If you go to Tawain, China, or HK for a visit do you make sure that you dress accordingly? And if so what does that mean? <hr/> I'm about the make a trip to HK with my friend. I'm an CBC and she's a HK born and raised she was over at my place to discuss our trip and for her to borrow some bags and luggage. but she kept telling how all these things i was going to bring or use screamed "TOURIST" or "SEE LAI" the thing is she normally doesn't care about any of this stuff (while in the USA), but she is too worried about being judged by her old friends and just the people on the street for me, becuase I'm not HK born, i CAN be a tourist. just a little annoyed at her trying to 'fix me' and trying to save me from 'embarrassment'. I am fine being oblivious to this stuff.
In my experiences, trying to look more local or dressing more accordingly just makes you look more like a tourist. I've borrowed my cousin's clothes in HK, I still stand out. I'm also fine about being oblivious to that kinda stuff.
avoid dressing like a tourist cause you will get ripped off... you might get a more authentic experience if people believe your born there but then again if you wana play tourist then you should
I bring at lease one set of nice clothes (button down collared shirt, slacks, tie, and blazer), and the rest are comfortable clothes which may or may not reflect the local culture. If I have something that is very Hong Kongish, I might bring that too. My philosophy is that you're on vacation, so you should feel relaxed and comfortable. Wear what you feel good in. If you are a trendy person and only feel good about yourself when you dress up, then by all means do it. If you are like me and prefer jeans, shorts, Tshirts, then do that. the nice clothese are in case I go to any up scale establishments so that I don't look out of place. Don't worry about looking like a local; even if you look like them, when you go shopping and open your mouth, they will already know you are not from around.
bleh i dont care i still wear baggy jeans and a t shirt when i go back to hk eveyroen has their own style of clothing ieven in hk i seen ppl wear big shirts and pants its quite diverse there too
My friend was asking me for a bag to use, one with long straps so she can hang it across her body. Well most of my bags/purses have short straps for one shoulder so i had a limited of choices for her she kept complaining cause the bags i had with long straps either made her look like a tourist or a "see lai" she's like dont you have anything smaller? and i'm thinking, if i have something smaller, than i would look like a "ah pao" in the US, and that is where i live would i rather, all year round look like a old person in US where I live, or for one week of the year look like an old person in HK a place in which i do not live
i agree when i go back to FJ i dont even care i still wanna wear like a black person and shiz like that its just how i am... i dont need to prove it to the >.< "inhabitants of China"
well i try dressing as fashionable as possible wherever i go, cause i really care about my appearance xD
i try to look as normal as possible... but because of that i stand out lol b/c my type of normal is probably diff from everyone else
^^^that is not posible...i went..and people look...doesnt matter if ur pretty or not...they like to look...espeacailly in the *day teet* its kinda bad for me cuz i can speak and read chiense so people will kinda be like CBC? really? cant tell...
When i go to china, i just dress like how i usually do... i don't really care how people see me. coz you could also be seen as unique XD
really? that is impressive i'm CBC and as a kid people were amazed at how good my chinese was but after i moved to the states for many years to a little town with no chinese people my chinese grammer and vocab was still the same but i grew an accent ~grumble grumble~
lol, i try to make myself as fob as possible, but that never seems to work. i dont really dress that fashionable, cuz i bring old clothes to vacation where i can throw them away and buy new clothes in its place to bring back. =D
Haha, that just probably means that she sees you as a "SEE LAI" all along but did not criticize you about it. If she's complaining about your bags, why not tell her to just go to some department store and pick one up herself? Heck, I would dress however I want and don't give a shat how others view me in THEIR country. The last thing I wanna do is dress like a FOB (or Hong Konger I guess). Wouldn't you find it awkward if every FOB came to America dressing like Americans? And come on.. I can only assume that you'd feel uncomfortable suddenly dressing up as a native Hong Konger, JUST TO FIT IN. You just wouldn't feel right... I know I wouldn't. Everyone has their own sense of style, if you believe that you look good in your own style, stick with it. Don't try to blend in because you've been told so. Shiet, insult her back when your trip is over and having to return to America. Be like "you're going to look like a see lai in America if you dress like that.. I'd suggest wearing something more American" just to make her feel bad. P.S. Btw, you a html programmer or something? <hr /> horizontal lines don't work in normal forums posts.
If you're saying this as a native born American or Canadian (or anything besides native Chinese), then I give you my sympathies.
haha always dress presentable at hte least.. you never know when you'll meet your soulmate =O .. the girl of my dreams could be sitting next to me on the airplane =/ there should be nothing to be embarrassed about even if you do look like tourist.. because vice versa.. they'll look weird too if they went somewhere wearing their local fashion..
