my mom called me while I was just sitting here starring off into space trying to find any kind of motivation to write my paper. scared me though because she started the phone call with my full Chinese name..

me: hello
mommy: yu suet-yee
me: mommy, why are you calling me this early? (while thinking, "oh shit, what did i do wrong?")
mommy: nothing, your dad kept me up all night coughing and i had a really bad dream
me: ooh (*sigh* of relief)
mommy: what do you want for christmas?
me: uhh... *blank stare* .. uhh, i don't know

later on..
mommy: your dad won't stop coughing and won't listen to me to stop smoking
me: bleh, do you want me to tell him to?
mommy: *cute giggle* yes .. *giggle*

later on..

mommy: don't rush your traveling, you still have 2 1/2 years till you graduate .. you have winter breaks and summer breaks
me: but it's so expensive to come over to asia
mommy: i was reading the newspaper, it's less then US$2,000 to go to singapore/malaysia/thailand
me: oohh .. i just really want to go to cambodia though!
mommy: why? it's too dangerous there
me: i just really want to go ah!
mommy: how much is it?
me: about $3,000 HK maybe maybe more
mommy: ooh, fine .. here talk to your dad

*turns on the cute little girl voice*
daddy: wei~
me: daddy
daddy: dut me yeh ah?
me: mo yeh ah, i just wanted to see how you were
daddy: running a fever and can't stop coughing
me: ooh, then maybe you should stop smoking so much daddy .. dut um dut ah?
daddy: dut .. where do you want to go now?
me: umm.. cambodia *scratches head*
daddy: WHY?! (LOUD)
me: because i just want to
daddy: eh, it's cambodia .. there's nothing there and it's too dangerous! (really loudly too)
me: i just want to, it's dut bit ah~
daddy: eh, okay leh .. siu sum de ah, i'm going to work .. talk to your mom
me: okay, byebye .. daddy try to smoke less

mommy: *sniker sniker*
me: told him
mommy: be good you
me: i'm trying
mommy: sure you are
me: wah?
mommy: hao leh, go write your paper and don't think too much .. don't buy so much ming pie (designer) yeh too
me: don't worry mom, how do i have a lot of ming pie stuff? look at ga-jei!
mommy: do i need to start reading off your credit card bills?..
me: umm... haha, love you .. miss you .. byebye
mommy: byebye leh, love you too

no point to this post, my parents are just so cute, amusing, and funny.. i love them and miss them. i still remember all the times i hated them, eh i still do sometimes.

i love chinglish and my pingyum sucks. so yeah, basically my mom called me so i'd tell my dad to smoke less. because one, i'm the only person not afraid of him and two, he will actually listen to me because "i'm his favorite", as my sister likes to say.

what do i want for christmas? do i want/need anything? for the first time in my life i might be materialistically content.

and WHAT IS WRONG WITH CAMBODIA?!