No, I don’t know the difference between Iran and Iraq. And I have no clue as to what the capital of Brazil is. Don’t ask me who the prime minister of Australia is or whether we do or do not have a government at this time, I wouldn’t know (actually I think I do, but I couldn’t care less). And no, I don’t know any names, dates or places concerning history whatsoever. 1914-18 and 1942-45 is about as far as it goes, and I’m not even sure about that last one.
But ask me about the Thai culture, how friendly Thai people really are or what the climate is like in Thailand, and about what happened in Bangkok last winter. Ask me about what went on in our school building during the second world war, ask me what my city looked like back then. Ask me about how Obama feels about gay marriage. Ask me about expo 58, not names or dates or places, but what people did, felt, said back then. That’s what matters to me, that’s what interests me.
I’m not dumb. I’m just not interested in figures, in letters written on a piece of paper saying nothing to me. I’m interested in people, in feelings, in pictures, in habits, in culture.
That doesn’t make me an ignorant, racist, dumb little girl. It makes you a prejudiced arrogant prick for believing so.
(I guess I’m back. I just couldn’t leave. I didn’t expect it to blow over so soon, though.)





