Made it to Tainanmen Sq.

Made it to Tainanmen Sq.
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Beijing China

So I took my first stab at public transportation today and ended up in Tianenmen Sq.

Tianenmen has affected Chinese people around the world in different ways - and also plays a large part in how others view China. It always feels odd to stand here, b.c as each person passes me, I wonder how Tiananmen affected them. I wonder what Tainanmen means for this man on the bicycle. I was in America at the time - and Tiananmen coincided with our family's move to an upper-middle class gated community - where we were the first Chinese people in the town. What happened that year in China did not help me in my attempt to make friends. It definitely exacerbated the overt racism I encountered - and plus I was the new kid, so after I was bullyed around I ended hanging out by myself and bullying the fat kids. So I ended up being a loner b.c after making fun of the nerdy and fat kids - there was no one left to be friends with. My loner phase ended in junior high when I found other displaced suburban angst kids and became a hardcore homey g with stephanie little - baggy pants and all...