My little 11 year-old brother has a band. And they sing love songs. Or more like we-hate-love kind of love songs. Yesterday, they were rocking out to Bon Jovi's "You give love a bad name". I started laughing when they all screamed how they were "shot through the heart" by girls. When I asked one of them if he's even got a crush at school, he looked away shyly and shook his head.
My even younger sister must have been taking notes. Later that day when I asked her about a scratch she's got, she shrugged and looked at me.
Jody: It's got to hurt before it gets better.
Me: Like love?
Jody: Exactly.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Waipo lessons #2: Taking the pill
Boys I date complain that I am non-committal. My parents believe that I'm travel-crazy to be ready to settle down. My sister just thinks that I am not done flirting.
To be honest, one of my biggest fear about getting married has always been about birth control.
I use to literally cry when I had to take pills. Each pill would take an agonizing half an hour to swallow. Over time, I learned to pretend to swallow then spit it out when my mom's back was turned.
Last summer when I had to take antibiotics for my snakebite, my friends at the Barlow center sat with me to make sure that I actually ate my medicine. Little did they know that I never really swallowed any of them. Needless to say, my foot got infected and became kind of spongy. It was gross.
The other day, my waipo just handed me a packet of vitamin pills and a glass of water.
I fidgeted.
I then started to do my little stockpiling-in-the-cheek trick.
She just sat there and pointed out that she's not stupid.
I was shocked.
So, I swallowed.
And it wasn't too bad.
----- And now, I take my vitamins twice a day.
To be honest, one of my biggest fear about getting married has always been about birth control.
I use to literally cry when I had to take pills. Each pill would take an agonizing half an hour to swallow. Over time, I learned to pretend to swallow then spit it out when my mom's back was turned.
Last summer when I had to take antibiotics for my snakebite, my friends at the Barlow center sat with me to make sure that I actually ate my medicine. Little did they know that I never really swallowed any of them. Needless to say, my foot got infected and became kind of spongy. It was gross.
The other day, my waipo just handed me a packet of vitamin pills and a glass of water.
I fidgeted.
I then started to do my little stockpiling-in-the-cheek trick.
She just sat there and pointed out that she's not stupid.
I was shocked.
So, I swallowed.
And it wasn't too bad.
----- And now, I take my vitamins twice a day.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Kiss and tell
A random man kissed me on the metro today.
Right on the back of my neck, where boyfriends weren't even allowed.
I would have slapped him but I couldn't move.
That's how packed the Beijing metro was during rush hour.
So I gave him the mental death glare instead.
I'm just glad that I wasn't facing him.
Right on the back of my neck, where boyfriends weren't even allowed.
I would have slapped him but I couldn't move.
That's how packed the Beijing metro was during rush hour.
So I gave him the mental death glare instead.
I'm just glad that I wasn't facing him.
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