the office workstation of an asian in australia
i spotted this workstation from a mile away and i tagged it as ‘asian’.
on close inspection, sure enough it was the office workstation of a chinese girl.
can we just put aside political-correctness for a moment and consider this question? -> what is it with asians and ‘cute’ stuff?
this is the workstation of a grown woman, in her late 20′s, who probably earns more than $90k a year.
the cute thing (hello kitty etc) was massive in japan, korea and obviously now in china.
what is it with asians and the reluctance to let childhood go? is it because many are forced by their parents to become maestros of piano, violin and mathematics before they are 5 years of age?
are they trying to experience the childhood that they were denied in pursuit of their parental expecations of academic and cultural excellence? are they trying to live the childhood that they were never allowed to have?
i am not having a go, but i am just baffled in the thought that the world will soon be ruled by women who have cartoon seatbealt softeners/covers, fluffy stuffed-animal car head-rests and grown men walking around in ruffled cutesy puppy-dog-embossed bobby-socks.
i am well-travelled, culturally aware and am hugely interested in that freaky thing called humans, but i just do not get this one.
any light?
post edit 25.04.12
i just got a comment from mick who runs his own sydney blog. he just brought my attention to nina wang – a 69 year old dragon lady who dressed cute and killed men. crazy stuff, thanks mick.
after reading that story, it reminded me of another i had read in the sydney morning herald – one about the precious chinese ‘snowflakes‘. check it out. a bit of a worry to say the least.
Edited: April 5th, 2012
