I attended a wedding dinner of my dad's colleague's son with my dad just recently. Attending that wedding was truly a testament as to how my life really is progressing, and how much I have grown in the eyes of my dad's colleagues. Throughout the night, here are the comments that I received..
"Lim! zhe le lu eh zha bo kia a?" - in Hokkien: Lim, this is your daughter?
"Aiyo, girl you look so different now. Big girl already. Tai kor lui joh!"
.... "Haha."
"Got boyfriend already ah, girl?"
.... "No la aunty/uncle. Still don't have."
"Your daddy gave me your blog address. Wah! China seems like a lot of fun!"
.... "Huh? Aunty/Uncle you read my blog? Aaah that's so embarassing. But yeah, China was a very good experience."
.... All the while thinking: W0ah, my dad's colleagues read my blog! o_O
"Your children are your investment la, Lim! Don't need to invest in anything else already!"
.... "Hopefully I made a good investment la!" Daddy says while giving me a swipe on the head.
"So girl, what are you studying now? When are you graduating? What will you do after you graduate? Going to work in the US or come back home and work?"
.... "Studying Speech therapy. I still have one more year to go. Apply for Masters la after I graduate. Not sure where I will work at yet."
Ah.. it was a very interesting night. And it will only keep on getting more interesting.
It is from this day forwards.. at every wedding event that I attend.. I will have to endure questions of whether or not I have a boyfriend. o_O
Who knew this day would come? I definitely did not really expect it to come that fast. Gawsh, then it's going to be "When is it your turn to get married?" !!!
I shudder to think what the next questions are going to be.
It is at this point in my life that I realize that my life is not going to be simple anymore. From this point forward, I am forced to think of bigger things like having a real job, earning enough money to get by (in this bitter materialistic age we're living in), finding a real guy, buying a house, buying a car, taking care of my parents...
Woah, really too much to think about. I want to go back to being a teen again. Being in my 20s is making me slightly panicky about the direction my life is heading in... do I even have a direction? I guess getting into graduate school after I finish my degree would count as a direction right? That's all I got planned for now.
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