Chinese Illiteracy - A cultural note

It would seems that my mind is up to its old tricks again and has committed a mild suicide on its self and erased majority of my memory. Well at least the memory of having to write a paragraph or so on an aspect of Chinese culture. Luckily I was creeping through blogs and I started to so a few of these paragraphs when I vaguely remembered being told to do such a thing. I don’t remember exactly what we had to do but I’m going to make a stab at the assignment and talk about Chinese culture.
Asia has always been a source of wonderment and interest of mine since I can remember. Being 25% Filipino(always puzzled me when they switch the P to an F) I always claimed to be Asain. Technically I am though I’m one of the few who would actually consider me Asian. Besides my mother’s influence, probably the fact that I lived in a household that put a heavy emphasis on History is probably where I got the start for my thirst of knowledge. That and video games. Oh those wonderful video games that opened so many doors for me.
My first interest lay in Mogolia and Japan. To this day I have a deep fascination with both but now have growing interest in China. Ever since I was little my mom has been taking me to Chicago’s China Town and this is probably my biggest immersion into their culture. Before taking Chinese class however, it never dawned on how complex and intricate everything was. When I was ignorant it was like going to some interesting fantasy land but now its like going to a fantasy land that overwhelms me in the fact that I know so little. When you don’t know anything the fact isn’t so bad. When you learn a little and realize how much you don’t know it can be horrifying. But the day I went back with my little puddle of knowledge I was overwhelmed but also inspired to pursue my goal of obtaining Chinese literacy. I’m still drowning in my little puddle but I’m making small ripples of progress so maybe one day I could float or even go in the deep end!
I realize I went off topic as I normally do and that my thoughts are very scattered. So without turning this small assignment into a maze of thoughts I’m just going to say that many aspects of Chinese culture catches my attention. Music, art, ideas, people, anything and everything. So I’m going to keep my little floatis on a little longer as I try to wade through this puddle in the hopes of deep sea diving into the Ocean that is the Chinese language.

~Love~