Bravo sefure

Well said.
I grew up in North America also, where I'm not exposed to Chinese quite as often.
But as usual, asians generally prefer asians. Westernized are too.... weird. I'm not used to it.
Luckily I managed to learn quite a bit of Chinese myself, as well as reading / writing a little bit.
I loved that last sentence of yours, sefure. "the world is a big and interesting place, if we only stick to what we are familiar with, wouldn't it be a waste with soo much to explore?" really hits the spot.
If only I could support that post I'd support it 50x over :D