Many of you are still wondering wtf a jooksing is. Let me try to explain because there's not really a concrete answer...which is one of the reasons why this blog exists in the first place.
if you look up Jooksing in wikipedia it says "Jook-sing" means a grain-measuring container made of bamboo. Bamboo is hollow and compartmentalized, thus water poured in one end does not flow out of the other end. The metaphor is that "jook-sings" are not part of either culture: water within the jook-sing does not flow and connect to either end."
Anyway, Nowadays, the term jooksings is still used in a derogtatory term..usually from your fob buddies or ignorant parents from HK.(well..from my view anyway) I knew the term but i could never explain it to anybody so i hope that i can help you.
What is today's modern definition of a jooksing? I believe that it's our job to define that word. If you are reading this blog and you can relate to some of the topics that i write then you are helping me define the word.
In a nutshell we are asian but we may or may not know how to speak the language that our parents speak (or grandparents), we are either born outside of asia or moved when we were young.
The Black community has their own cultural icons of hiphop music, martin luther king, ali, blues music, bob marley, reggae, cosby show, lebron james, etc etc...
The Asian community has cultural icons like bruce lee, jacky chan, karaoke, toyota, instant noodles, korean dramas, etc etc...
BUT...notice i used the word Asian and not the word Jooksing. Jooksings is for sure a niche market. Theres so many of us and we make up a huge % of population. The jooksing community sadly has well known icons as sigh...William Hung....SHIT...I can't think of anybody else that has a foot in the door for cultural icons.
While i know that I'm leaving out the few like margaret cho, bobby lee from mad tv, kristen kreuk (i used to date her...she just didn't know it.) My point is that even in the media...we are pushed aside into one group called asians and that's why we get associated with stereotypes.
So please help me carve out a definition of what a jooksing is. It may forever stay an inside joke to all of us...but it will help us create cool new things like asian commercials for asian products...in english. I mean..can you imagine..a Soya Sauce advertisment in english specifically marketed to Jooksings only? that'd be crazy.
Chris.