So long and Thanks for all the fish

It is always the same, someone will ask me where are you ?
I reply "I am from Sydney...etc"
but usually they will go on and ask "...but where are you from
originally" or "..were you born here/there" or "...where are your parents from"

I get the same stuff when I say I'm Malaysian, its like "...where's your accent
from."...blah blah blah.

I speak like an aussie, and I have a certificate telling me that I am an aussie, but in the end I am still a Malaysian. I have been in Oz for more than half my life, but I'll never be accepted an Australian, because I am not white.

This is what I really miss about Malaysia, you can be who you are and no one would question your origin....