Cinderella Man

I had one of the worst days of my life today. And I’m pretty mad and literally raging. First of all, it was Parents’ Day. My dad got the report card and talked to one of my form teachers. And my dad was so “smart” to talk to Miss Wong. Dude, I barely even SEE her during the day, she doesn’t teach me or anything, how can she talk to my dad about me? So ridiculously stupid! And that’s why she kind of trashed me in front of my dad.

Then my dad told my mom. She saw the report card and she wasn’t happy. (Actually, I wasn’t very pleased too…) Then she asked me a bunch of stupid questions like “Are you satisfied with your marks?” and “Do you think you did well?” I just avoided the questions but I should’ve or else I could escape the events later. So we went to World Trade Centre for lunch and I went to Muji to buy something. My mom came with me to Muji and my dad went across Causeway Bay to withdraw money. Okay, so I got my stuff, paid and turned around. And WHAT DO I FIND? My mom was out of sight. So I had to roam around the shop, searching up and down for her. I was already pretty pissed at that time because at one point, this lady was walking right in front of me really S-L-O-W-L-Y. I was so impatient and I was tempted to lash out with my right leg to knee her right behind the knee, where the hamstrings are, she would’ve collapsed immediately. And what was worse was there was a whole bunch of people next to and in front of me so I couldn’t overtake her. And when I finally did, I saw she was walking slowly because she was using her iPhone while walking. Damn you. Then when I FINALLY found my mom 10-15min later, SHE was mad too. SHE thought I had wandered away. Like WHAT?! After that, we had to meet up with my dad a bit later and my dad kept calling, making my mom SUPER annoyed. Then she told my dad it was my ENTIRE fault that we were late. Dude, I wasn’t doing anything EXCEPT for getting my stuff. You? YOU wandered away.

So we met up with my dad and we went to Victoria Park where there was the annual CNY fair. It was really crowded and I was getting more squashed by the second and my claustrophobia was working up. I was getting short-tempered quickly. Then my mom started to talk about my marks and crap. And then I have NO IDEA how talking about my marks turn into full out scolding so I just said sharply, “You know, I wish I brought my mobile and Octopus so I can walk around and go home alone.” Then my mom just scolded me even more, about how I shouldn’t do that and ALWAYS stay by her side. Bitch, there are loads of parents who don’t want their kids to always stick by their side. That’s the problem with my mom. She doesn’t know when she’s got a really awesome independent kid even if it slapped her in the face. And I was so tempted to do that right then and there. So I just wriggled my hand out hers and just stuck to my dad for the whole time.

When we got home, my mom made a beeline to my room and just grabbed my report card. I ignored her and took a nap. Then when I woke up, I turned on my Mac and Wi-Fi router. And went on FB for 20 min. All of a sudden, my mom just stormed into my room and screamed at me about not doing my homework and insulting my ability to do my work AND accused me of being on FB for longer than she allowed. EXCUSE ME? Today is the FIRST day of the break. Emphasis on the FIRST! And you expect to me finish everything? And my mom’s limit on FB is 30min. THIRTY FREAKING MINUTES! I’ve only been on for 20!

After that, I found out she was taking out her temper on me because she had to bring a whole stack of papers to mark at home and apparently, her students didn’t do good and she was just cursing them while marking. And I could hear her cursing from my room! See, my mom thinks everyone on Earth is a super genius and everyone is as “smart” as her. Every time I as her about a Math question, she thinks I can think like her and she doesn’t even bother to think it my way. I hate it when she does that. So I’ve finished all my CL homework in the matter of 2 hours.

That’s not the worse. She’s even made my dad side with her for everything! At dinner we were discussing what to eat on Sunday evening. I wanted to eat Yoshinoya take-away like every normal Sunday. But my mom didn’t and when she asked my dad about his “opinion” he said if my mom didn’t want to eat it, then we wouldn’t. I wanted so badly to throw my spoon at him.

FYI: I usually eat Yoshinoya for dinner of Sunday while my folks go out for something else.

First of all, two weeks ago, my mom wanted to go out to eat Wok Rice or something like that and she made me go so I couldn’t eat Yoshinoya as usual. I was quite steamed about that. Then my dad PINKY PROMISED that the next week, I would have my regular Sunday dinner. Guess what? I didn’t get my “regular Sunday dinner” because my mom didn’t let me for NO REASON! And we had to go to this Japanese restaurant that wasn’t good! And my dad didn’t even say a word! So this week, I won’t be surprised if he “bowed down to her Majesty’s wishes” AGAIN. Where is the justice in this family? So now I’m ignoring my dad.

Secondly, my mom isn’t even grateful that my dad sided for her and after dinner, I could hear her telling my dad off for even letting me eat Yoshinoya. She was all like, “Do you think it’s very healthy? And why do you even buy it? It’s like KFC! Buying it so frequently!” So damned unreasonable! We’ve haven’t had KFC for like a really long time. And when we have it, my mom is always getting the largest piece for herself. So who is the unhealthy one now?  

Then she came into my room and looked at my CL book report. She just told me it was rubbish. Wow, thank you very much. And BTW, have you forgotten I have feelings and I have put EFFORT into the report? After that, she just yelled at me some more about not reading CL books other than the books for the reports. FYI: I’ve read three CL books for the book reports so I don’t think I have time for any others. So I started reading something else and in less than 30min, she came back into my room and started to study Chinese Wen Yan Wen with me harder than usual. When I thought it was finally over, she started to scold me again about my grades and my laziness when it was CLEARLY WRITTEN on my report that I was hard working. Okay, is it just me or is there something that I’m missing here? Then she barked in my face, “Why can’t you be smarter?”

Something very important about me: I can only take so much scolding in a day and I really DON’T appreciate it when someone just tells me my work is shit and my IQ or something like that is lower than their standards.

I don’t KNOW what the fuck has gotten in my mom and just so you know, she came into my room and told me that I was going to wake up that same time as her on Sunday morning when I don’t even have tuition or anything! And my mom wakes up super early. Even earlier than me! Around 6-7am I think. She nearly never sleeps past 8am. Great.

And now, she won’t let me turn on the router without her permission and I’m only allowed to use it for 30min each day. And she kind of banned me from reading English books.