(Part 4 of my Bangkok Series)
People spend a lot of money on quacks that hypnotize them and make them "regress" into a previous life. Parents regressing till the point they act like kids, however, comes for free.
You know that part where you are not supposed to talk to strangers? At least this time it wasn't a hot girl. And of course my mom can't help but ask the adult equivalent of "Are we there yet?", which is "Are we there yet?". My uncle, who has travelled the world and is quite well read, decides to be profound. He sums up his deep thought with "It feels like we are not in India".
There is nothing funnier than watching a set of Indians on a train, in a foreign country, trying to blend in. We make fun of tourists going clickety click but trust me, tourists trying to be you and me are funnier. Especially when after 10 minutes of sitting quietly my mom asks me if I can remove the sky train map and make sure I know where we are going, and then repeats the question at every stop. My Dad meantime is sitting quite quiet and bored and my uncle has gone to sleep standing up. I am left with the job of herding these sheep to a mall that I did not want to go to in the first place.
Fast Forward: Reach the mall, it hasn't been blown up, set a meeting point and time, go your own way. The first thing I did was leave the mall and roam the streets. 2 hours of roaming, eating street food, talking to strangers (I'm allowed to since I am a grown up) and getting wet in unseasonal rain later I get back to the mall with a half hour to spare which was spent running around the food court like a little child.
I meet up with my parents and they then prove to me that I am the new adult in the family. Family function in the evening and my parents want to go see a play. Guess who needs to represent the family and prove that we have not come to Bangkok for just a vacation.
"So Mom, why do I have to go?"
"Son, someone needs to represent the family"
"Why aren't you guys coming?"
"Uhh..its on a river boat, and I will feel sea sick"
"We were on a cruise ship to Alaska for a week and it did not affect you"
"That was a bigger boat,.. size matters"
(Continued in Part 5, Cruising Along)
People spend a lot of money on quacks that hypnotize them and make them "regress" into a previous life. Parents regressing till the point they act like kids, however, comes for free.
You know that part where you are not supposed to talk to strangers? At least this time it wasn't a hot girl. And of course my mom can't help but ask the adult equivalent of "Are we there yet?", which is "Are we there yet?". My uncle, who has travelled the world and is quite well read, decides to be profound. He sums up his deep thought with "It feels like we are not in India".
There is nothing funnier than watching a set of Indians on a train, in a foreign country, trying to blend in. We make fun of tourists going clickety click but trust me, tourists trying to be you and me are funnier. Especially when after 10 minutes of sitting quietly my mom asks me if I can remove the sky train map and make sure I know where we are going, and then repeats the question at every stop. My Dad meantime is sitting quite quiet and bored and my uncle has gone to sleep standing up. I am left with the job of herding these sheep to a mall that I did not want to go to in the first place.
Fast Forward: Reach the mall, it hasn't been blown up, set a meeting point and time, go your own way. The first thing I did was leave the mall and roam the streets. 2 hours of roaming, eating street food, talking to strangers (I'm allowed to since I am a grown up) and getting wet in unseasonal rain later I get back to the mall with a half hour to spare which was spent running around the food court like a little child.
I meet up with my parents and they then prove to me that I am the new adult in the family. Family function in the evening and my parents want to go see a play. Guess who needs to represent the family and prove that we have not come to Bangkok for just a vacation.
"So Mom, why do I have to go?"
"Son, someone needs to represent the family"
"Why aren't you guys coming?"
"Uhh..its on a river boat, and I will feel sea sick"
"We were on a cruise ship to Alaska for a week and it did not affect you"
"That was a bigger boat,.. size matters"
(Continued in Part 5, Cruising Along)
hahaha...awesome!! You need to publish this as a book! It just keeps getting more and more entertaining!!
ReplyDeleteLol. They're your parents after all! :P
ReplyDeleteROFL, rather funny! Nice one, I can almost visualize your exasperation! ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is great stuff - keep writing!
ReplyDeleteHAHA! another gem! love it:D
ReplyDeleteHaha!! Sometimes parents do irritate like hell but always cute! Its always funny remembering it at a later date. Nicely written! loved it! :D
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