What am I?

So far, it's been an interesting experience. Yesterday, when I was flying over Indonesia, the first thing I noticed was the color green. Even over Jakarta, the place is full of greenery. The city was not towering with skyscrapers, nor was it bustling with cars like it would be in New York City. I'm very excited to be part of this experience, I'm sure there is plenty for me to learn from and take from. The people here are very kind, especially here in Dejavato. I feel right at home. They say it's part of Indonesian culture to be always friendly and smiling ever so brightly. The kindness and friendliness here is so overwhelming, it's almost enough to melt by stone cold heart. Lol, I kid. But since it's part of their culture to be so friendly, I find it inappropriate to always wear my Nancy frown on like I do back home.

As I sit here typing this blog inside the Indonesian home of some of the friendliest people I have ever met, a young French woman lays next to me, peacefully reading. And next to her, a woman from Austria. To the right of me is a bookshelf filled with books that were donated by all the different volunteers that were here before me. I see Korean and Japanese script, German, and other European text I do not have the experience to recognize. Myself as an American-born Chinese. There's just so much diversity and culture here, it's amazing.

By the way, did I mention what a confusing presence I cause people? On the plane, the kind Indonesia-born, Taiwanese citizen asked if I was Taiwanese. I told her I was American, and she responded "How come you don't look American?" I lol'd in my head, and answered the best I can, "I don't know." Here at Dejavato, I perpetuate the same kind of confusion. Not to mention how "unamerican" I look, they would not have guessed I was Chinese. To them, I look like an Indonesian. It's very interesting what people from different countries percieve as "American." You would think that America, quite known for its characteristic of being a "melting pot," I wouldn't have encountered the confusion I have in the past 24 hours, how wrong I was.