Mom & Dad: Your job is an occupational hazard on its own.

How true.

Interesting family fact of the day revealed:

I was supposed to be an only child.

Mom wanted only one kid, but apparently I told her that I was lonely, so they decided to have the small one.

Tonight while on the train home with the sister, we were sitting on opposite rows facing each other.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see this 50+ year old China lady rushing headlong (literally chiong-ing and barrelling forward) to a seat which a person vacates as the train nears a stop ( Read more... )

Sushi making today: FAIL.

Ok correction, ingredients and all tasted fantastic.

But the sushi wrapping bit was absolute fail.

But we will conquer the sushi!

• Mom's birthday today. Dad screwed up arrangements in a way that just makes me grin in incredulity when I think about it. How someone can forget within an hour the arrangements that he'd initiated, I cannot fathom. And the best thing is asking my mom about 'This strange SMS from 'sa that I don't understand. What do they mean tell them when we reach ( Read more... )

Conversation with Mom.
Increase tolerance level, especially towards stupidity.
Patience.
Learn to multi-task, when shit comes flying in from all directions.
Manage stress, without getting hysterical.

Conversation with Dad.
Protect my own interests.
I have apparently a very twisted and misplaced sense of loyalty.

Went out with Mom today, just the two of us.
やっぱり, Mom is the best.

I can't bring myself to accept the sis' boyfriend 100%.
Not that I dislike him, I just don't like him.
At least I act civil when he's around.
Maybe it's part of the whole 'big sister' thing, where you want the best, and nothing but the best for your younger sib ( Read more... )

How do you deal with a father who's undergoing his mid-life crisis?

• made a new pair of spectacles today, belated birthday present from the sis and mom 'cos apparently my current pair of glasses is too gina [childish] and 'not suitable for me now that i'm working'. and according to the sis, the current pair apparently makes me more butchy because 'most butches wear these sort of specs these days'. [i don't get her ( Read more... )