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global filial ties
So this is what how it feels like belonging to a Pinoy "global" family. I am in Fukui,Japan as i write this first post, and 3 days later, on Friday, i will be sick with separation anxiety; longing for my mom, Kazu and Teru, my two brothers who happen to be Japanese, and Oneisan Jesse, my Japanese stepfather so badly back in my familiar room in Quezon City. I will be back home. But, like a sad cliche which i can't help being, I will be leaving so much of myself behind. Here, in this sleepy Japanese town. Here in this sleepy Japanese town the Japanese people have agreed to call "the most pleasant place to stay in Japan." And i would be taking something of my mother's, my mother's, my mother's, of Kazu's, Teru's and even tito Jesse's with me.
We have tried to have my visa extended, to no avail. The Japanese immigration officer couldn't see any good reason to enable me to stay longer in their country; we were only asking for two more weeks, but they just wouldn't budge. To them 3 months is as long as 2 weeks, and the official reason from the embassy is: why let me stay when there's a family already looking after me in manila anyway. It is my place on earth. And so there i should be.
But is it, really? Well, technically yes- dictated by birth and the family that reared me. Like gender, why can't we be free to choose "homes" for ourselves, cultures we would rather belong to- maybe if given the chance to choose, i would have chosen to be French or Arab or Indonesian. Or I would have chosen to be a hyphenated Filipino-Australian. Or a Chinese-Thai. Let's imagine that the world does reviolve around me and suddenly, i'm so lucky i'm given the chance to choose like a lone contestant about to win something from a game show akin to Kris Aquino's Deal or no Deal- something very apt for Pinoys when you think about it- and the price up for grabs is, instead of millions, is dual citizenry: please God, grant me permanent citizenry in Japan. But no, not for economic reasons- I just want to be able to visit my family freely, anytime i wish to, anytime i miss them so much, whenever it's my mom's birthday or Kazu's graduation or tito Jesse's promotion or Teru's special day. Just whenever i feel like going. It's not like I plan to abandon the Philippines; I just hate having to go through the tedious process of tending papers to apply for a Japanese visa whenever that longed-for visit comes. (and should it only be once a year and TWOf*ckingweeks because that's the only frequency our income allows me?) Families should be allowed to see each other freely, without question of race or of the economic standing of one's country.
So this is how belonging to a global family feels like. I would be going home on Friday with a newly-bought Kimono having to remain unworn as i can no longer attend sleepyhappytown Fukui's festival happening that night. Darn it. I don't hate my being Filipino but i find it rather unsettling and MADDENING and ILLOGICAL that just because my mother, stepfather and brothers all happen to be Japanese, i am required special government papers just to be able to be with them in their country.
We have tried to have my visa extended, to no avail. The Japanese immigration officer couldn't see any good reason to enable me to stay longer in their country; we were only asking for two more weeks, but they just wouldn't budge. To them 3 months is as long as 2 weeks, and the official reason from the embassy is: why let me stay when there's a family already looking after me in manila anyway. It is my place on earth. And so there i should be.
But is it, really? Well, technically yes- dictated by birth and the family that reared me. Like gender, why can't we be free to choose "homes" for ourselves, cultures we would rather belong to- maybe if given the chance to choose, i would have chosen to be French or Arab or Indonesian. Or I would have chosen to be a hyphenated Filipino-Australian. Or a Chinese-Thai. Let's imagine that the world does reviolve around me and suddenly, i'm so lucky i'm given the chance to choose like a lone contestant about to win something from a game show akin to Kris Aquino's Deal or no Deal- something very apt for Pinoys when you think about it- and the price up for grabs is, instead of millions, is dual citizenry: please God, grant me permanent citizenry in Japan. But no, not for economic reasons- I just want to be able to visit my family freely, anytime i wish to, anytime i miss them so much, whenever it's my mom's birthday or Kazu's graduation or tito Jesse's promotion or Teru's special day. Just whenever i feel like going. It's not like I plan to abandon the Philippines; I just hate having to go through the tedious process of tending papers to apply for a Japanese visa whenever that longed-for visit comes. (and should it only be once a year and TWOf*ckingweeks because that's the only frequency our income allows me?) Families should be allowed to see each other freely, without question of race or of the economic standing of one's country.
So this is how belonging to a global family feels like. I would be going home on Friday with a newly-bought Kimono having to remain unworn as i can no longer attend sleepyhappytown Fukui's festival happening that night. Darn it. I don't hate my being Filipino but i find it rather unsettling and MADDENING and ILLOGICAL that just because my mother, stepfather and brothers all happen to be Japanese, i am required special government papers just to be able to be with them in their country.
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