I think I'm neither here nor there, so what does that make me?
Some weed?! 
I was brought up by grandma, who was conservative. However, from a
young age, I was the product of a dual-income household and was
constantly torn between staying with my grandma or going home with
my parents because after they had finished dinner at grandma's,
they would usually head home. I was always torn... wanting to
follow them home, then when we reached the ground floor, I'd cry
and want my grandma instead, etc etc.
Coming from a rather conservative upbringing, who would have
expected that at Primary 3, I became a latchkey kid! And what's
more, I was tasked with taking care of my younger brother as well,
and had to cook for the both of us. That was liberating and my
first taste of how independant I could be! 
My group of friends were those who always adhered to 'the good ol'
values' and none of us grew up doing anything too outrageous and
wild. 
Even if we had the opportunities to do so, somehow, our internal
moral compass would pull us away from reckless abandon. Oddly
enough, in my time, that was considered 'gwai'. In this day and
age, we'd probably be mocked at.
Being in ACJC broadened my horizon. Suddenly, I met people from
other social classes, ie. the Upper Middle and Upper classes, when
all the while, my classmates were of the Lower or Lower Middle or
Middle class. We were the SBS lot and now, amongst my classmates
were the personal chauffeur-driven lot with their Beemers, Merz and
etc.
Suddenly, our tutors encouraged us to voice our opinions, even if
we disagreed with them! 
It was an eye-opener to me, but I got over that shock quickly and
very soon, from a meek voice when I raised my hand to express an
opinion that was different from everyone else's, I graduated to
speaking out with more confidence. It was a new 'playground' for me
and I enjoyed my two years in ACJC very very much! 
And then, when I entered the working world, I joined an American
MNC that had a large percentage of expatriates from the US, Europe,
UK, Australia, and all parts of S.E. Asia. We were like a mini UN!
I had a culture shock at first, cause the working style was very
Americanised. Slowly, I acclimatised to this new environment, got
assimilated in it and even started to thrive in it.
So, I'm not quite your typical banana, and I won't profess to be
so. I don't even know what I am!
However, I won't bother with classifications because nobody ever
falls neatly into just ONE category. We're all products of the
experiences we've gone through, exposure we had, chances we were
given, opportunities we have taken, and we're each and everyone of
us, a unique amalgamation of all that.
Sometimes, my stand can be so liberal, I shock myself. At other
times, I'm so conservative and narrow-minded, I embarrass myself.
But whatever it is, I'm just being me, the extremely
confused and non-pedigreed banana!
