Me: Dad, i did good in school :D Dad:Ha? Not good enap go tu room amd studi hAda! Why not you be laka de casin? Be good in skoo. Do good all youre dream cam true Me:thats what she said… Dad:Wha you say? Who she? Your gurprend? Is she de Agily gurl? Me: No (trying to contain myself) Dad:Why you look at wall looke me in face? Why you lap?
on picking a correge: me: well, nyu is definitely a winner…i think it’s my first choice. mom: WHAT?! NYU?? what about bo-ke-le?? i mean, your life. you have choice. we financially support you if you go to bo-ke-le but you are completely on own for nyu – so you still have choice. me: … – ___ -
Mom: This is what I can remember when you were young boy. “ChenChen, don’t stay there (washroom) so long, you always go to poo and count this as piano hour!”
Dad “Many of girls grow up earlier (it means older) about 3 – 5 years than boys and it not a better choice for boy to find a same age or oldr female as his partner acoording to Chinese FengShui’s balance” Translation: Dad does not approve of my GF
Everytime myimmigrantparents come back from the motherland, their suitcases are filled with 5000 boxes of green tea, 400 kg of ginseing, pirated DVD’s , and even pirated SAT prep books……..Somehow, they manage to get everything through customs.
Upon returning from the grocery store, I put the bags on the ground to get my house keys out. Mom: Don’t put the food on the floor! Dirty! Me: They are in PLASTICBAGS! Mom: Germs can get through. Me: No, they really can’t. Mom: Still. Dirty.