I am Your Sunshine

Yes, why does the future of Taiwan seem dark and hopeless?
Let&#039s put politics and all that crap aside, and talk about history. (What!?)

(Yeah…me + history!? Hahaha…)

This traced back to one time in Buffalo Bill&#039s class. Jason asked a question about the relationship
between China and Taiwan, so I took the chance to answer him. However, unfortunately, I was still
not very comfortable talking in English and my knowledge (ok, the grade I got) in history is horrible
(if you knew me long enough you should know.) But I was so sick and tired of people&#039s (Non-asian)
misunderstanding. So I went to him and said after class…”Actually, China belongs to us.” (faint)
I guess he thought I was joking. Well, I was not. You may think I&#039m too well-educated by kmt, but I
do believe so. It&#039s a pity that I couldn&#039t explain to him more clearly, but then again, American don&#039t
study history and geography, don&#039t need to expect too much from them. (However, I went out with
my classmates once…and I remember it was in Applebee&#039s. They surprised me with quite good
world knowledge. I was so impressed. But I think it&#039s just us, the program…ha) What I really wanna
express is that we (our government) were the authority of mainland china, but unfortunately we lost
the war, so we are now trapped in this small island. But how should I explain this to them, they&#039re
Shu Dee Ju Yee people, I don&#039t think they&#039d understand. It&#039s so winner is the kingm loser is the “co”.
And it&#039s so awkward being a “co”.

So, what&#039s so dark about all this?
I didn&#039t think of a proper example until I talked about this with Moni….
and what did I think of? South Song. We&#039re just like South Song!! And what happened to South Song?
Gone. (Of course, or where do Yung, Ching, ROC and PRC come from.) At the moment I thought of
this, I felt despair and hopeless. You see, history tells you things…it tells you how things go. But then
Moni reminded me that this is exactly why we&#039re looking for international recognition. Yes, it&#039s not
ancient time, and whatever you do, people are watching. So we still have hope…though our position
IS awkward.

Next time, I&#039m gonna explain the whole thing clearly to the ignorant Axxxxxxxs, if I gotta chance.