Introduction

Introduction

    As an exchange student from New York, the first thing everyone ask me is what is your name?
when I reply that that my name is Jonathan. I always get some surprised look from the foreigners. Maybe it is the way I look. My parents are Chinese and the ways Asian people look they aren't really all that different from each other.



    The truth is i don't even know myself sometimes. Despite growing up in America, i have always considered more Asian than American. i grew up on not American food but on the meals my grandma and dad cooks for me. growing up, they always told me American food is terrible for you and forbid me from going to fast food places. This obvious came back to haunt me as adult.






    As an adult i binge on McDonald way to often and now I am way to fat. of course, I can blame it all on food. My lifestyle is an issue as well. I live a very sedentary lifestyle revolving around my computer and my pencils. As a major there isn't much reason to go outside and do sports and thus, I find myself most of the time sitting on my butt. I don't hate the lifestyle at all, however. I love drawing and playing video games. it one of the few ways I socialize. Most of my friends share similar hobbies. That being said I also do recognize the harm of being this way and thus I try to fit in as much exercise as I can into my life. Part of this change was doing wrestling back in high school. I went to Brooklyn technical high school and was part of the group. i enjoyed the spirit of the sport and it was fruitful as the feel or winning from working hard felt good.



Those days are long behind me. Now i am just looking forward to enjoying my time here in Japan.

(P.S Here is a tour of my hometown)
https://my-hometown-project.web.app/view-tour/19378905-7a3a-4d34-b060-28596cbc86b8?welcome=0

Comments

  1. ElsaApril 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM

    Hey Jonathan, thank you for sharing your experience and story! I can imagine it is not easy growing up in a different country than that of your parents. Personally I think home is where it feels like home and it doesn’t matter how you look like. I hope you will find your answer to “where are you from?” soon.

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  2. NawarApril 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM

    I find your concern about your ethnicity very relatable to my experience! As an Iraqi raised in Oman, I have trouble finding which country I find as my ethnicity more, as I have been raised in Oman my whole life! But I had started to make it my identity that I have some Iraqi and some Oman in myself.

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