Interview 1

My partner's name is Albert. He lives on Schwerin Street. There is a McDonald's in his neighborhood, but no restaurants. His favorite restaurant is an Italian restaurant because he likes to eat Italian food. He came to San Francisco five months ago. He is from Venezuela. He doesn't have a job and he doesn't have a car. In his spare time, he likes to watch TV and play computer and he likes to exercise. He sometimes likes to watch in English and sometimes he likes to watch in the Chinese language.--Tit Leng

My partner's name is Lai Yee Seto. She lives in the Sunset on Lawton Street. Her neighborhood has no stores or restaurants. Her favorite restaurant is a Chinese restaurant because it's good! It has noodles. She came to San Francisco in 1973 from Hong Kong. She doesn't have a job. She has a car that she bought in 1988. She likes to read newspapers.--Oi Hing

My partner's name is Tina Choi. She lives on Ocean Ave. and in her neighborhood there is a Chinese restaurant. Her favorite restaurant is a Chinese restaurant. She likes Chinese food because she was born in Hong Kong. She came to San Francisco 3 years ago and she is from Hong Kong. She has a job now. She is a cashier. She has a Toyota. She likes to listen to music and watch Chinese movies in her spare time.--Albert

My partner's name is Chao Peng Leong. She lives in the Sunset. Her favorite restaurant is a Vietnamese restaurant because she likes Vietnamese food. She came to San Francisco 12 years ago. She came from Macau. She doesn't have a job now.--Xiao Wen

My partner's name is Xiao Wen. She lives in the Sunset. Her favorite restaurant is a Chinese restaurant. She came to San Francisco 15 years ago. She is from China. She has 5 children. She works at a hotel.--Chao Peng

My partner's name is May Su. She lives in Merced. She has a post office and a bank in her neighborhood. Her favorite restaurant is a Chinese restaurant. She came to San Francisco in April, 1992. She doesn't have a job. She has a car. She doesn't have any hobbies. She doesn't exercise. She likes to watch TV in her native language.--Maria

My partner's name is Sophy Lee. She lives in San Bruno. Her neighborhood stores are Walgreens and Starbucks. Her neighborhood restaurant is a Vietnamese restaurant. Her favorite restaurant is a Japanese restaurant. She likes to eat sushi. She came to San Francisco in 1984. She is from China. She doesn't have a job. She has a green Toyota. She likes to watch TV.--Sou Ying.

My partner's name is Da Ying. She lives in the Sunset. Many stores are near her house. There is a supermarket and vegetable produce store, and a Chinese restaurant. It is her favorite restaurant. She likes dim sum and soup noodles. She came to San Francisco in 1993. She is from China. Da Ying has a job now and likes it very much. She has a car. It is a Honda. She likes shopping in her spare time. It is her hobby. Da Ying sometimes likes to exercise and watch TV in her native language.--Luba

My partner's name is Maria. She is from Mexico. She lives in the Richmond now. Her neighborhood stores are Walgreens and a bank. Her neighborhood has many many Mexican restaurants. She always eats Mexican food because it is good food. She doesn't have a job in S.F. She doesn't have a car. In her spare time she watches TV. She doesn't have any hobbies.--May Su

My partner's name is Sue Chan. She lives in San Francisco. Her neighborhood store is Safeway. Her neighborhood restaurant is ABC. Her favorite restaurant is a Vietnamese restaurant. She likes to eat. She is from China. She doesn't have a job. She has a car. She likes to watch TV.--Sophy

My partner's name is Luba. She is from Ukraine. She came to the U.S. in 1997. She lives on Sloat Blvd. She likes doing exercises every day, reading, dancing, and she is a babysitter. Her favorite restaurant is Metropolitan.--Da Ying

My partner's name is Michelle Chen. She lives on Scott Street nearby John Adams, so she can walk to school every day. If she goes shopping, she must take the bus because there are no stores nearby. Her favorite restaurants are many Chinese and Thai restaurants. She likes to eat very much, so she likes every kind of food. She just came here about one month ago. She comes from China. She is a student. She has no car. She likes shopping, reading, and watching TV in her spare time.--Lok King

My partner's name is Maricel. She lives in the Sunset. There is a Chinese supermarket in her neighborhood. There is a Chinese restaurant in her neighborhood. Her favorite restaurant is Pacific Cafe. She likes to eat Chinese dim sum. On November 26, 2003, she came to San Francisco. Now she doesn't have a job and she doesn't have a car. She likes to read. She likes to watch TV. She doesn't like to exercise.--Mei Fung

My partner's name is Oihing Li. She lives in the Sunset in San Francisco. A Chinese restaurant is in her neighborhood. She has a car. She is a housewife. She came from China in 1991. Oihing has three children and she likes to exercise.--LaiYee

My partner's name is Mei Fung. She's from China. She came to San Francisco in 1992. She lives in the Richmond District near the beach. She likes her location because there are good neighbors. It's near stores and Golden Gate Park too. There are Chinese restaurants so she likes to eat Chinese food. She likes to eat seafood. She studies English. In her spare time she likes reading, listening to music, and watching TV. She likes to exercise too.--Maricel

My partner's name is Zhaoping. She lives in the Sunset. She has many stores and restaurants in her neighborhood. Her favorite restaurant is Dong Jian restaurant because it has Chinese food. She likes all the Chinese food. She came to San Francisco in September, 2004. She's from China. She's not working now and she has a blue car. She likes shopping and her hobby is cooking.--Dieu

My partner's name is Dieu. She is from Vietnam. She lives on Sloat Blvd. in S.F. now. In her neighborhood there are many stores and restaurants. Her favorite restaurant is a Japanese restaurant because she likes sushi. She came to SF on August 5, 2004. She doesn't have a job now, because she studies English at John Adams. She doesn't have a car. In her spare time she likes to study English, clean her house, and sleep. She doesn't have any hobbies. She likes to exercise, but she doesn't have any time to do it. She likes to watch TV in English because it helps to study English.--Ludmila

My partner's name is Mila. She has a white car. She likes cats and dogs. She said that she came to San Francisco in August, 2004. She likes McDonalds. She likes to listen to music, but doesn't like to exercise. She likes to watch TV in English because her TV is only in the English language.--Zhaoping

My partner's name is Firuza. She is from Uzbekistan. She lives in San Francisco, on Arguello Blvd. Her neighborhood store is Safeway. She doesn't know any restaurants around the neighborhood because she just came to San Francisco 2 months ago. She likes to cook. She cooks rice and meat. She doesn't have a job. She doesn't have a car. She likes to play tennis, dance, and sing. She likes to exercise. She runs every morning. Sometimes she watches T.V. in English.--Carmen

My partner's name is Carmen. She lives on Alemany Blvd. in S.F. She has Pacific stores in her neighborhood. She has a Chinese restaurant in her neighborhood. Her favorite restaurant is Coai, because she likes Chinese food. She came to S.F. in 1993. She's from China. She doesn't have a job now. She has a car, a Toyota Corolla. She likes to cook and to watch TV in her free time. Her hobby's shopping. She likes to bicycle. She likes to watch TV. She watches the English and Chinese language channels. She has a 2-year-old daughter.--Firuza

My partner's name is Yao Liu. He lives in the Sunset District. He came to S.F. in 1996. He came from China. He has a job now. He likes his job. His job is shipping in a food company. He doesn't like to watch TV, so he often plays games on the computer in his spare time.--Wan Xia

My partner's name is Wan Xia. She lives in the Sunset District. She is from China. She doesn't have a job because she came here only six months ago, but she had a job in Hong Kong last year. She doesn't have a car so her boyfriend drives her. She likes to dance in her spare time.--Yao Liu.

My partner's name is Gloria. She is from Mexico. Now she lives near John Adams. She likes Mexican food so much. She comes here for four days. She studies English hard. She has no job. She is still a student. She doesn't have a car. She likes to make nice flowers in her spare time. She has good hobbies. She likes to read. She likes to exercise. She likes to walk around her house. She doesn't like to watch TV, but she always watches English TV.--Wei

My partner's name is Wei. He lives in San Francisco. He came here five years ago. His neighborhood store is a supermarket and his neighborhood has a Chinese restaurant. His favorite food is Chinese food, especially chicken. He's from China. He doesn't have a job now. He's a student now. He doesn't have a car, but he likes the white Mercedes Benz. In his free time he plays football. His hobby is playing games. He watches TV in his native language and sometimes in English.--Gloria

My partner's name is Liqiang. He is from China. He has lived in San Francisco about 2 years, in the Inner Sunset District. In his neighborhood there are many stores such as the post office, drugstore, restaurants, and other shops. His favorite food is seafood. He came to San Francisco in 2001. He doesn't have a job. He's a student at John Adams Campus. He has a car, a 2001 silver Honda van. He likes to swim.--Julia

My partner's name is Julia. She lives in the Richmond and there are many stores in her neighborhood. There are many restaurants. She likes Chinese food. She came to San Francisco in 1993. She's from Peru. She doesn't work. She's a student. She has a car. She likes to listen to music and exercise. She likes to watch TV. She likes Spanish movies--Zi Qiang

My partner's name is King Fung Lok. She lives in the Richmond. In her neighborhood there are many stores and Chinese restaurants. Her favorite is a Chinese restaurant because the food is good. She likes fish and vegetables. She came to San Francisco in 1987. She is from Hong Kong. She has a part time job. She doesn't like the job. She doesn't have a car. She likes reading and shopping in her spare time. She likes to watch TV. She likes to watch TV in English.--Michelle