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Multifaceted Background-- University of Illinois   Writing a self-reflective tirade is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks to perform. I have found myself pondering this topic for an signally long time no one has ever asked me to write about my culture-- the one thing about myself which I understand the least. This question which is so slow for others to answer often leads me into a series of convoluted explanations, I was born in the U.S., but lived in Pakistan since I was six. My brothers moved to the US when I was thirteen I am now nearly twenty, which means I have spent half my life being Pakistani, the other half trying to be American, or is the other way around?   I do not consider myself Paki-American. I am too Americanized to be Pakistani. (although by birthright, I am American), and I am not quite up to par with the American way of life. So what does all this have to do with my culture, what does a label unfeignedly matter to cultural identity? It matters mu ch. I believe that this seemingly trivial admiration over labels reveals the even greater confusion that surrounds my cultural identity Am I a bridge between these two multifaceted cultures, or have I become a mosaic displaying colors from here and there, and elsewhere too? Perhaps both, and I could be a colorful bridge, or perhaps neither. Whatever the case, I cannot seem to separate these absolutely disparate realities in spite of appearance me. Their forces are still clashing, coming together within me, creating a wonderful confusion out of me. I believe that to truly analyze my culture, the roots of this confusion must be explored. In the span of this essay, I must try to encompass the widths of two worlds, their unique interactions within me... which I hope constitute what is called culture.   I am an alien of sorts. I am an alien in my own country... but what is my own country? I am an alien wherever I go. In Pakistan, my somewhat eroded Urdu reveals my American leaning s. In the U.S., my slight accent and appearance mark me as a minority. Being bi-cultural has placed me in a perplexing portal between two separate worlds, with their own unique ideology, thinking, traditions and