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The Suite Life Of Kai-Lan-Personal Narrative

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It was Friday afternoon. I was 7 or 8 at the time. I had just come home from school and my grandparents were upstairs napping. My parents and sisters were gone and the house was completely quiet. I was scared of the silence and decided to go watch TV. I grabbed the remote and turned on the TV screen. The channel that was on was ABC. The show on the screen was unfamiliar to me, but I continued to watch it anyways. The scene started with five doctors; the majority of them being white, except for one. She was Asian and her name was Christina Yang. As the show continued, I got to learn more about Christina and I was mesmerized. I was in love with her and her character. I idolized everything about her. She was the Asian representation that my kid shows never had. …show more content…

The only other Asian women I have seen on TV were London Tipton from The Suite Life of Zach and Cody and Kai-Lan from Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. Christina was strong, smart, stubborn. She had real problems like deciding between her career and love, but she still stayed strong. Christina was an honest picture of how smart Asian girls really

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