enviously, "You are going to host 2008 Summer Olympics, and we we are going to host 2010 Winter Olympics." We switched from one topic to another, very inspiring, thought-provoking and very delightful. Liz also said to me with great emphasis that I was the only stylish student she'd ever seen, and that she would encourage every student at VFS to be stylish like me in one year! Later, my Chinese pals who came to the Orientation with me all regarded me as a patriotic national hero!
What impressed me was that most white students were quite sociable, and yet the few Asian students were so shy and passive. I saw this young Japanese guy, with timid narrow eyes, standing alone in a corner the whole time... Nobody noticed his existence.
It's a strange feeling to be someone of the minority, to be the only Chinese person. But I'm also a resourceful multicultural and international character. God knows I'm not shy and I like to stand out from a crowd, sooner or later! |
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发表于 2007-2-20 11:29:21
发表于 2007-2-20 23:55:13
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