Who am I? What am I? I am a 24 years old from the queen city of the south... I am female and I am "ASIAN". These things are very obvious, but I am not necessarily what I appear. There are preconceived notions about everything, from gender to age to race. My interactions, confrontations with these issues have shaped my way of thinking, my way of perceiving others and everything around me. I strive to not be the stereotype, as long as it is within reason. I am not very good at confrontations and prefer pacifism. I seem snob and quiet at first as well, until you get to know me. I have been told that on the first look most people think that I am a “bitch,” stuck up, not very nice. I do not generally waste my time on trying to change people’s opinions of me; if they are around me more they will find that I am not that bad. They realize that what they took for rudeness was actually just me being shy and trying not to offend them or something. To quote one of my friends “once you get passed the bitchiness you’re actually alright.” It also seems to irk people that I do not talk more when im around people that i dont know.. I go by the rule that if you do not have anything to say and the person does not seem interested in what you do have to say, do not say anything, nice or otherwise. I do not like to bore people with constant ramblings about things they do not want to hear about. I am me. I am JOJO; my culture has shaped who I am, for good and for bad. I battle some stereotypes and try to be different. I try not to judge others before I know them ( just trying..). I am neither perfect, nor do I try to be. Although I do not fight, I still learn and I listen to what is going on around me. I am ignorant, but the fact that I know I am, has set me on the path to unveil my eyes.