carlingford girl, 2018

i've never liked offal or chicken feet or seafood. whenever i go back to hong kong and hear someone who has lived there their whole life say they don't like that stuff either, i get a small thrill. would i have liked that stuff if i had grown up where my parents are from? if i still didn't, would i feel guilty for not being chinese enough? i'll never know. my parents chose to move here.