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		<title>STARING OR NOT STARING</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Vietnamese women are fascinated with my ''yellow hair'' and ''white skin,'' as they call them.
Like this old woman at the bus stop, who kept staring at me. She mumbled something in Vietnamese...]]></description>
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<p>Many Vietnamese women are fascinated with my &#8221;yellow hair&#8221; and &#8221;white skin,&#8221; as they say.</p>
<p>Like this old woman at the bus stop, who kept staring at me. She mumbled something in Vietnamese. I shrugged, to tell her that I didn&#8217;t understand what she was saying. Then, the woman sitting next to me said. &#8221;She say you are beautiful.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_7480" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hair.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-7480 " title="Hair" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hair.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jet black hair.</p></div>
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<p>It happened again at Nguyet&#8217;s village, where I spent my Tet holidays. Her neighbors were jealous- in a nice way- of my white skin. By the way, they were also jealous of my tummy, which is not completely flat as theirs!</p>
<p>Most Vietnamese women who live in the city use a lotion to whiten their skin. Despite my efforts to make them change their minds:  &#8221;You are beautiful. You should like yourself the way you are! There&#8217;s nothing wrong with having a tanned skin. It&#8217;s nature. It&#8217;s how you are meant to be!!!&#8221;, they keep wearing long sleeves, long pants and long gloves when exposed to the sunlight.</p>
<p>In some situations I find the staring acceptable, but sometimes it really bothers me. In France, if you catch a person staring at you she quickly looks away. Not here. Their staring can be so intense  that it feels really intruding. Once, on the bus after an exhausting day at work, I found myself telling a woman to stop staring at me while I was counting my change.</p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t hep it, and I felt bad about it.</p>
<div id="attachment_7481" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hair2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-7481 " title="Hair again" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hair2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jet black hair, again.</p></div>
<p>The other day as I was sitting at the back of a bus full of locals, I found myself admiring the jet black hair of two girls who were sitting in the sunlight. And I thought: now, you can imagine what it&#8217;s like for them when they see real blond hair.</p>
<p>Okay, I&#8217;ll try to take the staring easy.</p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p>FIXER OU NE PAS FIXER</p>
<p>De nombreuses femmes vietnamiennes sont fascinées par mes &#8221;cheveux jaunes&#8221; et ma &#8221;peau blanche&#8221;, comme elles disent.</p>
<p>Cette vieille femme à mon arrêt de bus par exemple, qui me fixait de ses yeux fatigués. Elle a grommelé quelque chose en vietnamien. J&#8217;ai haussé les épaules pour lui signifier que je ne comprenais pas. C&#8217;est alors qu&#8217;une dame sur le banc voisin traduit: &#8221;Elle dit: tu es belle.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ce fut pareil dans le village de Nguyet, où j&#8217;ai passé les vacances du Têt. Ses voisines étaient gentiment jalouses de ma peau blanche.  D&#8217;ailleurs, elles étaient aussi envieuses de mon petit ventre qui n&#8217;est pas aussi plat que le leur!</p>
<p>La plupart des femmes qui vivent en ville utilisent des crèmes qui blanchissent la peau. Malgré mes efforts répétés pour leur faire changer d&#8217;avis: &#8221;Tu es belle. Tu devrais t&#8217;aimer telle que tu es! Il n&#8217;y a  pas de mal à avoir une peau bronzée. C&#8217;est comme ça que la nature t&#8217;a voulu!!!&#8221;, elles continuent à porter pantalons couvrants, manches longues et gants longs pour se protéger de la lumière du soleil.</p>
<p>Parfois j&#8217;oublie le regard des gens, parfois il m&#8217;ennuie vraiment. En France on détourne rapidement les yeux quand on nous surprend en train de fixer quelqu&#8217;un. Pas ici. Leur regard est parfois si intense que c&#8217;en est dérangeant. Une fois, alors que je rentrai chez moi en bus après une journée assez fatiguante, je n&#8217;ai pu m&#8217;empêcher de dire à une dame d&#8217;arrêter de me regarder alors que je comptais ma monnaie.</p>
<p>C&#8217;est sorti tout seul et je m&#8217;en suis un peu voulu.</p>
<p>L&#8217;autre jour, en queue de bus rempli de locaux, je me suis surprise à admirer la chevelure noire de jais de deux filles assises à la lueur du soleil. Et j&#8217;ai pensé: maintenant, tu sais ce que c&#8217;est pour eux de voir des vrais cheveux blonds.</p>
<p>Bon, je vais essayer de faire un effort.</p>
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