My mom's like an audio track on repeat.
You might think this is another blog post about a daughter complaining about how annoying her mother is. Yes, you are right to some extent. But there's a thing you must know about Asian parents: THEY'RE CRAZY!On Saturday morning, I was trying to write my Bombers story assignment for journalism. My mom yells at me from the kitchen.
"COME EAT!"
"Ma, I ate already, I'm doing my Bomber story."
"COME EAT!"
"I ate already!"
I ignore her. She comes into the living room and shoves a cup of tea in my face.
"Drink this tea!" she demanded. (Teehee, typical Asian drink)
I obediently took the cup of tea and set it down on the computer table; hoping that I wouldn't get any more interruptions. Literally, three seconds later my mom yells.
"COME EAT!"
Does she not understand that I'm trying to do homework? How could I possibly get any work done with so many distractions?
It's also impossible to get any peace and quiet in a house with Asian parents. They talk SUPER loud. I cannot get away!
For example, I am at Superstore; it's pretty loud in the store and I can hear my mom talk about tomorrow's dinner six aisles away.
The thing about my mom is that she talks to me as if I was 3000 miles away. I'm sitting right beside her and she yells in my ear. Not intentionally of course, but that's just how she talks.
But, my mom is like an audio track on repeat. She doesn't stop talking and repeats the same thing over and over again as if the people of the house didn't hear her the first time. Oh how I love her though. Life wouldn't be as funny without her.
The video below pretty much shows what I went through Saturday. ^_^
Janet Adamana, who graduated in June, wrote a wonderful IPP about her relationship with her parents, who were born in the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteSame food issues.
That's funny, I was thinking about Janet's IPP as I read this post, too.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with my Chinese grandfather living in our house with us - but he was very, very quiet. :o)
I want Asian kids. Wow, that sounded really forward, I mean, I would like to have children which are Asian ... wait, that doesn't sound any better...
ReplyDelete...i wish I was Asian. :(
@Duncan: Nice! It's good to know that I'm not the only one with family food issues.
ReplyDelete@Melanie: I think it is the Cantonese Chinese who are the loud ones. My family speak Cantonese/Taishanese and every Christmas get-together we all have to yell (but a nice yell) at everyone if we want to be heard.
@Joel: Teehee, you made me laugh.
I concur: Janet Adamana's book is a must-read!
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