Today, I was bullied for the first time.

     Never, in my life growing up, have I ever been bullied. I know what it means and I've seen it on TV, but I've never experienced it for myself. To be honest, I always imagined myself to be the easiest target considering how flamboyant and nerdy I used to be. Though, I still am pretty nerdy, but still.

     So today, I had to explore the emotions that one would have to go through when experiencing fear, pain, and overcoming everything with confidence and strength. It was a challenge for me mentally because I could never imagine anyone being bullied. Like I said, I've never experienced it myself nor have I seen bullying in person. Has there been a point in time where people have made fun of me? Absolutely, but that was all in good gest. Other than that, baring witness to physical abuse or mental trauma were never a part of my life.

     "Then how did you prepare for this role?", you may be asking. Simple, I just did it. I went for it. Just because I haven't been bullied doesn't mean I haven't experienced fear and pain. Those are two very realistic emotions that have helped me gain the strength and confidence of who I am today. So mix that in with my bullied character, you have yourself another person.

     Now, this blog post is not intended to make you feel depressed nor is it any way to have you go into some deep philosophical thinking. It's quite the opposite really.

     Since I'm being bullied, the other two characters do stuff like kicking, gutting, beating, and all around hurting me, but before they can do that, they need to shove me down to the ground. Many were worried about my safety considering how many I've had to fall to the ground and my reactions. Sometimes, I'd kept flailing like a fish because I couldn't hear "CUT". Anyway, as I would "gracefully" fall onto the ground for my unwanted pain, I would land on the same spot; a pile of pebbles and intriguingly smelly plastic bag.

Mike Meyers: How are you holding up?

Asian: Hmm...it smells pretty interesting down here.

     Piss. It smelled like piss. I was pretty sure that a normal person, not even a homeless person, pissed where I was landing. Which brings me to a moment when I was walking toward set. When I walking from the metro toward set, I happened to pass by a man taking a numero dos on a wall. He literally pulled down his pants, squatted up against a wall, and took a dump. Don't know if you people noticed, but there is no such thing as coincidence. This, I should have taken into account because when I fell for the upteempth time, I landed in the soft, chocolatey-ness left behind by the pissing person.

China: Oh wow! I think you have some chocolate on you!

Asian: What?

     As the entire cast and crew were befuddled as to what he was talking about. I decided to grab my left sleeve to examine this said chocolate. Luckily, my hand was half an inch away from the disaster I gazed upon.

Asian: Ohhh...

Mike Meyers: What is it?

Asian: (nonchalantly) I fell upon poop.

Mike Meyers: What?!

China: No, I'm gonna say it was chocolate...Yeah, it was definitely chocolate.

Mike Meyers: Oh my god! Really?! I am so sorry!

Asian: Ah, it's ok. I was bound to find out what that smell was sooner or later. It just so happened to be poop. And I landed on it.

     At this point, the star of the video, singing sensation Catwoman, felt bad and immediately took action. She had gone to the nearest 99¢ store to pick up stain remover and a roll of paper towels.

Asian: It's really not that bad. I can just treat this like a battle scar. On my clothes.

Catwoman: I feel really bad. You're getting beat up and you're landing on ****.

Asian: It's really fine.

     To be honest, readers, there really isn't much that phase me. I have walked long distances, ventured in extreme weathers, stepped in various amounts of unwanted fecal matter, and cleaned vomit; this did not bother me the slightest. This was just a really funny experience.

     If anything, I'd say that I learned more about humility today. I could have gone a different route and been angered by the fact that I fell into this grotesque matter, but I didn't. Being able to make fun of yourself just brings you that much closer to true happiness.

     Here's to more adventures and experiences to come.




Sincerely,
An Asian