Australia Day

I supposed to type this on the Australian day... but I've been busy and bit lazy... It's about being open to different cultures when I think about being an Australian... although I born in SriLanka, I probably think bit of mixed way, I mean mentally I'm not 100% Aussie even though I have my citizenship and Australian passport, I've brought up in a different culture and everytime I do something, it makes me question myself if I'm doing the right thing or not... for example: when I come to Australia, I find it hard to talk to Girls, its not that I hate them or scared of them, but thats the way we brought up in SriLanka, but when I started to live in the Australian/western society I learnt that talking to a girl is like talking to another human being, and nowdays I even have few really close freinds.

We have freedom of speech and great life style compare to SriLanka; but still I don't feel 100% Australian, but I love this country and I feel like Australia is my step mother where I'd call Eelam is my Mother Land. May be it is because What I have experienced, I never felt closer to any Aussie people, few times I had racial discriminations at work places and also outside of work place, I guess maybe its because of that!!!

I find lots of people here take things for granted and lots of people have no patient, and most of the people are strangers; even if you live in a place for 10 years you don't know your neighbours's first name... where in Lanka, you will give your house key to your neighbour and ask them to look after it while you away or neighbour will cook for your kids or someone in the household while parents are away from the house.

What I hope for the Australia day is a place where everyone helps everyone and theres no strangers in the community. Then I may started calling Australia my mother land one day, because you know you have to mentally feel it inside you.