Sunday, November 27, 2011
Punjabi girl in the house, yo. ;)
That was from baby brat's birthday party. She reminds me so much of how I was when I was younger. Look! It's her birthday and her outfit does not match the occasion. She's a rebel, like me when I was younger. ;)
I guess one advantage of being the oldest kid from my dad's side (as can be seen in the first photo), is that I get to watch each brat grow. I see resemblance, and I understand the generation gap. I mean, my kid sister uses Facebook all the time and she has her own cellphone. At her age, my mum made my first email account for me. I feel old. :/
In the second picture, you see all (or most) of the women from my dad's side. I'm actually considered a woman now, though it takes some getting used to. Some of my chachi's (aunts) can't speak English properly, and I converse in Punjabi punctuated with grammatical errors, it gets hard sometimes. I'd be asking them where my Grandma was and they'd reply with something totally off, like in the fridge (true story!). They correct my grammar all the time, and they seem to be having fun with it. Hahaha. :3
I'm so damn proud to be Sikh and be Punjabi. I love the food, the weddings and festivities, the dances etc. Maybe I can't speak the language fluently, but I'm doing everything I can to fit in, even if awkwardly so.
We hear people complain all the time. How they try to run away from their culture because they don't want to be associated to certain stereotypes. It's the opposite for me.
Haha but of course, says the girl who was called "not Punjabi enough" and "not Indian enough". Heck yeah, I'm Singaporean bitches. It's weird how only in Singapore, being Indian specifically refers to being South Indian/Tamil. My race on my IC isn't "Indian". But...
I'm just a weird hybrid. Singaporean Punjabi-Gujarati Indian Sikh. ;)
With Love,
