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Make up your mind, please.

Posted on: November 24, 2008
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The hardest part about having Asian parents? You can never win. Ever. It’s either you’re doing too much or too little; or trying too hard or not hard enough. Case in point:

I: Why are you eating too much? You’re getting too fat - stop eating.
II: Why aren’t you eating your food? Don’t you know you’re wasting money?

I: You need to stop relying on student loans to get you through school. Be more responsible!
II: You need to cut back on your hours at work. You should be focusing more on school.

I: Stop dressing so casually. You look like a katulong 1.
II: Ay! Why are you dressed like that? You look like a hooker.

I: Why did you only get 80%? Didn’t you study enough?
II: Why did you get 95%? What happened to the other 5%?

Akjdflksldfdsf.

I love my parents - I really do. But sometimes, I can’t help but be glad that I live four hours away from them. My bank account may not agree with me on that decision sometimes, but dear god, at least my sanity can remain a bit more intact.

  1. Maid, in Tagalog. ↩

 

 

 

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