I was born and raised in the Philippines. I hailed from a family of mixed cultures, my father's half-chinese and my mom's a full bloodied Filipina. My grandfather's a Fujian native and my grandmother's part spanish. I studied in a prestigious chinese school in Manila and profoundly greatful to my parents and grandparents for it. After graduating I went on a very long vacation in Singapore and then later on went to Saipan. My first impression of saipan is that it's very small. About twice the size of Malabon, where i grew up. Growing up I felt i'm neither a filipino nor a chinese for I am a Filipino chinese.!! The distinction of which is that you get the best of both. I did'nt fully grasp how Filipino i am when I boarded that flight to Saipan. Even though the Philippines is not all great but it is what made me as i am now.