A definitive trait of us Asian folks is our determined focus on merit and achievement. As parodied by Glee's "Asian F" episode (Mike Chang got an "A-"), it is ingrained in our culture an expectation to be best, at any and all costs. To that end, in 2014, Lucy and I are determined to be best that we can be, in our Asianness anyway. Since we are far past the opportunity for educational merit, and really, we have full time jobs, so too tired and lazy to pursue our Asianness past a certain effort, we are choosing to embrace the Asian talents that we know best: gaining the figurative "Asian points". What are Asian points, you ask? Well, grasshopper, here you go:
You might argue, "Hey! These points are awarded to non-Asian people!" Well, there is another criteria for eligibility:
Furthermore, I was born in the motherland under Commonwealth rule (HK) and while Lucy was born in actual Asia-land (Taiwan), she spent her impressionable youth in the South (of America and in actual America), NY, and the county of Orange. Yeah, we lost our Asian badges ages ago, so technically also qualify under criteria 1. (Asian point for developing this technicality for our benefit.) So you get the point... and throughout the year, until we get lazy and let the tracking system go the way of the dinosaur, we will award ourselves Asian points when we perform actions that exhibit our proudest Asian traits, including finding elusive and massive discounts, extra bonus points for getting things for free, maximizing AYCE opportunities, checking of bucket list items, bad driving/parking, and being unnecessarily nerdy.
We will track these points on this blog, since this concept amuses few more than us and our readership. The concentric circle of those two groups likely reads like an eclipse. So welcome 2014! The year of the Asian!
