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Actually I and the only other Aussie at the huge Singaporean church both had similar experiences where we actually forgot we weren't Asian. We'd catch a glimsp of ourselves in the mirror and it would be a shock.
Once I had a mate working with me, and we agreed to meet in a foodcourt. I went down and the place was packed. In dispair I thought "He's never going to find me."
Of course he walked straight up to (six foot tall) me. When I expressed my suprise, he looked at me in bewilderment like I was an idiot.
"Are you kidding? You're the only non-Asian"
I felt really at home there. Loved, at home, needed and happy, but always a foreigner. A legal alien as it were.
Now in America I'm deciding what to do about my accent. Do I put in the 'R's to facilitate easier communication? (Believe me it's a problem) Or do I firmly cling to Aussie pronounciation. My accent isn't strong anyway, sounds English to some ears (in Australia and here). I heard a south African on sunday who had put in the R's and it sounded demented, so now I'm not sure.
[ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Yorick ]
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