People are worth more than what they give themselves credit for.

For Asians, nothing is worth more than high grades, college degrees, and stable jobs. Have a problem? It doesn't exist. Need help? You're weak and broken. Met your first love? No. Relationships for people under 18 are strictly forbidden unless you've achieved perfection in all your subjects. Here in the Philippines, everything is much more harder than it should be. Well then, now that I've established how it is to live in my country, would you like to know more about me?

You must be extremely curious by now— who am I, really? A superhero from another dimension? A robot made by the government for spying purposes? Or maybe, a teenage girl listening to My Chemical Romance while applying makeup in her room? Let me crush your hopes right there, reader. I'm just your typical Asian high school student, struggling with my purpose in life and even more with family. See, are you disappointed? Unfortunately, I'm not special in any way, nor am I contributing to the salvation of our planet. But I still have a lot to tell you. Kidding! I'm just making this longer simply because I love wasting my precious time. But on a more serious note; I'm anything you want me to be. I might be your neighbor next door, or even your imaginary best friend. I could be funny and outgoing, or gloomy and alone. I could be a girl or a boy and any gender you want me to be, because it's the 21st century! What matters most are the things I'm going to tell you, alright? Listen here. All you need to know is that I'm not fond with how I turned out. No matter how much I seem like an affable person, in this world, I'll never be enough for the people who raised me.

Don't you feel like that, too? It's hard, I know it myself. But just know that even strangers on the internet can help you. Not all, I suppose, but you'll definitely find that group of friends who are willing to be with you. And when that time comes, I'll be proud; knowing you achieved what I thought was impossible to do.