why cant we all just get along??
in the hellhole i'm studying in, i cant exactly say the racial ratio is...healthy. how can it be when the majority is made up of one particular race who follow one particular religion? this is certainly not the case over the entire country, and this certainly canot be beneficial in any sense at all for anybody's development.
so you can basically imagine the culture shock my friends and i had to face last year about this time when we first signed up for this military style nazi torture/study/brainwashin g-indoctrinating camp. there were only 6 students last year who were "out of the ordinary" 
and as of this semester, the numbers have dwindled to 5 since our seniors left...yada yada.
at first, yeah, we DID feel out of place. (DUH, who wouldnt) so we immediately formed a very crucial, primary alliance amongst ourselves. there was just 3 of us aliens and we've stuck together since then. i knew there were people who didnt like us for any particular reason, but it never really bothered me. the fact that we've stuck as friends for so long makes us believe that there's something utterly magical about the number 3. you got the 3 blind mice, 3 musketeers, 3 witches (shakespeare had 3 witches in Macbeth, Charmed) etc etc.
but yesterday it really hit me between the eyes how bad it is.
someone told my friends she was irritating and annoying just because she was doing her homew ork. (Ah!) she talked back, and they were surprised - yes, there was more than one. i just dont understand it.
WE CAN'T HELP IT IF WE'RE DIFFERENT
BUT WE'RE NOT SORRY WE ARE
WE'VE HAD TO FACE SO MUCH ALREADY:
- getting picked on by SOME warden (stupid Ms Doesnt-deserve-to-be-ment ioned-on-my-blog) in front of everyone
- getting the LOOK just because we look different
- having people listen in to our conversations oh-so- discreetly
- getting picked on by the stupid PotatoMan (my junior had to put away a cross he put on his bag just because SOME people found it offensive)
- getting picked on about HAIR, HAIR COLOUR, NAIL POLISH. lemme tell you this: there is no RULE about HAIR COLOUR. there is no rule at all. the problem is NOT about the hair, or the colour of our hair or nails. the problem is with US.
i am not a racist nor do i intend to be. but what am i supposed to think of people who expect me to accept their lifestyle but yet despise me for mine?
my ancestors cut off heads and drank blood and friggin' ate brains. they tattooed themselves silly and walked around barely clothed. how bout that for "anything weird in your culture"? my brother loves eating sago worms and my dad loves eating food cooked in bamboo. how bout THAT for "anything weird in your culture"?
once again,
WE CAN'T HELP IT IF WE'RE DIFFERENT
BUT WE'RE NOT SORRY WE ARE