I was standing in a phone box last year (lost my mobile, didn’t I) when a group of boys surrounded it and wouldn’t let me out. They jammed against the door and made stupid slanty-eyed faces and shouted things about take-aways. I was scared, and really … well, just upset that they’d do that to a complete stranger. I get the odd comment in the street or shops sometimes – like one time this woman pushed right in front of me then when I said something she had a right go at me, saying English people know how to queue properly.
The other main hassle I have is it's hard sometimes having parents who work long hours and have to work in the evenings as well, but it's just one of those things isn't it? My parents and grandparents expect so much of me. That's nothing to do with being Chinese or anything, it's just that they have such high hopes - they did well and they want me to.
Most of my friends are really into working hard at school, which is probably one reason why we're friends (and Nat is so smart, I need to make sure he doesn't get ahead of me). We see others who never seem to do their homework and mess about and go out a lot, and we sort of envy them, but then we think they're a bit stupid too.
I'd also like to be a model, but you never see any really Chinese looking models do you?
