Individual 1
I saw a Chinese woman speaking Chinese on the phone on the street. She wore a pair of flat shoes and a large coat. she had a big belly and she did not makeup. I believe she is a pregnant and happy woman because from her face, I can see smiles and they never go away. In Chinese culture and my own value, pregnant mother cannot have makeup and never wear high shoes in order to protect them and their babies. Based on my value, almost every pregnant mother will wear a large and cute clothes everyday and everywhere. I feel she is around 30 years old because her wrinkle lines around her eyes are very light and her skin looks soft and white. There was a Bible in this woman’s hand. I think she is a Christian who would go to the church to pray for her baby to have a healthy and happy life. She always put her hand on her belly, so I believe she loves her baby very much and want to touch her baby all the time. I think the value of families are very important for her. I think the woman is a great Chinese mother. According to my own value, I will do the same thing for my future children, such as wearing large, soft and protective clothes, praying for my children and prohibiting all the dangerous actives.
Individual 2
I saw a male behaviorist prepare to work on the street. He had short and silver color hair. He painted all his clothes, pants and shoes into silver. He also wore a fashion and colorful sunglasses. He voice was husky. He first put a bowl on the street that had some cash inside. Then he played an active music. Following the music, he danced like a robot. I think each action of him looked like an artwork. I believe this is a very hard work for him, because in my value, behaviorists will go on the street and act for a long time. So he must love his behaviorist career very much. Other than making money, I think he wanted to show his professional dance to the audiences. According to my own value, behaviorists can create art in their own form and express the meaning of art on creative ways.
Individual 3
I saw an middle-aged and attractive women walked fast to the other side of the street. She wore a white T-shirt, a bright necklace, a black medium short dress and a pair of high banded shoes. She hold some documents tightly. I believe the documents are very important. I believe she was waking ahead to her office. There was a tired expression on her face, so I think she was doing a lot of works today. I think she was a confident woman who worked very hard. In my value, a business women is confident and attractive. She has very beautiful woman’s shape and I think she had participated many social activities and she has many friends. According to my beliefs, an attractive and successful woman should always have confident smile on their face and she can support herself. She does not need to have beautiful face but she needs to keep her body shape good.
I have to say I like your expression for each person especially the first one. I can feel your emotions and feelings when you express this one. You also say “In Chinese culture and my own value, pregnant mother cannot have makeup and never wear high shoes in order to protect them and their babies” (Shanshan). As a Chinese, I agree with your views and in China, most pregnant women indeed don’t use cosmetics because they worry that the chemicals in the cosmetics can harm their babies. They also don’t wear high-heel shoes. You also mentions that this woman was holding a bible, she might be a Christian. I guess it is more possible she lives abroad for a long time or she was born here, because most Chinese are buddhists. Depend on my experience abroad, some foreign people believe in Christ because they are impacted by abroad culture for a long time.
Yeah, some Chinese old people are mean and harsh, because they have experienced too many unfortunate things, or caught some illness that made them so angry like that. On the other hand, American elderly are weird and chatty, I think it is because they have too little population in the country so there are not so many people they can talk with. Especially when they lost mate, American elderly might become mentally disabled. All they can do is to live the rest of their cockamamie life and wait to buy farm.