chilling with my old folks
November 18, 2010How was your Raya, everyone??
My family and I had a pretty relaxed one, as we do every year. Ate some ketupat, went to the mosque, hung out together, and you know what….suddenly, my dad suggested, “Let’s watch a movie together!”
Who are you and what did you do to my dad?
But oh what the heck, my parents and I curled with each other in the TV room and I started thinking what movie I wanted to watch. Haven’t been to the cinema in ages (that’s pretty high up there in my This Weekend Must Do list), so I was thinking of all these romantic chick flicks that I just need to watch. You know, in order to be cool! (I have not been so cool lately…)
“Let’s watch Pursuit of Happyness!” My dad excitedly took out the DVD out of nowhere.
Seriously, who is this guy who looks like my dad?!
Pursuit of Happyness…yawn…it’s a good movie, but I’d already seen it. And I don’t like watching the same movie twice (unless they wear really nice clothes in it).
“You know, it’s really good. It’s about this guy struggling bla bla bla bla….”
I know….I’ve seen it….everybody cool has…
And then during the movie, he’d go, “Oh, this is the part where he gets kicked out of his apartment because he didn’t pay rent. Oh, this is the part where the mother left.”
Hahahahah. YES DADDY, I KNOW.
But you know what…I watched the whole thing again and I forgot how much I love that movie!! It’s so good!! And at the end when he found success after working sooo hard, my mom and I were fighting for tissues.
Then, my dad gave his speech…”You see the parents’ love for their kids? They’d do anything for their kids to make sure the kids are fed, clothed, etc and happy. They won’t eat if they have just enough money for their kids to eat…….”
Everytime we finish a movie, there will be a moral story from my dad. And it usually involves how good parents are.
Yes yes…You already know I love you guys. No need to sell yourselves all over again. I had already bought it a long time ago.
Oh…and on the way to the mosque, he gave a BIG speech about Raya Haji and Korban and the whole history on Nabi Ibrahim and Nabi Ismail in the desert. You all know that story right?? Smack yourselves if you don’t. The Muslims, I mean!
So, I asked a simple question.
I turned to dad.
Me: So would you slaughter me??
Dad: Well, you know, that was a long time ago and now it’s a symbolic thing…that we should listen to God…that we should submit to his wants…that we should sacrifice some things in life…not our children, per se…..bla bla bla…*Another clever and diplomatic speech*
At another time, I turned to mom.
Me: So would you slaughter me?
Mom: Who ask?
Me: God la…
Mom: Of course !!
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I feel so safe in this house…..
I think you mean Slaughter?
Anyhoo love your blog and congrats on your new business!
What the heck is slotter?
It’s slaughter.
How many years did you spend in the UK again?
eh pls, i’m tired and sleepy! hahaha changed it..thanks guys.
Roxy: thank you for the well wishes π
duck sauce: FIVE, thanks for asking. ooooooo so quick to comment when there’s a mistake! maybe i should make more errors….
hahahah. that’s so cute of your mum!!! kudos to parents. they are God’s blessing to us. =D
your mum is beyond cute.
i can imagine her slumberness…. hehe
love your blog PD.
keep it up!
I love your mum’s answer
hey why did you change it…slotter is cuter… i thought you were making a joke on using the word “slotter”
the end bit was hilarious. π
hahaha..so funny about slotter..i totally agree with ur dad..so nice when our parents said something “bermakna”..gud luck PD..
Proudduck, it’s just that you’re a famous blogger now so understandably you’re gonna be under a lot more scrutiny π
And a good blogger should proofread his/her posts before publishing. I mean, you gotta admit, slotter was pretty bad :-S
RS: totally agree.
nana: haha no, not a joke! genuine sillyness. i’m glad you love my mom’s answer, but if anything happens to me…heheh
aneesa: π
ayu: my dad will love you!
duck sauce: eh, no need to justify yourself la! i don’t mind the scrutiny. you were right anyway π
your mum is so funny!and omg,my dad is like that too..everything has to have a moral story..haha
Haha! PD..you are way too cute π
even my husband laughed at the last part. your mum jawab first class!
hahaha.. such a nice story.
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hahahahahahahaha i cant stop laughing!!!
kirim salam to ur mum, she’s so cool hehe
you mum’s selambe-ness is super-cool… hahaha..nice one
Vivy, U have a good parents… ur dad so lovely and ur mommy so funny… u are good daughter… it was fun spending time with family like you do… π
A new take on Eid’s stories! Nice one, PD! π
Now I know where your sense of humour comes from
Hehe
while we are at spell check, it’s happiness not happyness.
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sha..u r rite except that the movie is titled that way π
hahahaha so cute !
you write whatever and whichever you want,PD..
i, at least, understand your entry perfectly, slotter, slaughter,to-may-to, to-mah-to, po-tay-to,po-tah-to π
it’s tater here for potato π
hahaha.. i can imagine your mom’s expression π
When you have kids later, and they ask you the same question…
I would love to hear your answer π
LOL
that cracked me up! cheeky git!!!
hehe gudluck π
your blog is so dead π
i love u PD!! hehehehh and ur blog!!
i like reading your blog but this one entry stirred me up a tiny bit.
y cant u use flowers as sacrifice instead?
why do animals need to get hurt?
i’ve seen the slaughter before, slowly sawing at a cows neck…. i wanna puke each time i think abt it because its so cruel. the pain the poor cow has to endure before it dies a death just because us humans say it should.
only because u raised the issue, i’d like to hear your point of view now having heard mine.
i know your way of life will not change but what do u feel abt it.(pretend u were atheist for 5 minutes while u answer)