Yuling Chen

Yuling Chen

artist, writer, blogger, filmmaker, maker, etc.

Restaurants

I worked in restaurants between 2013 and 2014. I quitted the jobs later preparing to go back to schools. I went to Tokyo with Alex Banman in 2015 staying at Xiaodan Wang’s place. She was the teacher at the international high school. I did yoga at her apartment. She used to work in sandy lake. But then they wouldn’t sponsor her. So she moved to Tokyo becoming a teacher there. While working in the restaurants, Alex Banman fought with me and cheated on me with his coworkers. I was in shocks. I didn’t know Toronto’s urban environment could change a person. I felt since I entered the adulthood I was always getting by. The capitalistic society didn’t take it well. I worked hard in those restaurants. I worked with pos machines and counted tips. It made me think about China often working in fickle and luckee, all these Chinese restaurants. Food was great. I clearly could see a path for me. Though the way was difficult. I couldn’t stand how people changed. Etc. 

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