my mom the addict
April 19, 2014My mom calls me everyday. Sometimes two, three times a day. Heck, sometimes, two or three times in half hour.
Either to tell me she misses me (let’s face it, she misses Daniel) or to tell me to buy Gardenia bread on the way over or to ask me why her handbag cabinet is missing one more handbag. My response to the last one is always “I have nooooo idea” and I quickly hide all her handbags in my closet.
But lately she hasn’t called and my phone felt lonely. I missed getting five missed calls from her in the span of two minutes.
So I barged into her room yesterday and there she was, sitting on her massage chair looking down at her iPad and giggling by herself. My first thought “Oh my god, she has a boyfriend.” Bahahahaha I’m joking. Have you met my mom? Loyal to my dad like mad.
“Mom?” I called out.
She ignored me.
“Moooooommmm?” I called out again.
Still ignored me again.
“MOMMMM!”
She almost jumped and looked up. Looked at me, gave me a big smile and took off her earphones.
(Where’d she get earphones from?!!)
“V, Ya Allah, you startled me!” and then put her earphones back on and continued with her iPad.
(Ummm, hello??? Nice to see you too???)
I went over to her to see what was so interesting. She was watching a Filipino TV Series… with no subtitles. What the.. does she even understand what they’re saying? Someone, bring my mommy back!! I asked her what she was watching.
Like a teenage kid, she giggled and said “V, I haven’t slept watching this! It’s soooooo good this drama series. I’m so addicted. I don’t understand what they’re saying because there is no subtitles but I think I kind of get the point… it’s so good, you should watch it.”Â
Wow… she sounded just like.. me.
I shook my head and tried to get her off her iPad. “Mom, let’s go down and have tea!”
She was already so fixed to the drama. “Huh.. yeah.. love you too…”
Beyond repair.
Our elders these days….
Wait….is it Be Careful With My Heart? The co-stars are Ser Chief & Maya? Because I’ve had the same feelings too about this series ahahahaha 🙂 Not only that, I also managed to make my mom (who before this doesn’t like anything to do with Filipino when it comes to entertainment) and my granda (who’s an ustaz hahahaha) hooked to this series !
Be careful with my heart is it vivy?
My mum is addicted to some Filipino drama too… apparently, she went on Google to search for some info on the actor and told me, “Oh, over in the Philippines, he is like the Richard Gere!”
I can only hangout with her at certain time, or we have to go back home at a particular because she does not want to miss her Filipino and Indonesian dramas….
I feel you on this! My mother is addicted to korean dramas (& Misteri Jam 12) and just like your mom; wifi, her tab and earphones – yeah that’s pretty much all she needed to be in her own world..
But Vivy, wait till when we ask her questions and mom will go.. “Takkan tak tau.. pegi google lah!”
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Mothers these days…. lols.
This reminds me of my late grandmother. She used to watch tv series without subtitles too, eventhough she didn’t understand the language. But, somehow, she figured out the story plot by only watching the series. 🙂
bahahahaha!!! omg. damn cute la you, pls. the way you write the end bit of your posts. always a LOL-win! which site is she watching these Filipino telenovela’s off?
Your beloved mom sounds exactly like mine… she no longer greets me at the door after work… she would be focusing on youtube and other stuffs… one whole day of ipad will do damage even to them elders… one day mom even told me…”i now understand why bangla men hold hands while walking… internet is very informative, u know”… eeeeerrrrkkkkkk mommm!!!! that was out of the blue though. anyways, loved the entry Vi,
i know, must be ur mom watching Be Careful With My Heart…. she’s just like me huhuhuhu after come back from office i’ll just lay on my bed holding my tablet and watching that drama 🙂