A month into my first semester as an exchange student in the United States, I was at an inter-city bus stop waiting to get to St. Louis. I only mentioned my surname—Lung, pronounced "loong"—when I checked in with the receptionist. It was a quiet Wednesday noon and I was the only customer there. Shortly after...

A month into my first semester as an exchange student in the United States, I was at an inter-city bus stop waiting to get to St. Louis. I only mentioned my surname—Lung, pronounced "loong"—when I checked in with the receptionist. It was a quiet Wednesday noon and I was the only customer there. Shortly after...