Who all on the Org. have origins in the Orient? I mean like Chinese, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, ETC. I have origins in South Korea!

 

What oranges?

 

I have Chinese roots. My family is from Hong Kong, although I don't look even a little Chinese. 6'1, 195 pounds, curly hair, lol. But believe it or not I am a 1/4 Chinese. Believe me it looks funny when I stand next to my 4'5 completely Chinese Grandmother (or Por-Por)

- Steve

 

1/2 Chinese(Taiwan) & 1/2 whitey Haven't spent much time in Taiwan, but intend to...

Zam

 

i'm half half and have lived most of my live overseas in Taiwan and Thailand

I'm a FOB

 

So why isn't the Philippines in that list? After all, it is called the Pearl of the Orient Sea's

Yeah, i'm from there

 

Orient? Shouldn't it be asian or asia. Orient is used for rugs. Welcome to 2003.

 

haha. I have some oriental flavor ramen at home. So what does that mean? Tastes like an asian person??

 

Russia count? It's in asia, hehe.

 

<---- thai

 

i'm asian (india)

 

Vietnamese here

 

Taiwanese here.....just got back from Taiwan less than 24 hrs ago

 

I am Korean.. Up to you to decide which side I'm from..
BTW, When are we going to war?

 

That's interesting, I've gone out with 3 Russian women and always thought they were European. 2 were from Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and the other was from Moscow. Guess I always had a Spy who loved me fantasy.... I thought the western part was definitely Europe since it borders Norway and Finland. But I guess it also has a border with China.

 

full blood chinese, born in Hong Kong.

 

China ---> Hong Kong ---> USA

Though I was born here in NJ. Jook-Sing!

 

 

well, alot of asian people take offense to being called "oriental" as it describes an item or object, not a person. that being said, i am Vietnamese with a bit of Chinese in me. i hate being called an "oriental" because "oriental" is a type of food or rug.

 

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

2nd generation Chinese. I'm not your typical chinese either - 6'2, 200lbs.

 

hey, me too! where's the rest of us?

 

Mostly Lao with a mix of Thai. Born in Thai, raised in America.

 

besides being called a g**k, ch*nk, or FOB, oriental is right up there for me. my friend's mom called me oriental once and my buddy jumped right in there for me and corrected her. good friend

 

Calling a person "oriental" will offend the politically correct police. However, I don't think anyone would take offense at the region being called the Orient. When I was growing up, everyone used the term oriental to refer to asians. No one used the term in a derrogatory sense. Now people get offended when it is used when those using it do not intend nor know that it is offensive. Kind of like Star Trek fans being offended when called "Trekkies" as opposed to "Trekkers." There are many around who also do not like the terms white, black, etc.

Re: Russians. The few I've met think of themselves as Eastern Europeans.

Re: Indians. My indian friends seem not to like to be included in the term "asians" even though they know it is part of the Asian continent.

Sometimes, you can't win... there is always someone who will take offense.

 

1/2 Filipino, 1/4 Swedish, 1/8 Irish, 1/8 Russian, 100% average American mutt.

Oh, and I speak fluent Arabic.

 

Vietnamese here, but basically I'm americanized. I don't even speakee the language.

 

Mostly Vietnamese with some mixture of Chinese, but also Americanized. I understand Vietnamese but I reply in American.

 

haha, when i was younger, my parents would yell at me/lecture me in vietnamese and i would respond in english and it would get them even more mad. so i picked up the language even more and i'm fluent in both

 

I'm an ABC --> American Born Chinese.

 

CBC = canadian born chinese, both parents are 100% chinese. so would that make me 100%

 

No it would make you 1% only