It always feels kind of surreal when I am home. In fact, what I called “home” is an apartment I did not grow up in. It is home simply because my parents live here, with my nephew who, instead of my two elder brothers (long story…), takes care of them.
I am a different person when I am over here for many reasons. It is even stranger to come home by myself because I am all of a sudden the lone girl in the family who everybody wants/needs to take care of. My father keeps on asking me whether I am hungry even after I have been stuffing my face non-stop. My mother won’t stop asking me whether I am cold; she is wearing a thick jacket while I, a short-sleeved t-shirt. The night when I arrived, when I was not paying attention, she unpacked my suitcases, put away all my stuff, hung up all my clothes and even folded my underwear. My nephew and his fiancée will not let me lift a finger because, even though we are only 9 years apart, I am still his aunt. I am an elder and he has to be respectful. So the rules says. Sometimes it is simply AWESOME to be Chinese.
People often ask me what I do when I go home. Eh. Nothing exciting really. I am chaperoned around to eat, eat and eat some more. I also go to a lot of department stores because that is what my mother likes to do. Judging by the crowd and the lines outside of many popular restaurants, these are also activities enjoyed by 90% of the people in the city.
Just like every other big city around the world. Right?
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Do you think you’re family would adopt me?
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Trust me: you don’t really want to. I wrote this on the first night/morning. In 3 days, I have had enough and ready to tear my hair off…. Mothers and daughters… The stories are surprisingly similar the world over…
Why when traveling do we eat, eat, eat and eat some more. Like food is going to go extinct
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I do do that when I go home. It’s like a chipmunks store up nuts for the winter and bears eat a lot before they go hibernate… 😉
“eat, eat, and eat some more” My kind of holiday…
Wendy
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Mine is combined with interjections of “Oh you should definitely lose weight!” in between…
Wow! What is it like to be waited on hand and foot?! I’ll have to vicariously live through you on that one, which means I need more pictures! Keep ’em coming!
I’m not sure that rabbit is a Good Hare Day or a bad one!
Have fun, but don’t let us miss you too much! Uh oh, too late! 😉
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LOL at the HARE.
I’m sorry. The shorts. . . no, no, no! The only one that could get away with that look is the rabbit.
So nice to hear you were pampered!
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The shorts are everywhere! What can I say? All of the girls have cranes for legs…
Your post brings back the memories. I still remember returning home as a capable, married woman, suddenly forgetting how to cook or do anything for myself. There was a strange conflict going on my head between wanting to yell, “Hey, I’m a grown up now!” and, on the other hand, just wallowing in being totally taken care of. The wallowing always won.
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I think wallowing has been underappreciated.
Awesome pics! More please! 🙂 Hugs to you — returning home is not always easy. For me, at least.
We should compare notes, definitely. {{{hugs}}}
Leg warmers and shorts? That’s so not right. And the bunny? Also not right. Mannequins should never cohabitate with furry animals in store windows. After all, we have to think about the children. That’s fuel for some kid’s nightmare, for sure.
I am creeped out, let alone the children!
I am loving this! Photos! Food photos too! Can’t lift a finger because you are an elder (woo-hoo) eat, shop, eat shop! Enjoy your time!
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I really enjoyed the being an elder part this time. 🙂
Awesome photos! I have yet to travel the world so anything about another country intrigues me.
Enjoy being spoiled by your family!
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Thank you! It’s nice to know that I am not boring you all with these.
To be doted on continuously would be tiresome, I figure. But to be doted on for brief times during your familial visits has to be queenly.
Agreed!
As you must have guessed, if I were living there or were staying there for a long time, all this doting would disappear faster than I could say Jack Rabbit.
These photos are beautiful! Keep snapping please!
I hope that you can stuff me in your suitcase next time you go, either that or we can all plan a trip with Vapid and Tom to Denmark to thrill their large fanclub and live like Viking kings!
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Denmark sounds better, if I am allowed to tell the truth… 🙂
Nice for you to have a place to go home to even if it isn’t the building you grew up in; it is the family you grew up in. Enjoy your stay there and keep posting.
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Thank you for the encouragement!