The other day in my ethnicity class we had to do personal presentations, mine was about the discrimination I went through as a child and I started to cry. I did not mean to but I guess it just happened.
Well this lead to me meeting (or finding) a new friend. His name is Carl and he is Japanese-American like me. His mother is from Japan and his father is from the US. He is half japanese. If yall did not get that.
Well he is sure an interesting person. He challenges my thinking and I really enjoy that. He is a senior this year and he makes me feel like he is a big brother in sort of a way.
But the thing that I enjoy most about him is that he understands me. How it was like growing up being half Japanese, and he told me if I ever needed someone to talk to that he was always there. It is really nice to have someone there for you. And someone that understands.
Though he sometimes makes fun of me for being so young and sometimes naive, he means no harm. If I mention something or say something that he does not agree with me say. Take for example I used to always call myself stupid, and putting myself down. He asked me why I did that and told me that it is not ok to do so. And after I thought about it, I stopped. It is really nice to have someone challenge my thought and make me think. He also does not just say that is wrong, but he asks me why it is wrong. It seems like a constant battle with him. But I really enjoy it. It is nice to have a friend that understands.
That and we are both freaking Geeks! That is another lever we are both equally on. It is pretty great because I can geek out with him and he does not care.
A new friend, and I am happy.
About Me
- Asuka飛鳥 Nosaka野坂
- Ft Collins, Colorado, United States
- I am now a Senior at Colorado State University and I am an Ethnic Studies major minoring in Sociology. I am a Ethnic Studies major because I wish to create change in this country and to have an impact on my community.
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the beginning is always interesting. I often look back on friendships/relationships and wonder how they start. It's awesome to me that ours is different in the sense that I know exactly how our relationship started. Tonight is the first night in a couple weeks that we won't be sleeping next to each other. Could be weird...
And it was weird wasnt it. We both DIDNT sleep well. HAHA.
I think your growth from this post to the last post is evident and well documented. I hope you realize that how much you've grown is reflected in me too...
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