Why Do Taiwanese People Stare At Me?

[Taiwan_Student]

Will it ever stop! That is the question.

Once I had a group a three young boys, elementary school age, hanging over the railing of a fast food restaurant, mouth wide open, staring at my family and Oh how I wanted to walk over to them and move their hands. One to cover his ears, the other to cover his mouth and the last one to cover his eyes.

I lived near a hillbilly community in the states. These hillbillies were called Pineys. When I think of the locals who stare, chew the nuts and spit, I think of the locals back home who also stare, chew tobbacy and also spit. And, I'm not so angry any more. I now just say Hello.
If I could eat the local food or drink their sauce, I'd probably get invited into their homes for a good time...

Got that stupid fish allergy to deal with, that's a whole other story..

[jimipresley]

Why Do Taiwanese People Stare At Me?

Maybe because you look a little like this:

[akikaki1]

Will it ever stop! That is the question.

Once I had a group a three young boys, elementary school age, hanging over the railing of a fast food restaurant, mouth wide open, staring at my family and Oh how I wanted to walk over to them and move their hands. One to cover his ears, the other to cover his mouth and the last one to cover his eyes.

I lived near a hillbilly community in the states. These hillbillies were called Pineys. When I think of the locals who stare, chew the nuts and spit, I think of the locals back home who also stare, chew tobbacy and also spit. And, I'm not so angry any more. I now just say Hello.
If I could eat the local food or drink their sauce, I'd probably get invited into their homes for a good time...

Got that stupid fish allergy to deal with, that's a whole other story..

maybe your just so handsome

[Exister]

Yep, I've been here for 5 years and still haven't gotten comfortable with all the staring. I am tall, blond hair, blue eyes, and everything, which makes it even worse. I can usually ignore it, but some days I'm just not in the mood for it. What I really hate is when there is a group and one person sees you, then obviously tells everybody in the group and they all blatantly look over at you. If they were just more inconspicuous about it I wouldn't mind as much. Anyways, I'm sure there have been plenty of threads talking about this, that's all I wanted to say.