OH HAI. I'M PERANAKAN.
So yeah, my parents were watching TV when this lady wearing the peranakan outfit walks out and my Dad is all like "Oh HEI! MY MUTHR WAERS DAT ALL DA TIME!"
Mom: Why would she do that? Unless she's peranakan.
Dad: OH WELL, DATS CUZ SHE IS. I FERGOT 2 SAE.
Mom: ...
Me: What. What are you talking about? So I'm like peranakan?
Dad: YEaH
Me: Huh? Oh.
Dad: HEI HAO BOUT I BUY U DAT OUTFIT. U CAN WAER AT CHINEESE NEW YEAR.
Seriously. Why do my parents like doing this to me? Leaving out large chunks of my heritage and family history, not funny. People always ask me why I have a folder called 'How Family History' on my desktop, its because we're in the process of slowly documenting my family history so things like the above stops happening. Its like one day we drive past orchard road and my Daddy, dear old daddy is all "OH HEI, WE USED 2 OWN DAT BUILDIN, DEN WE SOLD IT. TO URE SCHIZOPHRENIC UNCLE WHEEEEEE!"
"OH HEI. SEE DAT BUILDING. URE STEP-GRANDMOTHER LIVES DERE"
"OH HEI. URE ADOPTED."
Except he lies about the last one. I think.
This isn't good for my heart.
Mom: Why would she do that? Unless she's peranakan.
Dad: OH WELL, DATS CUZ SHE IS. I FERGOT 2 SAE.
Mom: ...
Me: What. What are you talking about? So I'm like peranakan?
Dad: YEaH
Me: Huh? Oh.
Dad: HEI HAO BOUT I BUY U DAT OUTFIT. U CAN WAER AT CHINEESE NEW YEAR.
Seriously. Why do my parents like doing this to me? Leaving out large chunks of my heritage and family history, not funny. People always ask me why I have a folder called 'How Family History' on my desktop, its because we're in the process of slowly documenting my family history so things like the above stops happening. Its like one day we drive past orchard road and my Daddy, dear old daddy is all "OH HEI, WE USED 2 OWN DAT BUILDIN, DEN WE SOLD IT. TO URE SCHIZOPHRENIC UNCLE WHEEEEEE!"
"OH HEI. SEE DAT BUILDING. URE STEP-GRANDMOTHER LIVES DERE"
"OH HEI. URE ADOPTED."
Except he lies about the last one. I think.
This isn't good for my heart.
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