A literary meme originated from MercerMachine.

I am the baby who looked forward to evenings walks with her young mother in the hospital compound where they stayed.

I am the child the kindergarten principal turned away because she was too young for school. I am also the child who stood at the door with her yellow schoolbag and cried for months wanting to go to school with all the other kids.

I am the sister who laughed at you when you fell into the big monsoon drain. I am also the sister who got caned for saving you when you were locked in the toilet by our mum.

I am the girl who cycled around the neighbourhood everyday, climbed the monkey bars, walked in the drains barefoot, and rolled down hills with you.

I am the granddaughter who watched you eat bread soaked in milk because you could no longer take solid food.

I am the daughter who watched her father cry for the first time when he was hit hard by the recession. And the second (and last) time when he buried his mother, her grandmother.

I am the thirteen-year old that prayed fervently every night for 8 months to get a scholarship to Singapore and was overjoyed when she got it.

I am the awkward teenager who put up a brave front when saying goodbye to her friends because she knew she had no home or relatives to celebrate her first Chinese New Year with in a foreign country.

I am the daughter who wrote a million letters home but never opened letters from home because she knew it'd make her cry.

I am the girl who secretly had a crush on you for the longest time but never said anything because every other girl had a crush on you too.

I am the girlfriend who went to all of your soccer matches and thought the world of you.

I am the girl who flew to US on her own just to see you.

I am the girl who broke your heart when she told you she loved another.

I am the girl who felt as if a part of her died when your plane went down in Arizona. I am the girl who still misses and thinks of you everyday.

I am the girl whose hamster you killed.

I am the girl who took a bus with you to buy fluorescent-green avocado juice at the NUS Science Canteen during study breaks.

I am the girl whose hand you let go of because you were ashamed to be seen with me.

I am the girl who gave up everything to be with you, only to realise you never intended to do the same.

I am the girl who eventually learnt to walk away and let you go.

I am the friend who has promised to walk with you.

I am the girlfriend whom you said you wanted to grow old with.

I am the woman who wants, more than anything, for her life to begin.

I am the baby, the daughter, the sister, the girl, the woman. Yet without all of you, I am nothing.