Week 1: My Life Story
A baby girl was born on July 28, 2000 to two Malaysian emigrants in Houston, Texas. I used to be a crybaby (literally) and I was basically stuck to my mother’s side. My first words were “Ma” and “Ba” which I still call my parents today, but because they sound too similar both my parents tend to respond when I say either name. I have visited Malaysia several times throughout my life and since I speak Hokkien, a Malaysian dialect, there wasn't a language gap between adult family members and I, but trying to speak to kids my own age was pretty difficult because my Mandarin skills are rusty/nonexistent. However, every time I visit I definitely feel a cultural gap and the effects of being an ABC (American Born Chinese) because not having English as a first language in America made me feel different here but when I went back to my parent's hometown I was the most fluent in English. I was a pretty shy child that used to lash out an...