In this week's edition of Abominable, we see two rats making fun of a woodchuck. At first, the woodchuck doesn't realize what's going on but catches on in the end. This reminds me of when I was new to America. I was the "Asian Kid" or the "Chino" in my class. I was the nicest foreign guy you could ever meet. All I wanted to do was be friends with everyone. But there were always those guys who thought they were so cool because they were in their own group walking around school in a pack. One day, I passed by them near the basketball courts and they asked me "Where I was from". I thought they were referring to my homeland, instead they were looking for a "gang related" answer. Being ignorant of the situation, I calmly answered Philippines. Here I was thinking I made new friends. Instead they started laughing at me and called me a "[EXPLETIVE] Rice Eater". I left after that altercation and tried to avoid them that whole year. I never talked to any of them ever since that day until 4 years later when I was in High School and I started being physically active. I was not intimidated by them any longer because I was the same size, if not, much bigger and stronger. But it was too late, they didn't try to get in an altercation with me and I did not want to initiate a stupid fight over a stupid incident they started 4 years ago when they were immature.
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