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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Unfriendly Visit from Korea

My Grandma and her brother (do I call that Great Uncle?) are coming from Korea. No, I'm not excited.

The last time they came over, all they did was criticize everything I did. Not so much my Grandma, but my Great Uncle does that a lot. Because my Dad was the first child and the smart child, they always encouraged him to go toward academics, and scolded him whenever he leaned toward the arts or music. They're doing the same thing again. Except this time, you don't need to excel academically to earn money. This is a different world, oldies.

So I constantly heard, You would make a good doctor, or You would make a good dentist.
No I wouldn't. I don't want to make a good doctor, I don't want to be a good dentist.
And I know it.

Not only that, they always picked on me and the way I look.
Everyday, my Great Uncle would look at my 16-year old sister and say something like, You have the body of a model! You should be a fashion designer! (I have no idea what those two things have in common).
My Grandma would look at my sister and compliment, saying, You have the real feminine body. That's what everyone likes.

Yeah, thank you.

No wonder I felt pressured and went anorexic skinny after that.

Right now, I'm not skinny.
I'm back to the way I was when they last visited. What're they going to say now? You're a fat, ugly, masculine first child. But you're smart. Very smart. Why don't you become a doctor?

Oh sorry, were you talking to me?

I wrote this before they came to see how it goes. We'll see.

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