This wasn't the first time I'd done something and not told.
I have a whole different vocabulary of feelings in English than in Chinese, and not everything can be translated.

- Bone Fae Myenne Ng

Speaking as the other...
I fear to speak up because I'm still learning English.
I don't want to go out with my parents because then everyone would know immediately that we are new.
I am tired of writing about my immigration story because almost everyone in San Francisco has the same story (though I heard they look pretty good on college apps)
I actually don't know too much about hip hop or rap or David Bowie because no music no life and I couldn't really abandon my culture completely in my life.
I didn't grow up like you all do so if I don't get your jokes or only give a brief smile saying "Oh..." Please don't feel strange.

What is typical? What is atypical? I am stuck in between.
I am typical (or atypical?) because I live with my parents and I am not pregnant.
I am atypical because I grew up in a bilingual environment.
I am typical because I don't want to be left out yet I feel most comfortable when I'm alone.
I am atypical because the music I listen to is different from most of the people in this country.
I am typical because like most girls, I find boys dumb and attractive at the same time.
I am atypical because I have two sets of values on everything.

I learn to celebrate the dazzling excitement of diversity and appreciate the simplistic beauty of conformity.

Don't distrub me when I am quiet, I am struggling with myself.