chinese apreciation day

A month after Chinese new year, I find myself...in Chinatown!! Buying some authentic green tea that we have grown to love. I just had to share that one. They say that there is a fine line between coincidence and fate. I dont really know but this day has been filled with so much coincidences that just blew my mind....or am I just thinking too much? Not that this is a countdown. Im not Chinese, there isnt even a fraction of a quarter or anything in our bloodline that is even remotely Chinese. Im half Hispanic if anything else. So the Chinese new year shouldnt really affect me in the least or at least it shouldnt have.

Exactly this day last month was Chinese new year and I just find it ironic that the official beggining of the Chinese lunar calendar is the same time we decided to end this crazy almost 2 year infatuation. With someone Chinese too. Don't feel sorry for me, the relationship was kinda winding down anyway and it was just then that we decided to formally end it once and for all. No hard feelings. So I guess, this lunar year gives the Chinese a new jump start on things and for me, a chance to start anew with my life. In that way, Im Chinese. Even before him, I already found myself fascinated by the Chinese...their culture, their philosophy, their art and most of all their cuisine. With an authentic Chinese guy, it gave me a front row perspective into what is Chinese. As a matter of fact, I can even speak and understand basic Mandarin. That's how fascinated I am. Im still learning it since one of my goals in life is to be multilingual.

And since this seems like a Chinese appreciation entry, I'll delve more into that previous relationship. It was fun and great while it lasted. It was a real learning experience for the both of us. The most important lesson I learned was that opposites do attract but unlike magnets, they dont really last. What we ultimately need at the end of the day is someone, more like ourselves. I dont mean that you should have all things in common, that would just be freaky! You may have different personalities, customs, religion, race, preferrences but at the end of the day, you both hold the same beliefs or philosophies in life. Although I was really fascinated with Chinese things and he was purely Chinese [the embodiment of just that], it didnt work cause our personalities were just too polar to romantically connect. I knew we were better off as friends, I just didnt want to admit it right away. You just cant force things that arent meant to be.

Its back to the drawing board for me...and its quite fun to be single again. I dont really have any specifications for the next potential special person in my life...He may be Chinese, he may not... but the most important thing for me will be that we are compatible enough to connect and thats the basic, most significant thing.