My first loves were Chinese and Japanese, the latter brought on by my (and my penpals'!) excitement over this new video game called 'Pocket Monsters'. I couldn't wait for it to be translated into English. The first Japanese word I learned was 草 'grass' and 毒 'poison', since I was #teambulbasaur .

Then, Bengali happened because I had some very very patient Bangladeshi-American friends. The rest is history