I wonder if language barriers also apply to our home. They speak Tagalog more, as well. There are lots of ideas I can’t exactly share with them… Although occasionally, deep topics can be discussed, but they’re limited and it depends…

I’m not sure why I grew up differently from everyone… Maybe because of the TV, and the internet age? I mean, my siblings watched TV too… I think it might also be because of my cousin, who was my playmate quite often. She was more fluent in English.

It could also simply be because of genes. They say things get a little bit difficult if you were born after your mom was 40. I must have been born with a slightly different brain. And you can’t discount the generational gap. I guess they assumed that I would be just the same as them, but I am different. They do not take that badly. I just feel isolated.