on the car ride tuesday on the way to the french exam.
mom: oh. your sister said that she got engaged on saturday.
me: .. WHAT?!
wonderful.
which i then msged her saying "congrats. plan on telling me when's the wedding?"
and then she called back.
disgustingly selfish everyone is.
she wants this useless guy.
who is well. useless.
[i probably think so since he's taking her away from me. but as the whiny younger sister i have the right. so shove off.]
people work hard to keep up the reputation.
maybe social standing is not everything.
but it *is* something.
her total disregard for it is fine. if all it did was affect her. but nothing ever just affects her. alone.
and besides that, it's always kuperan's eldest.
kuperan's eldest topped her school for the o levels!
kuperan's eldest got first class honours in lse!
kuperan's eldest is in a high flying job!
yay.
everyone loves kuperan's eldest.
no one even notices kuperan's youngest.
well some useless aunties do.
who come up to me during dinners and go, "i heard your sister's in singapore. did she come for tonight's dinner? can i speak to her?"
and then i stare at them and tell them that she's the person standing right next to me the whole time while they were ignoring her and talking to me.
but then there are the rents.
on the other end of the spectrum.
who've worked all their life climbing up the ladder.
and are totally shocked that their favourite child.. their wonderful eldest daughter whom they used to be so proud of, could spoilt things.
but no. they could never do anything bad to their favourite.
so what do they do?
punish me.
their premise is that they give *us* too much freedom. so *i* get grounded.
for no particular action of mine.
complain all the time. probably my long suffering friends who bear the front of it. which is why i love them so.
and pravin finds it hilarious now that if i go out after school, my parents will freak out and think that i'm going to marry my white boyfriend.
if only vid would slap him and leave me alone.
