A very nice writing! I can always learn something from your writings.I just have a few small comments. 說錯了請不要在意。
1. brought me occasionally uncomfortable self-consciousness - brought me occasionally a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness?
2. inside the marginalized immigrant community - within the marginalized immigrant community?
3. But those days are history - But those days are a history?
4. I don’t dine alone - I don't dine alone anymore.