As a Chinese American, this resonates with me so much, I feel them. I’ve been through those similar footsteps as that kid, I was about the same age when I first got here, I was in second grade. But I’ve never been separated like that… I mean… I feel sad when I was in school, in an environment where almost nobody spoke my language (besides like a few classmates that were born here and grew up bilingual), and I felt alone, and my mother would pick me up from school like very late from the after school program that ran until 6PM, being separated from parents for just a few hours was already anxiery inducing enough, but this kid is now facing much worse than I ever did. I was also in NYC, so I can almost picture that scene… of being alone, and scared. I mean being separated like that, for extended period of time… who know how long this could be… must be terrifying, leaving your home country and trying to find a better life… only to get rejected by the country you are trying seeking help in.
My family are legal, I’m a US Citizen now, but still, imagine if this admin was in power back around 2010s when I first arrived and didn’t have citizenship status… and on that topic, my dad is still not a citizen yet (English is hard for adults)… so um… we could still theoretically get separated at any moment if this admin tries anything… 👀
My new Depresion song: 朴树 – 平凡之路 (“Ordinary Road”)
(No Subtitles :/ , so here are lyrics: https://singandlearnchinese.com/ping-fan-zhi-lu-pu-shu/)
Secondary Depression song: 鄧紫棋 G.E.M. – 一路逆風 AGAINST THE WIND
This one is sort of uplifting: 王力宏 Wang Leehom – 就是現在 “Now Is the Time” (Has Mandarin “Rap” lines lol)
This one is completely English: 王力宏 Wang Leehom – Forever Your Dad
(Damn I wish one of my parents made a song dedicated to me lol)
This one is basically what I feel about my mom: 王力宏 Leehom Wang – Can You Feel My World
(no subtitles :/ , here’s some random fan’s site/blog I found that I skimmed and translation looks fine… https://bunnyandbear.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/can-you-feel-my-world-wang-lee-hom-王力宏/)
I’m gonna sing this to her and test her reaction lmao… Lets hope I don’t get disowned xD
This one is interesting, mixed of Mandarin and substantial amount of lines in English: 王力宏 Wang Leehom – I’m Alive
(no English subtitles… :/ , so again, here’s some random site: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/王力宏/I-m-Alive/translation/chinese-romaji)
If links seems broken or wrong, lemme know
I have a bunch more, but don’t wanna spam like 20 links here lol… I’m probably gonna make a comm later and post them there.