Disclaimer! this is just base on my experience, we all have some different experiences having a Filipina mother or strict parents but some of it though is actually the same so...yeah. In case you didn't know I am an only child with Filipino parents and if you ask me how's my life going all I can say is that it's so-so. Being an only child and having a Filipina mother is not that easy as you think so today I wrote an article about it so you guys are aware of what it is like and again, this is just base on MY experience.
Need to be home at exactly 4:00 pm.
Every time I go out with my friends or we decided to hang out, I need to be home by 4:oo pm. yup! you read that right, not 4:10, not 4:30, but 4:00 pm and there are no 'buts' because if you requested to extend the time it will only reduce by 30 minutes and the result is, 3:30 pm, I need to be home at exactly 3:30 pm because she is now angry and she wants me to hurry home.
The whole squad needs to ask for permission.
There is one time, it was my friend's debut and we are planning to stay there overnight at the venue. Me being a girl and an only child I need my whole squad to ask for permission so I can stay overnight. I started to ask permission around December 26, 2020( i think) and my friend's birthday is on January 18, 2003, so it's literally 23 days before the birthday. I've been helping a lot in the house so you know, to add some good points, I also make sure that I'm more kind than usual because if I said one wrong word, I can't even step outside the door.
Too much water on the rice? you're doomed. Not enough water on the rice? you're still doomed.
If you are Filipino or Asian you gonna have rice every lunch. I'm assigned to cook rice every lunch and dinner and sometimes it has too much water so it looks like porridge and that only means one thing, I am doomed. Sometimes I hide it and fix quietly because if my mother knows about it, she will start rapping at me. Believe me, it's pretty scary and annoying.
Always reply to her text immediately because if I don't, she will automatically assume that I'm dead.
Every time I go outside I should always check my phone because if she text me and I didn't answer within 5 minutes she will call and if she calls and I didn't answer it, she will automatically think that I'm dead or kidnap. There is one time, I was in school fixing my requirements and for the second semester and I'm pretty busy so I put my phone inside my bag, don't have time to check on it either, it was lunchtime I decided to check on my messages and it has 4 or 5 messages I think, and it has a 2 missed calls so I immediately reply and waited for her response, it only took 10 seconds for her to respond and guess what? she was so angry and she said "humanda ka pag-uwi mo" if you translate it in English "wait until you get home". believe me, that line is pretty scary.
I know that she just loves me and she is just concern about me that is why she is strict and I appreciate that but at the back of my head, I kept thinking that I can already take care of myself and I know what I'm doing that is why she doesn't need to be so worried every time I go out and hang out with my friends. Anyways, this is just for fun so please don't hate me, I just wrote this because I can't think of anything else to write. I hope you enjoy it and it somehow makes you smile! have a nice day/night! byee!
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HAHA ankyot, so caring talaga ni titawap. Wieee :))