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This saturday I went to the cinema with some co-workers while Thamwika was at home nursing a cold.The movie was a Chinese romantic comedy, which, thankfully, had English subtitles. The movie tells the story of a spoiled Chinese girl who comes to Seattle to give birth to her rich lover's child. She gets stuck in a house with two other pregnant Chinese women and when her lover runs out of money,she faces a hard time trying to take care of herself. Luckily, she finds solace in driver/doctor Frank, and the rest of the movie follows the twists and turns of just about any other rom-com ever. 

 

Apparently, Chinese women giving birth in America is a quite common phenomena. There are special birthing houses for Chinese women, called maternity mansion, where they can live while waiting for their delivery. Children born on American soil automatically get American citizenship, which opens up a lot of doors that are unavailable to Chinese citizens. 

 

A funny thing about the movie was that they turned on the lights in the auditorium in the middle of the last scene. It was like the attendants were saying "Okay, now you know how it ends. Go home!". Another, not so funny part was the constant ringing of mobile phones. One guy sat looking at his ringing phone until the caller hung up, without turning off the sound. Gaah!