Hello! My name is Kaishin. I'm fourteen years old and will be turning 15 this year in May. I live in Sydney, Australia in a small suburb called Gordon. I am currently in Killara High School year 10 and I am learning all the compulsory school subjects along with Japanese and computing studies. My favorite subject would be computing studies because my teacher is very nice and does not mind if you are doing something that is not related to schoolwork, such as playing computer games or checking e-mail! History, English and math are my least favorite subjects because the teachers usually just give tons and tons of homework and teach extremely boring things.
      There are four people in my family; my parents, my younger sister and me. As you may have guessed, my name suggests that I am Japanese although I am actually half-Japanese. My dad is Japanese and was born in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan. The grandparents of my dad's side currently are living in Shiga prefecture of Japan. They have recently moved to this new house and my dad visited them to see if things were OK. When he came back he told me that they had a bathtub that tells you when its full and a toilet that has a heated seat and washes your rear end! My dad's side aunts and cousins are also all living in Japan.
      My mother is Chinese and was born in Singapore. She has many brothers and sisters meaning that I have many aunts, uncles and cousins! (I'm even an uncle to two really cute baby nephews!) Since I visit Singapore and Japan almost every year I knew all of my aunts and uncles before I can remember. Having Chinese origins means that I also have a Chinese name which I use as my middle name and on Chinese new year I also get to receive new year money (a Chinese tradition). I also get the Japanese equivalent of Chinese New Year money (otoshidama). So that means that every new year I get quite a lot of money! The only relatives that live in Australia are one of my mother's side uncle, aunt and cousin. Although they live in Australia I do not usually see them much because they live quite far away.