Case #1

Just as I was trying to enter the bus, my Zenfone was stolen by a swift motion.



“Excuse me, did you see anyone take my phone away?”



Nobody answered. Somehow my white-washed brain decided to call the cops and I asked the driver to lock the bus up until the cops arrived. Then a shitstorm happens.



“If I lose my job, you’ll pay, little bitch!”

“I have work, y’know, you fucking brat!”

“You lost it, your issue, stop causing us trouble”



Drunken old men yelling at two minors for being “mentally-retarded” and “spoilt” for calling the cops. Middle aged women angry at us for wasting their time. Highschool kids with sloppy haircuts yelling at me for complaining. The only thing my panic-ridden brain could only think was “What? What the fuck??”



Case #2



Walking down the street to go to cram school in July. The weather is 30+C, as Ulaanbaatar is scorching hot mid-summer. Wearing shorts, a T-shirt and a pair of Converse. I’m barely 5′ 4″, not even considered “sexy” or “hot” IN ANY. FUCKING. WAY. A construction worker quotes a famous song about groping tits:



“Мөөм баръя, мөөм баръя аа”

(Which literally means “Let me grab your tits in a derogatory, misogynist tone)



How the fuck do you say “Let me grab your tits!” in the middle of the street? To a fucking kid??? What the fuck?



Clearly, I held Mongolians on a much higher standing. I came here to learn and immerse in the culture I was raised in, not to be catcalled and ridiculed for being a normal citizen?



With half of its citizens living in “ger khorolol” or “ger district”, broken men and women are being raised everywhere like a tumor, waiting to kill the nation’s future. Obviously, there are millions of problems in Mongolia but holy fucking shit, you bet most of it happens in Ulaanbaatar.



Curb your fucking “Minegolia”, guys, you’re not going anywhere.



Women getting beaten up by their alcoholic husbands, kids being abducted mysteriously, working women being looked down upon by unemployed men and the alarmingly high rates of crime year by year! Oh what a fucking tourist attraction!



Not to mention rape victims are shamed into conforming and keeping quiet! Victim-shaming, the only thing Mongolians can do!



You must be wondering,

“Oh it’s not that bad!” “The steppes are amazing, Mongolians are nice people!”



Yeah, curb your privilege, kiddo. They bully those that lack privilege or are privileged enough to live abroad,”affluently”. Clearly, I have some underlying PTSD about how bad Mongolians can be, this is just what I’ve been through so take it with a grain of salt.



Yay, road to misandry, thank you Mongolia!



Now let’s look into some stereotypes!



EDIT: I wrote all that racist shit during one of my fits, I apologise. I want this piece to be useful for others to come out with their shitty time in Mongolia. Life isn’t the wildlife the tourist agency tells you about. In fact, it’s a mess that you’ll never have the chance to fix.

