<p>k.. here's the thing that happened to me today</p>
<p>DAd: I guess you don't want to study.. you've been sitting in the dinner table for more than usual (I normally stay there for about 5 min. I eat wicked fast cuz I don't want to talk to them lol)</p>
<p>Moi: Yeah.. I kinda feel lazy lol (I was being extremely brave)</p>
<p>Dad: Why don't you go watch tv or something?</p>
<p>Moi: lol lol lol lol lol lol</p>
<p>He never said that to me before. He'd normally say that I'm being effing lazy and I should go study my butt off. See.. this is the power of getting into college... hahaha. I did watch TV, and I'm not really doing anything right now but navigating the fascinating world of internet lol </p>
<p>Sure, parents love us. It's just their "tough" way of love that kills me and makes me scream :P</p>
<p>Dad: Adi, its 10:30 PM, what are you doing right now?
Adi: Studying Physics, dad
Dad: :mad: what???
Adi: I am studying
Dad: Listen, smarty pants. I work my @ss off, not so that you can sit at home on Saturday evening. Now call a bunch of your friends, go out, party, get drunk and dont show up before 4-5 a.m.
Adi: what about exams?
Dad: oh...screw those...they will keep on propping back every 3 months
Adi: okie, if you say so. But remember, if i lose my rank, its your fault.
Dad: i can live with that. But i cant live with a 17 yr old studyin on saturday evening...uh-uh...not in my house.</p>
<p>(after 10-15 mins of calling friends)
Adi: Ok, dad i am going out...see you tomorrow morning
Mom: where are you going at this time? Dont you have to study for exams?
Dad: Oh, dont you start that again. Comeon, he is 17...he needs beers and babes...let him go..
Mom (shaking her head): god knows, what is going to happen to this household if every1 gets trained by you...
Dad: The household will just have more fun
Adi: ok, can i go now??
Dad: yeah...just one thing...if you come later than 5 am, could you pick up breakfast for us??
Adi: okie :)</p>
<p>mom: what are you doing?
me: studying
mom: what are you doing
me: i'm studying for my aps
mom: eat your dinner
me: okay, later
mom: come eat your dinner!
me: okay, in a minute
mom: I
SAID
come eat your dinner!
me: okay, ill be there
mom: do I have to say it one more time?
EAT YOUR DINNER! AND THEN YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
<p>yes adides, ur parents do rock while i will nvr have that conversation with my parents, perhaps for the teeny glitch that u GOT INTO PRINCETON!! i doubt thay care anymore abt exams... so it does not matter does it... :p</p>
<p>neha...tht conversation took place in december b4 i had any admits...but it has been the same trend since i was very young... (i also have an older bro. who makes sure that i am spoilt :) )</p>
<p>Hey, adides, just out of curosity, what's your entire name? My friends always call me Adi.. it's like my nickname. Basically, it's a shortened version of my Indian name. I'm wondering if we have the same name, haha.</p>
<p>yeah man...aditya and adi is pretty common :(
even the college tht i'd be joinin has a girl called aditi in the same class...and not on this board, but on other boards...her sn is adidaz :( and i thought my sn adides was cool...:p</p>
<p>My girlfriend's (Chinese) dad: So what's the plan after UCLA?
Me: I dunno, after JET maybe I'll go to Georgetown or Kennedy for my master's
Dad: Kennedy...Kennedy, oh yeah, Harvard's school, right? (he went to UCLA and MIT, so he's savvy in this stuff)
Me: Yeah, but since GTown is closer to DC, I'm thinking it's a better "first choice."
Dad: Yeah, probably.
Mom: No, you go to Harvahd! Good school!
Me: Yeah, but Georgetown has great connections...
Mom: Aiyah! Harvahd make your family proud! Georgetown... not as good!
Me: Yes Nancy...</p>
<p>And so ended that conversation.</p>
<p>Me: Yeah, I just don't think law is for me...
Dad: Yeah, but if you went to law school, imagine how much money you and Lisa would make with her being a doctor. Y'know, when you live together.
Me: (Thinks: "Live together?!") Yeah...that...</p>
<p>And so ended that converstion.</p>
<p>Me: So, how'd you like MIT?
Dad: It's a great school, but the area is ****.
Me: Wha? I thought it was nice. Green, close to Boston and Cambridge...
Dad: First off, the women are ugly. Secondly, it's too damn cold. I missed UCLA every day.
Me: Oh. </p>
<p>And so ended that conversation.</p>
<p>Gotta love the not-so-typical Chinese family I've been adopted by.</p>
<p>Hmm...further stories from my life as an adopted Canto:</p>
<p>GF: Mommy, Ari is studying Chinese now.
Mom: What? But you study Japanese? Now, Chinese too? Aiyah! Too much! You forget English now!
Me: Eh...probably.<br>
GF: And just think, he can now talk to you in Chinese!
Mom: Eh? No more secret! ::Clicks tongue::
Me: Umm...right.</p>
<p>And then my GF's family proceeds to start talking to me in Cantonese. I don't speak Cantonese. Her extended family has yet to figure that when I reply, "Wo shuo putonghua!" I actually mean it.</p>
<p>k guys, if you think that is bad..well, here's the conversation with my dad I had a few hours ago:
(I'm not Asian by the way)</p>
<p>Well, I don't feel like making it dialoge cuz it'll be too long, but he wants me to do an AP BIOLOGY course in ONE AND A HALF MONTHS before going to a 3 week intensive ADVANCED CHEMISTRY course and then come back and order the biology extension if I don't finish it and finish the course by the time school starts. I'm taking AP Bio next year.</p>
<p>Then he wanted me to do all of these science courses over the year so when I graduate high school, I can save him a lot of money by taking the MCAT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, instead of going to Pre-med for 2 years. That way, according to him, a couple thousand spent on courses would save a lot of money compared to several tens of thousands spent on an "unnecessary" 2 years in college. </p>
<p>Oh my gosh.
He thinks I can become this instant achievatron. </p>
<p>MCAT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN DIRECT MED SCHOOL?! WHAT THE HELL IS HE SMOKING?</p>