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Monday, August 14, 2006

My new favourite book is now "Everything Happens for a Reason", by Kavita Daswani. It has a straightforward style, and is simply beautiful. Somehow even though the heroine is in a situation different from mine, I feel the way she does. Is it a clever trick by the writer, or is the situation I am in not too far from the heroine's?

In any case, I've always been intrigued in Asian-American literature. It's the migrant thing, I suppose, and the fear that the next generation will be too Westernised. But it inevitably happens. And the elders don't want it to happen. Culture clash.

I can relate to that. My own mind is an eternal culture clash. On one hand, I want to honour traditions, and on the other hand, I want to break boundaries and be outspoken and liberal and all that. All my life, I have done neither. I've simply stayed in between.

Is it time to change? If so, which direction should I go?

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