Happy Chinese New Year! (w/ "pray for me" story)

Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:38 pm by ElectricBrain

This year is the year of the Monkey. Im a rat. So yah.

Anyways I have a little story I feel like i have to tell cuz i feel so bad.

My dad lives in another province now (i live in canada, remember) and so he got me to buy him some plane tickets online for him. So i did and he wanted me to pick him up too from the airport. Honestly, i was kinda lazy and i forgot that the date was the 20th to pick him up, which was yesterday. I really thought that his arrival was supposed to be the 21th of January.

So that night when i got home i checked the online receipt for the date and found that im 3 hours late for picking him up (its about 11PM by now). Obscenities ensue...but its not that bad cuz my grampa was supposed to accompany me to go pick him up so he must have picked him up instead without me. And yah, i felt really bad for the night and next morning at school.

So during the bus ride home i felt like i had to go to my grampa's to say sorry to my dad. My dad lives with my grampa for the duration of his visit. So i go up there with everything thought out and HES NOT THERE. Hes visiting the dentist. What luck eh? And it turns out he didnt even come last night becuase there was some technical problems with the plane so he actually flew in this morning. My grandma told me all this just a while ago.

And well, as our family tradition goes, we're going to have 3 consecutive parties to bring in the new year's: Today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Some of you TLR vets might remember that i mentioned that i HATE our family parties as they are really boring and cold. So now im just thinking about how to talk to my dad at the party when i go later tonight.

Pray for me!

aiyah

no im not christian

Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:48 pm by Tawakalna

so.. he doesnt know you c*cked up and turned up late? presuming you havent told someone else who might tell him, what are you worrying about? OR if you want to have a laugh about it, start up a conv about the problems with his avion and then just say, "good job it was delayed, cos I didnt turn up on time! ha-ha!" which is what i'd do. Although i suppose it depends on his sense of humour. In my house it would just be another excuse for fun and merriment.

Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:50 pm by freighter fighter

3 parties in a row? lucky sod

Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:51 pm by ElectricBrain

I wish my family were more able to laugh at these problems. Unfortunately my family is chinese.

Well i left a bit out from the story. When i was out that night my cell phone was off (no idea why. it just seems to turn off byitself sometimes) so they coulndt call me. And my dad tried to call me too to tell me when hes coming and stuff. Basically he was supposed to call me sometime before i was supposed to go and pick him up but he couldnt reach me at all. And im not at home so he cant call my home number.

Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:54 pm by Eraser

Wow, lucky for you that your dad flew in the next morning!! And yes I remember you mentioning it once or twice that you hate family parties. My sympathies and I'll pray for you buddy

Hang in there bud!

What The Lancers Reactor has joined together let no man put asunder

Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:08 pm by Tawakalna

so you're saying Chinese families dont have much sense of humour, EB? so what's the party consist of then? everyone sitting round being miserable? 3 times? cmon you gotta be painting too black a picture of this, you make it sound like an Amish gathering. Cheer up guy, you get to blow stuff up and dance in the street like a loon! I'd happily go in your place. You can swap with me and take Carol's digital pictures for her Ebay jewellery crafts! what a great night in...not.

Anyway you're obviously still going, there's no getting out of it, so just act normally and if anyone says anything about it fess up. hey, your dad didnt show up anyway so there's no harm done. I've lost count of the number of times my Mrs has told me to fetch her from somewhere, forgot, got there late, and she never even showed in the first place cos she forgot too!

Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:53 pm by pieman3141

Not having humour = not being able to take mistakes lightly, even when mistakes are inconsequential. It sucks. I'm Chinese too. And a stubborn pig-headedness about not believing what their kids say.

My story:

I came back from a worhsip thingy (I AM christian) at 2 AM, and the next morning, my dad starts his talk, and I told him I went to the worship thing. He's like.. liar... and I;m like.. OK, believe what you want... and that was that. I decided arguing with him wasn't worth wastrng my brain cells. Better stuff to do with my brain cells than arguing over something.

Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:11 pm by Tawakalna

I'd think i'd have something to say to you if you were my kid and you came back home at 2AM; and I wouldn't believe you either.

Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:31 pm by Wolf_Demon

well if i were u, id say everything fell into place

just my basic day

i am among the 5[% with DSL that doesnt want pictures with the news posts on the home page

Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:02 pm by Sir Spectre

With that "pray for me" in the subject I thought we were going to have our third suicidal poster! Phhhewww, I'm relieved it's just someone suffering from guilt and boredom and not depression.

Sir S

Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:05 pm by Wolf_Demon

there allready was 3

-i was 1 but i mostly tried to cover it with anger
ive tried my best to cover it

>i hope i can get away from this retched land someday, and get some real friends<

i am among the 5[% with DSL that doesnt want pictures with the news posts on the home page

Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:04 pm by ElectricBrain

Ah well nothing happened tonight. My dad basically said he wants an update as to what im doing with my life now and that he'll talk to me about it later. So i guess i gotta tell him...

2 more parties to go

Edited by - ElectricBrain on 1/21/2004 11:05:45 PM

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