Autobiography Essay: My Life In Fiji And New Zealand

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My Life started on January 31, 1993 in good old Fiji, Suva. A small country in located in the Pacific, with its rich Fijian culture and heritage. I was the first Grandson from my mother’s side and the third from my Father’s side. My life in Fiji lasted about six years. All of those years, I was raised by my Grandparents. Both my Parents were upper class businessmen so Family time was limited but I was never ignored by my mother or father. My sister was born exactly three year and Nine month after me. She is now eighteen and I am twenty two.
I moved to New Zealand in the year 2000, when I was six and have spent my life growing up In Aotearoa. Growing up In New Zealand as a Child, I was this carefree happy go lucky type of person. I acted very feminine and this affected my parent’s attitude towards me. I was always told by my parents “ you are a boy so be a boy” This social label of being a Boy was now my gender,
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However, backtracking to Fiji with family and seeing my more distant family has had its harsh minutes, where I have been scrutinized in transit I act, talk and act. Also, I have been glared upon yet it didn 't influence me by any stretch of the imagination. These are private matters to me and not as a significant open matter. Since all that I have persisted through the years have been in secret amongst crew. At the same time, the way I see myself with my companions who are interested in the thought of me being me. Has been a brilliant experience. As an understudy at the University of Auckland, Who studies the subject Sociology, It has arrived at my consideration that the ideas I have specified of sexual orientation, Family and Identity, have a solid data in my life as an individual. The way I am seen towards myself and my companions indicates how I have changed throughout the years, as a male, a child and a gay

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