genuine concern??
mum recently went to shanghai for a holiday with dad and bro.. but it seems like she told the WHOLE world (i'm referring to her siblings) that she is away.. it really irritated the hell out of me, and i wonder if you all feel differently.. here it goes..my mum left at midnight on a early thursday morning.. for more precise understanding of the timing for those who may get confused, it is 2359hrs on a wednesday night.. after peipei and i bid them bon voyage at the airport.. we went home to retire for the night..
when i woke up the next morning, i was surprised to find (i think) 3 missed calls from my grandmother's place.. i thought what happened as my grandmother has never called me before.. only i have called her to send my regards to her.. thinking something might have happened to her, i immediately called back, only to be greeted by her cheerful voice asking me whether i was free to have dinner over at her place.. arghh! its so fustrating.. in the end, i agreed to have dinner at her place the next day, which is friday, the next day..
over the weekend, i had church lector duties, so i was pretty occupied.. however i did find time to pick calls on my mobile phone.. there was my mum's second sis, inviting me over to her place for dinner on sunday, together with my mum's youngest sis, also inviting me over to her place for dinner on sunday.. arghh! i rejected both of them, not because i was irritated, but because i was really tired after duty in church.. and besides, i had prior appointments to keep.. somebody save me!
after surviving the weekend without any peace, my grandmother called me again on monday, and luckily this time i was awake to pick up the call.. she again asked me over for dinner..
i appreciate their increase in concern over me, but i really need my own time and space..
if the frequency of calls from my mum's siblings inviting me over for dinner was periodical, i wouldn't have minded the calls from them whilst my mum was away.. however, when my mum left for overseas, the frequency of calls significantly escalated.. arghh! did my mum ask them to keep a look out on me while she is away? are they showing concern for me just because my mum is away? or are they just worried i might feel alone because my mum is away?
no matter what, i would still like to say that on the whole, i appreciate their concern (no matter what the reasons behind it).. and they'll always be family to me.. i'm just complaning that i have no freedom, which i am suppose to have, when my whole family, especially my mum, is away.. :p
posted by Linus Chia @ 10:08 AM
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