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Here i am now, writing this blogpost in the comfort of a study table in Macquarie University library (that i find vacant without much of a hassle surprisingly) and am hereby to talk of my observation in regards of the library interior - or to be more specific, Asian-filled library interior. As a side note, i have been meaning to post something on this matter for quite some time but i often do not have the time for it. So, without further ado, let's get this shit done!

In relevance to my cultural plunge assessment recently, i have been thinking about being in a totally foreign environment and being able to view the culture of my own from an outside viewpoint. With that being said, i have been doing some observation in regards of the Asian culture for that matter. And personally speaking, i am starting to develop a certain extent of prejudice towards some Asians. In a more layman's term, some (not all, obviously) Asians are friggin annoying! And to explain this, i will explain the characteristics of those annoying-as-hell Asians in this library. 

First, there's the Study-table Hogger. Yeah, you! That guy in front of me who has just left his study table while at the same time, still claiming that it is his. How? Well, he left some few papers on the table as well as his jacket and he had not return for almost 30 minutes, presumably for lunch - expecting to return back to that seat and claim it back on his leisure. Now, i am not sure if there's a particular rule forbidding that (which to my mind, i think there IS one) but come on! If that's not being a dick then i dont know what is! Often i take 15-20 minutes walking around the uni library just to get a seat (and often, it ended up with me walking out of the library, failing to find any). And, i wont be as pissed if the study areas are just full. But the problem is that 50% of the study table are occupied by study-table hoggers who are not even on that table! Their belongings are there, however, equivalent to a dog pissing on a lamp-post and claiming that lamp post as his when in truth, he wont be returning there for the next few hours! Once, i heard of this tale about a person who valantly claim a table-hogger's table when the hogger hasnt return for 30 minutes. When the hogger returned, that valant claimer valantly claim that the hogger hasnt return for more than 15 minutes and thus, the table should no longer belong to the hogger. However, that valant claimer politely offered if teh hogger would like to share the table with him. No, dear readers, the hogger can utter no other word in response except "No, this table is mine!"

Then, there's the Snoozer. These kinds of Asians still belong to the hogger category but instead of hogging a table and disappearing, they apparently mistook the study-table as a sleeping place. Yeah, the only reason they have a study-table or a space in the library is so that they can avoid the outside cold, and find a place to sleep without being disturbed. Now, i dont mind if people are taking a short break from their studies and taking a short nap, but come on, these guys are literally snoozing for hours. Now, upon writing this, i am able to witness this one guy (picture of him will be uploaded soon) who is dozing off on one of the library's lounge sofas. Yesterday, i entered the library to do my assessment at 10am, and there was he, sleeping. I spent an hour there, went for a class for the next two hours and returned to the library to resume my assessment, and there was he, still sleeping. I spent an hour with my assessment before my laptop's batt went out and as i left, there he was, doing what he does best. Oh, and did i mention that i will be uploading his picture today? No, i didnt manage to take a pic of him yesterday but it seems i can do that earlier today. Why? Coz he is there even today, in the very same spot, sleeping! Now, he could be dead on that chair for all i care but find a different place to die, that sofa can be given to someone else who would come to library to do their work on the comfort of a sofa. Dont misuse it as a bed!

Finally, there's the Couple. Dont take me wrong. These are not the only three types of annoying Asians in the library. There are more. And dont get me started on the ones OUTSIDE the library! Anyways, the couple comes in, well obviously, a pair. Now, i dont have any problem with a public display of affection (or PDA for short) nor am i those types of people who gawks at people kissing or acting lovey-dovey in the public. But in my book, they have to be in their own space or in an open public place where what they do may not seem so obvious. Coming back to the matter at hand, this Couple find the library as a retreat. Hugging around and holding hands are acceptable - even kissing, i dont mind. But when it comes to the guy singing a Chinese song to the girl and the girl projecting her voice in high pitch to act cute - that is just dead annoying! For one thing, that is just as annoying as hell as it self. Serenading and acting cute is romantic only to the Couple, not the public. So whatever you're doing is an annoyance to the ears of those outside. For another matter, and a political-sense at that, a library is a quiet zone! Singing to one another and talking in high-pitch voice is just as obvious as someone speaking on a megaphone in a church during a virgil. Please, respect the other people who are here for the quiet (i'm not talking about the Snoozer)!

As i have said, there is more to those annoying Asians than the number that i can get to discuss here. There are the On-the-Phone-s, the PC Hogger, the Public PC Facebooker (recently discussed in The Rant section of last month's Grapeshot issue), the Talkers, the Resource Book Hogger, the Charger etc. etc. and i havent even started to the ones outside the library. Now, if you are an Asian and feeling abit defensive, i know, there non-Asians who does all of that as well but there are notably, a small number of them. As prime majority users of the library, what we Asians do in the library will be the most obvious. Please consider some ethnical issues when you are in a common room and stop being annoying. Thanks.

Oh, and upon writing this closing, the table hogger in front of me have returned, totalling in one hour of absence from his table. Pfft...