[Sahaqiel]

I'm pretty respectful when it comes to talking about Japan. I don't glorify it, I just state what I know about it, and what I feel about it in a calm manner. I would like to live and work there for awhile just because it's a different place that coincides with my interests, and I would like to see what such a different culture is like... and it has an anime channel I don't have to pay extra for. I don't mention anime unless it's mentioned, or if I have something relevant to say about it, and I do not insert random popular Japanese words in a high pitched voice with a bad accent, such as "kawaii" or "ne?". (My pronunciation is pretty good, if I do say so myself.)

People more take interest in Japanese than ridicule me for it, as well. When I'm practicing kanji in class, they're like, "You know Japanese!? :O" in an impressed sort of way. Or they say, "You're learning to write Chinese!? :O" in an impressed sort of way, which I excuse them for since kanji are Chinese in origin.

So no, I don't get made fun of. It's more my friends that have grounds to be made fun of, but I don't care. Though I do wish they'd be a bit more respectful to Japan's culture sometimes.

I'm half Filipino, and I used to get picked on just for being Asian.
Even though they would pull at their eyes and push out their front teeth and go, "Ching chong, etc." until I cried, in like, grade school, high school has wisened up but has not learned.

Do you guys know how many times people have asked, "What? You're Filipino? I thought you were Asian." or said, "He's not Asian, he's Filipino!"
The Philippines are directly south of Japan, and directly east of China, and were settled by the Vietnamese. C'mon, man.
I know we got owned by Spain for awhile, then America, but it's noteworthy that we were raped, quite literally, by Japan.
Which isn't cool, but come on. It's such an Asian nation.

I've got the straight(a little wavy when it's hot), apparently five-times-thicker-than-western extremely dark hair goin' on, the yellow skin (though I have a brown tan on visible parts of my body), flat face, and shapely brown eyes. My only western feature, I would say, is my nose. Unless dimples are a western feature. I dunno. I don't have a squint when I'm not laughing, but how many Asian people do you know with a definitive "-_-" squint? I've seen it once in my life, on two Chinese individuals, at an airport in Manila, Philippines. Considering my flights stopped in Taiwan and Japan, my point is a bit more sturdy. It was quite a shock. They still saw everything. Which I respect the squint for, now that I've seen firsthand how awesome it is.

But now that my face is concealed with said straight dark hair, I get mistaken for a variety of things, which is fine with me.

IN ORDER FROM MOST FREQUENT TO LESS FREQUENT:
Native American
Korean
Mexican
Vietnamese

When I had a shorter haircut, it was almost exclusively Chinese/Japanese/Korean.
'Cause you know, those are the only Asian nations.
Only one person I've known actually guessed my heritage right, which was a teacher in like, the seventh grade.

Man, I haven't gotten into the habit of posting huge posts in awhile.
Hope you all appreciate the work I put into them. :(
Sahaqiel