[Kayci]

I was always into Asia, but at age eight I had neighbors....a family, the mother was japanese, father was american but spoke it, and they had a daughter who was younger than me. I became really close to them but I got upset at not understanding when they would have conversations in Japanese...so I started to learn, bit by bit. The stories about culture, food, history, etc., got me so into it. I liked anime at one point too, but it was never my Japanese focus.
Its been 12 years since then, I am now 20...wheee