Never felt boring living in the U.S. Maybe because I moved here in 1999, and Beijing was just a busy village with dusty roads and mini buses stumbling through construction sites. There were grandmas guarding bicycles in front of shops, theatres, etc. I bet they were all gone by now.
It wasn't much more fun in China in 1999 than where I live now. I don't know what life is like in China anymore. I haven't been there for 20 years. I don't go to any Chinese market or know any Chinese people around here, partly because there's not many of them, partly because I don't want to get to know them. Why should I? There's no Chinese shops or groceries here. We have a couple of Asian markets, but not Chinese owned.
But the most stark difference between me and the people like you is we have different life styles, different life experiences and families. If I sit down with you oneday, there will be probably nothing but silence ensued. I went to college, grad school here, I enlisted in the Army, worked different jobs, met countless people of various backgrounds and races. I was a devout Catholic for years, then I converted to Judaism. I speak English, Russian and Hebrew and live as an observant Jew now. I've married twice and have three kids now. All these things happened with me you probably can't even comprehend or picture. How have I changed as a person? I don't know in a whole. Maybe in the core, I am an American and a Jew from the beginning of my life, if you believe in the perpetuity of souls. Then my soul has found its home, traveling 7000 miles across the ocean. That's why I am who I am.
