Family Drama
My family (mum, her siblings, my cousins) are in a "competition" with my mum's cousins' family. Mum's cousin's family is very rich, they have several high end apartments, their business goes really well, etc. Of course they are winning this round, as we are not as nearly as rich.
But then we talked about the third generation, with me included. My mum believes that our family's third generation will win the next round. We just heard that the other family's little sohn had been accepted by a mamahuhu (so so) high school, and the other girl didn't get high grades in this mamahuhu school, whilst in our family, 2 girls are in a foreign country, one of them (not me of course) won the Olympic championship in math and received the prize from Paris' mayor, 1 going to a famous good university in SH, 1 is just a recently graduated "really high paid" lawyer who just came home from the US to work for Melvin and Myers (just because he is a male, everybody praises him).
Right now it looks like this generation with me included is doing a good job. But my mum also told me that she thinks "I'm a satin pillow but filled with grass". My mum's cousins family look at me and believe I'm impressive, " she speaks several languages, lives in Sweden, has studied in the US, etc. etc."It's only my mum who understands that I'm not impressive, I don't have A's in all subjects like my other cousins, I'm not in the best university like my cousins are/were, I'm not as smart (I'm more lazy and rather do other things than study) as my cousins are, I'm not as keen or sharp as my cousins, etc. Sometimes I even feel like I'm a prank.
I know some people will think, go your own way, don't care about what other people think of you. So I need to tell you that this is when the 14% of Chinese in me, finally comes out. I can't make my mother lose face in front of my aunts, I can't graduate and get a normal secretary job, I can't just be wondering around doing nothing "productive", and I definitely CAN'T fail this coming calculation test!!!!!
I'M GOING TO NAIL THIS CALCULATION TEST!!!
[There has already been a lot of discussions about me in my family, one aunt thinks I'm a selfish girl who is where I am because of my mother, another aunt thinks I have great potential but don't use it to the fullest, another one thinks Im too unproductive. Wonderful news!?]
But then we talked about the third generation, with me included. My mum believes that our family's third generation will win the next round. We just heard that the other family's little sohn had been accepted by a mamahuhu (so so) high school, and the other girl didn't get high grades in this mamahuhu school, whilst in our family, 2 girls are in a foreign country, one of them (not me of course) won the Olympic championship in math and received the prize from Paris' mayor, 1 going to a famous good university in SH, 1 is just a recently graduated "really high paid" lawyer who just came home from the US to work for Melvin and Myers (just because he is a male, everybody praises him).
Right now it looks like this generation with me included is doing a good job. But my mum also told me that she thinks "I'm a satin pillow but filled with grass". My mum's cousins family look at me and believe I'm impressive, " she speaks several languages, lives in Sweden, has studied in the US, etc. etc."It's only my mum who understands that I'm not impressive, I don't have A's in all subjects like my other cousins, I'm not in the best university like my cousins are/were, I'm not as smart (I'm more lazy and rather do other things than study) as my cousins are, I'm not as keen or sharp as my cousins, etc. Sometimes I even feel like I'm a prank.
I know some people will think, go your own way, don't care about what other people think of you. So I need to tell you that this is when the 14% of Chinese in me, finally comes out. I can't make my mother lose face in front of my aunts, I can't graduate and get a normal secretary job, I can't just be wondering around doing nothing "productive", and I definitely CAN'T fail this coming calculation test!!!!!
I'M GOING TO NAIL THIS CALCULATION TEST!!!
[There has already been a lot of discussions about me in my family, one aunt thinks I'm a selfish girl who is where I am because of my mother, another aunt thinks I have great potential but don't use it to the fullest, another one thinks Im too unproductive. Wonderful news!?]
Labels: Shopgirl's words
posted by Shopgirl at 10:00 AM
2 Comments:
"received the prize from Paris' mayor"
From the gay mayor of Paris?
I dont see how you earn points in this race from living in Sweden... Its a very Chinese thing. Most locals wish they were foreigners. {insert vomiting smiley here}
Anyway this post was much better than the previous ones. Pls get this blog back on track, sweet girl.
I can totally relate to that! Having been in London for the past 10 years, got high grades in exams in school, and graduated from Cambridge, all my relatives in China think how brilliant I am. But I've totally gone off studying few years ago, and only just passed my uni exams, my job is pretty dull as well, compared to all my highly paid friends in banking/consultancy... Now I even feel guilty when my mum's friends ask her about me...
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