What Makes Me

I am from Phineas and Ferb I am from Dora the Explorer and the screaming ‘Swiper no swiping!’ I am from Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries Big Time Rush and The Jonas Brothers I am from the dribbling in basketball and the serving in volleyball I am from the crowded city and the heavy traffic From the loud shouts and car honks and motorbikes riding in the middle of the lanes I am from the hot weather and the tropical rainforests. I am from Sharifah and Faiz The “Go take a shower!”s and “Go do your homework!”s I am from Abhi and Nadia, Micah and Caoimhe and Lily and Alexandra, Sol and Daisy The “Did you hear about him and her?”s and the “Please tell me, I won’t tell anybody”s I am from Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Tasting The Rainbow I am from Pizzas and Pastas Quesadillas and Tacos I am from Nasi Lemak and Roti I am from scholarships to Princeton and Duke

   I am from doctors

I am from engineers and Exxon Mobils. On my walls and in my desk drawers are the memories that build me up and make me who I am. The pictures that make me look back and now realize why I am who I am. The scribbles in my notebook that make me. All these things result in who I am today.