During the 4 hours journey in the car, my best friend and I talked about how we’ve grown up. How circa 10 years ago we were in school, jumping and running about not caring what life held for us. Not caring much about the future at all. And now, how different we all actually are 10 years after that ‘zaman’. What different thoughts and perception of life we held.

And how better we handle our parents. Some people say, we will handle parents better when we have kids of our own. I say it’s when we grow up, and when we can think that it is actually pointless to argue about every single thing we disagree on (which I bet, is almost EVERYTHING). And it helps, when you’re a few hundred or thousand kilometres away from them muehehehehe. Yes the whole ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ is definitely true. I can’t imagine tolerating my mom if I have to face her everyday. Kahkahkahkah.

I was never that close to my mom anyways. Me daddy’s girl. But now I have the privilege of being the only child who is not within 30km radius of her so… yeah… kinda get special treatments miahahaha. Oh no no I don’t take advantage of that, though I can just say like “Hey that air purifier thing on the shelf? I’m thinking of buying one like that for my bad dust allergy.. is it good?” and she will just whisk the air purifier which cost her a few hundred bucks off the shelf without even blinking and into my bag and insist that I take it. I mean, I sincerely did ask because I wanted to purchase it on my own, I can definitely afford it la kan, but well, her persuasion gets to me and I know she did so want me to have it. This is a true story anyways, I now have an air purifier thing in the room and yes, it helps with the allergy ngehehehe.

Over the weekend I went back and she got me like 6 plastic bags full of stuff. Baby stuff.

Me 5 years ago would go, “Eeeeeee ni apa ni??? Buat apa beli ni?? Tak suruh pun??? Arrgghhhh kenapa beli baju kaler ni?? Tak suka!!! Hey I don’t want these kind of bottles! No no no my baby is NOT gonna use those stuff. Not my taste at all!! Why didn’t u ask before u buy???” and have her sulking, cursing, and taking back all her stuff, ending up not talking to me for the next few months. Yes that happened before. Org tua2 kan sensitip hehehe.

Me now said, “Awww that’s soo sweet… surprise present for the unborn baby! I’m amazed ur still excited after 2 grandsons… u didn’t have to do all this.. thank u soooo much” and make her beam from ear to ear, said she’s glad to be doing it, and did you like everything I bought? Of course not la kan, but u just swallow it all and say yes thank u, and in your head u just think that Alhamdulillah, rezeki… tak suka pun boleh pakai what.. orang dah kasi free… money is not easy to come by.

Of course I don’t tolerate her just when it comes to getting more free stuff la kan tsk tsk that would make me a pretty bad daughter now ain’t it. I tolerate all the calls, all the ‘pesanan dan nasihat’ that she spews for every single thing that happens, all the ideas she has for MY well-being and all. I don’t argue back at all, doesn’t matter on the agreement part. I just listen, ingest, and weigh it out in my head whether to absorb or to discard. Hmm well. I guess I start feeling pity for my mom for trying so hard and getting arguments from ALL her daughters. So I chose to just shut up, thus making her feel kinda good (I think).

Okay I’m done. Ran out of ideas. Sheeessh.

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