The answer to your question.

" It's not just an imitation, but I'm born to live this way"

Every person in this world is born with different trait, look and interest. There are many groups of people around the globe. For example, the elite, book-smart, street-smart, skin-head, punk, geek and such. Not to overgeneralize about it, I have my own chart to categorize them ( they way I see it).  First, for some, they found it 'chic' or rather say cool when they love a particular culture and live in such manner. Second, they live in certain culture because they are born and grow up in such environment. Third, a person who found that certain culture is amusing, thus decided to live in such environment but still maintain their dignity and pride for their own culture. and the last group is a group of people whom found the other three groups are people that have lost their dignity to their own race and culture.

So where am I fall in?

Sincerely, I can be catagorized in the third group. as I'm born in a family with diffrent mixture of culture, I live my life in culture that amuse me the most, but I still regard malay culture as my pride. Thus, I choose to live like Japanese. Not 100% like them, but since my late great grandmother is Japanese ( she was a nurse in second world war.. long story to be told), the japanese culture has grown in daily life. It is easy for me to pick up the language and use it. It also taught us to manage the time wisely and become very loyal to family and friends. Respect is one of the aspect in Japanese culture that I'm living with. It may sound too conservative for some, but every decisions made must pass through my parents since they are wiser than me. Importantly, it teaches me to believe in myself and never lose hope even in critical time.

Therefore, I'm not imitating like I'm a japanese( I don't look like Japanese either), but I gain benefit by living like one. I feel my life is in control and everything is organized. Some who may not understand, think that I just want to show off by listening to Japanese music and just want to be in-trend. But the truth is I'm born to live like one. This is who I am.


ps: Youngsters nowadays love Kpop and Jpop. I love the fact that we are trying to accept diversity in life. However, I hope they not just listening and imitating, but take the goodness of the culture and cultivate it in your life.