Normally, I would not use the word "jerk" to describe a person. And, since I've always been attracted to the Western world, I've always had a decent impression about people who come from there. This impression of mine, however, is starting to vanish because of some foreigners I've met in real life. As a member of the Couchsurfing website, I've met quite a few foreigners so far. The more I interact with them, the more I know about what is really going on in this world and how unfairly that we can be treated sometimes when compared to their treatments by we Asians. Last time, when I was about to go abroad, I once posted some public trips on this CS site but rarely did I get any messages offering me a place to stay or help that I needed. On the other hand, when those foreigners come to Taiwan, many of them, no matter they are outstanding, mediocre or lousy guys/gals all quoted as saying have received many messages from Taiwanese people who warmly offer help of all kinds including accommodations. And, what's more, they a lot of times, don't even have to request for help before someone here offers them what they need here as a tourist. Lately, quite a few foreigners have sent me messages asking me to either help them get oriented here, show them around or some other help. When I did respond, they all made an appointment with me to do some stuff together and claimed that they would confirm with me ahead of time again but then stopped keeping in contact and never did reply to my messages again. One of them was from Australia, another was from Israel and still the other was from France. I wonder if all these are simply a coincidence or that's the way white people treat us Asians in general. What we have to ask ourselves are that "Do they really deserve that much of our time, how they view us and what makes them better than us?" These white people I met here acted as if they were jerks. And, they give me the impression that all those concern and care shown to them by us Taiwanese were worthless and ridiculous. I hate to say this but maybe it's high time that we did the same to them.

Normally, I would not use the word "jerk" to describe a person. And, since I've always been attracted to the Western world, I've always had a decent impression about people who come from there. This impression of mine, however, is starting to vanish because of some foreigners I've met in real life. As a member of the Couchsurfing website, I've met quite a few foreigners so far. The more I interact with them, the more I know about what is really going on in this world and how unfairly that we can be treated sometimes when compared to their treatments by we Asians. Last time, when I was about to go abroad, I once posted some public trips on this CS site but rarely did I get any messages offering me a place to stay or help that I needed. On the other hand, when those foreigners come to Taiwan, many of them, no matter they are outstanding, mediocre or lousy guys/gals all quoted as saying have received many messages from Taiwanese people who warmly offer help of all kinds including accommodations. And, what's more, they a lot of times, don't even have to request for help before someone here offers them what they need here as a tourist. Lately, quite a few foreigners have sent me messages asking me to either help them get oriented here, show them around or some other help. When I did respond, they all made an appointment with me to do some stuff together and claimed that they would confirm with me ahead of time again but then stopped keeping in contact and never did reply to my messages again. One of them was from Australia, another was from Israel and still the other was from France. I wonder if all these are simply a coincidence or that's the way white people treat us Asians in general. What we have to ask ourselves are that "Do they really deserve that much of our time, how they view us and what makes them better than us?" These white people I met here acted as if they were jerks. And, they give me the impression that all those concern and care shown to them by us Taiwanese were worthless and ridiculous. I hate to say this but maybe it's high time that we did the same to them.