Originally posted by
marryl at 2007-9-14 07:34 AM
Well…I don’t know if this is interesting but i have to deal with this every day !
I‘m a half blood. A fact that sometimes makes me happy and sometimes sad…
Happy coz I grew up with 2 different cultures and had a chance to experience
deferent ways of life which made me kinda more tolerant I guess..
Sad because I always feel like I’m torn in two, one half of my heart is Asian the other is European. … miss Europe when I’m in Asia and miss Asia when I’m in Europe …never really felt at home anywhere, people always look at u as a stranger !
Still I know who I am…it’s just a journey searching for a place to call home.
So …what makes home home ? and do we ever stop being a stranger in this world ?
sorry if this is totaly off... just delete it
i totally get what u feel, the only difference is i'm Asian...half Japanese and half Malaysian Chinese doesn't make ppl find anything odd with my features at one glance, i'm just a plain person down the street having grown up and living in the simple part of Malaysia...the real trouble comes when ppl get to know me...
when i was younger, i had multiple different responds: some found me interesting, there hardly are any hybrids of my kind here...they find Japanese/Chinese who can speak fluent Chinese / Malay / English something unique...

some tried to be funny and blamed me for the japanese occupation (which actually did bug me for a long while bcuz the Japanese military were, during that time, cruel...VERY...that was the general public impression towards Japanese since WWII, tho as i grow older i did realise, it's not my fault that the Japanese military invaded parts of Asia, and it's not the fault of Japanese in general either...it's just war and greed and we have nothing to do with it...ppl are just stupid to say things like that...

there were also those who wanted to share the glory...even teachers at some point...having a half Japanese student/friend who have some talent in something, to them is a way to promote their ability or something...i am no merchandise...i don't need no marketing strategy...i'll do what i like, and i don't need any promotions from u...

alas...my life is just simple...i'm just the same as those who were born during the period i did and grew up here...i'm really just human...what my genes contain does not make me feel superior over other people, but sometimes, it does make me feel as if i'm an outsider...