for once, a script that is not about how jason and i are mistaken as a gay couple
INT, daytime
school hallway

andy is greeting prospective students at the open house weekend for his school. he runs into a tall half-white half-asian male and they start chatting. the HAPA has a voice that is reminscent of mongo from heathcliff.

ANDY
hey, how are you doing? can i help you?

GEORGE
uh... no i'm pretty much done. my name is george.

ANDY (a little taken aback by how dumb he sounds)
nice to meet you george, andy chang.

andy and george shake hands.

GEORGE
so - you're a second year?

ANDY
yep, i am. going to graduate in may.

GEORGE
so how do you like w@ke?

ANDY
i love it - it's probably one of the best decisions i have ever made. class sizes are really small, professors are super nice, it's a great program.

GEORGE
good, that is exactly why i am applying.

ANDY
cool! so what do you do now?

GEORGE
oh, i'm still in school right now at ______ (local community college) but i really want to further my education.

ANDY (thinks to himself, hmm... he's definitely not going to be getting in)
awesome, well you should definitely give it your best shot. say - you're half chinese right?

GEORGE (looking completely astonished)
WOAH!!! HOW CAN YOU TELL!!! wow... you're good... you're really good man.

ANDY
well... your nametag has a chinese name on it, and my girlfriend is half-chinese too.

GEORGE
really? does she look like my sister?

(long pause, while andy tries to figure out how to respond to that. OH, he means, could she look like my sister!)

ANDY (chuckling nervously)
haha... well... yeah... i guess? yeah? maybe? i'm not sure... well...no... no, not really.

GEORGE
huhuhuhuh

GEORGE
so you're chinese right?

ANDY
nope, i'm actually korean.

GEORGE
really?! i know you're an oriental, but you really look chinese.

ANDY (thinking - did he just say "an oriental?")
yeah i get that a lot... my last name sounds chinese, but i'm actually korean.

GEORGE
so your dad's chinese?

(long pause)

ANDY
umm... no... no, i'm korean.

GEORGE
wow... that's weird.

ANDY
well, my family ancestors came from china, which could explain maybe why i look chinese - say, you want to go in the classroom and watch the game?

GEORGE
no, i gotta go soon. so your dad is from china?

ANDY (thinking, please i need to go)
no, no... my ancestors. they're from china.

GEORGE
okay... say, what's your oriental name?

ANDY
um... it's hansoo.

GEORGE
heyyy.... that sounds chinese to me...

ANDY
does it? well... okay... i wouldn't really know, i don't really speak the languages...

conversation carries on for a couple more minutes on how he needs a program that will give him time to lift weights, tips on the application process, and his parents. they end their talk and continue on with their lives.