Tuesday, January 24, 2006
the previous post was a song by Bell x1, called Eve, the apple of my eye. Heard the song on my computer. jane must have downloaded it into the comp. it's so funny, she worked a week at the lingerie department at Isetan city hall and got herself an ivideo. hahaha/ i guess every thing's an experience. i still remember the time in my first year when i had to wait tables for 3 mths before i could go on my trip to vancouver with a classmate. the first week was so freakin hard.. train rides home were spent in silence, contemplating the day's work. having the stamina is one thing.. waiting tables to and fro for 8 hours straight in a downtown cafe is another. seriously man. and i guess she isnt waiting tables but the experience is good for her.
the day went by rather nicely, if unamazing ;) i really shouldnt be moving but i lost count how many times i climbed the starts up and down doing little things. read, cleaned up my room, putting old notes from into bags.. sweeping and cleaning, surfing a few sites about melboune uni. i got the letter of offer. i guess i'm really doing it. Flickr.com and blogger search is like so amazing. then in the afternoon, for the first time in my 23 years, heard my dad lecture me in chinese. it went something like this..
"yi ge fan nao hui dai lai duo yi ge fan nao, and then ni xiang ze ge fan nao you(4) you(3) duo yi ge fan nao. zui hao she bu yao you fan nao, bu yao xiang, then you can concentrate on your goals" i kid you not. word for word. it was so funny. i tried not to laugh, so i hid my face behind the palm of one hand. he was serious on imparting his message.
anyway, he came to talking about life and the responsibility of a dad.. and then i came to think, so whats life gonna be for me..i mean i definately dont want to grow old alone.. so what happens then? i have 3 aunts, unmarried. i probably have to take care of em when i get old. i want to be surrounded by loved ones. dink (dual income no kids) for how long? i definately want kids... maybe a girl. i dont know. i have this book on gay parenting called 'families of value' i bought like a year ago. (whats a 22 year old boy doing with a book on parenting? my 'alternative literature' library is getting quite large :)) anyway cliche title aside, it's about and i quote 'portraying the resistance these brave parents have faced, their views on the current cultural climate and, most importantly, the intense passion and dedication that they have demonstrated in the course of raising sound, healthy and well-adjusted children.' think of it maybe, if you will, as single parenting with twice the love. theres a story in there about a Yale student (gush) (i heard nus's teaming up with Yale and Berkeley to provide NUS students to study there) whos also the captain of his hockey team who came from lesbian parents.. he came out on national tv saying how grateful and proud he was of his parents. anyway gays make really good parents too, case closed, dont let the traditionalists tell you otherwise..
Posted by Dominic at 2:36 AM