| We all human have morals. I think it means how to behave or act with out giving people any troubles. That is what people around me say and I believe in. Before I do something, I have to think about other people. I always try not to hurt anybody and not to lie. I spent most of the time with my grandmother when I was little because my parents were really busy working. She often said, �gBe nice and kind to your friends.�h She said if you do not like them, they do not like you, either. She believes that friends are treasures. My grandmother�fs maiden name is not common in my country because she is from Okinawa where is located in the south in Japan. Okinawa, where has army bases of United States, used to be an independent country before Japan attacked. She left home to work in Tokyo, capital city of Japan, when she was 15 years old. People treated her as an outsider over there, and she had a very hard time. When I ask her about her hometown, she seems that she does not want to talk about it so much ad she tells me not to tell anyone that she is from Okinawa. I think it is very sad. I know that she is proud of her hometown, but she does not want anybody to know because she thinks that people discriminate her. There is a story that makes me what human beings are. She traveled Okinawa with her friends about 10 years ago. Of course, she planed to visit her family because she has not had time to see them so much. I think her family was so happy and looking forward to see her. She had called her sister before she left and told her not to tell her friend that she did not have any relative in Okinawa. Her sister was so upset to hear that. I think my grandmother was wrong, but she was afraid of her friends knowing her origin. I do not mind to say I am descended from Okinawa and I am very proud of it. My friends do not care about it at all. I really feel that time has changed for good meaning. I always had older friends since I was in Junior High School. I had very hard time to communicate with kids who were my age. I have been outspoken, so girls in my school probably misunderstood me. People do not like outspoken people in my country. But my older friends talked to me and advised me all the time. They did not treat me like a little girl. They talked to me like they talked to a girl who was their age. When I was 16 or 17 years old, one of my friends told me that I had a sharp tongue and sometimes hurt people. I was so shocked because I did not know that at all. She told me, for she liked me so much and she wanted me to know how I acted. I have been always honest but I hurt people to be too honest, that was what my friend told me. I though I really needed to change otherwise I would hurt someone again. I went to Buddhist School from 7th grade to 10th grade. I do not have any religion and my parents, either. However they send me that school, because people say it is very good school. I did not like to pray every Monday and religion class because that was none of my business. I was always bored of it. But one day, my religion teacher said that everybody was worth, even criminals. Once you are born in this world, you are worth to live. If you do something wrong, god will punish you. I am not religious at all but I believe there is something but I do not know it is Jesus or Allah or anything. As I leaned from my grandmother and friends, I will try to be nice and kind to other people. I think it is not easy to change myself because I am already 20 years old. But I know what I need to do and believe that people can change. Everybody makes a mistake, yet the important thing is what you learn and think from that. I am very afraid how I act because I have very strong personality and hurt people sometimes. I always would like to be nice and kind to other people. |