A Pair Of Tickets

Part I of Essay
Jing mei went to China, not only to meet her sisters she never met before, but more importantly, to learn more about her family heritage and background. She wanted to find out who she really was deep inside. She also had a number of unanswered questions about her mother tha ....

Part II of Essay
.... with people who would not have the slightest idea of what it felt like to have the same luxuries that many Americans are fortunate to have. She later found out that she was totally wrong. Right from the beginning she was surprised as she arrived at the train station where she saw crowds of people wearing drab Western clothes, as she described, with spots of bright colors and old ladies in gray tops and pants that stop mid-calf. She had to remind herself that she was in China because, while waiting in line to go through customs, she fel ....