I HATE AUSTRALIA DAY

Honestly, who even invented it? It's just more of a reason for the country's bogans to unite and rejoice. At least there aren't that many cars today outside my house. I remember last year when it was actually hot on Australia day, there were tonnes of cars parked outside and people walking to the beach, which was annoying because I became increasingly paranoid that there would be some car that would park in our driveway.

I still miss Bodhi. Strangely enough, my mum seems to miss him even more. Bodhi was an affectionate cat, but not that affectionate. He was mostly just a really good and well behaved cat, always used litter tray, always used his scratching post (he never did anything inappropriate like scratch the sofa) and he was very quiet. He loved to stare out the window, he could do that for hours. Oh well, I still keep in contact with his owner so I'll know where his new home is when he gets adopted out again.

Anyhow, I'm really pissed about a certain event that happened this morning involving a dumb racist. I wish I was at the shop when it happened, I would've definitely done something to him. If you MUST be racist because it's how you are or how you've been influenced in your childhood, at least have the decency to make yourself believe that you aren't, or not show it to people's faces! And on Australia Day, of all days! It's people like this that make me ashamed to be living here, and also makes Australia a place of ridicule in other countries, just like the way people talk about America in China! Who knows, maybe they talk the same way about Australia my relatives just aren't tactless enough to do it in front of me. But everyone in China now believes that America is a place full of racists looking down their noses at Chinese people and a government trying to destroy the world by causing wars, even the taxi drivers talk about it when they drive you somewhere!

So what happened was just full-on a racist attack, not even 'possible', 'doubtful' or 'underlying' racism. It's just undeniably racist. My mum was talking on the phone in Chinese to my great-Aunt in Shanghai and this guy walks in to buy a poncho (ponchos are selling fast today). He's like to my mum, 'what are you saying?', and then my mum goes, 'Excuse me?', and he says, 'Are you saying something about me?' which is dumb because if he thinks my mum is so bored that she talks about customers she is serving over a long distance phone call, then he needs to get a life instead of making up excuses to be racist. And then my mum's like, 'No, I was talking about Chinese New Year to my relative'. And the guy says, 'Today is Australia Day, not Chinese day. When are you going to go back to your own country?' and then my mum was pretty shocked, but she said something along the lines of 'when are you going to go back to YOUR own country? This country belongs to the Aboriginals' lol I don't know how she managed to think of that comeback but it was kind of effective. Because if that guy was racist towards Chinese people he was probably racist towards Aboriginals. And then the guy goes, 'I was born here' and I think my mum said something along the lines of, 'it still belongs to the Aboriginals and get out of my shop and never show your face here again' or something like that. Worse still, we've had many cases of that happening before. All we need to do is talk in Chinese and occasionally some racist will turn around and in the end it always comes down to 'go back to your own country', it's the core of everything they try to say, whether they express it eloquently or not. It's like the motto+mantra of racists in Australia.

So I'm still fuming over what happened. Honestly. Why are there such idiots on this planet? It just kind of reinforces my belief that Australia day really is a time for idiots to embrace their inner-boganess. Argh. I might be with the Aboriginals on this one: it's certainly a stupid idea to make it a 'day of celebration' and although it may not be 'invasion day' for me, it just kind of screams 'bogan'. Once I get my internet (if I EVER do, damn you Optus) I will take a trip down memory lane and upload more about America. Like Disneyland and stuff while its still (a bit) fresh in my brain.

Bodhi sitting in his favourite position: The Buddha position, typical of Scottish Folds. I must admit although he is not a particularly cute kitty, he is very cute when he sits like this.