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Post by jeepin4x4girl on Dec 25, 2008 4:38:39 GMT -5
Omigod, I can't believe this thread is still going!! I started this way back in '04, I guess there's a heck of a lot of embarrassing asian mothers around!
Oh yeah, forgot to add an embarrassing moment, it actually occurred just tonight after Christmas eve dinner with extended family. Not really embarrassing because it was amongst family members, but if anybody outside of the family witnessed it, it would be hella embarrassing. Just picture about 10 drunken filipina ladies singing kereoke at the top of their lungs. (i could never spell kereoke right).
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Post by ahliang on Jan 3, 2009 7:53:26 GMT -5
^has it been a while since we last saw you ! lani was it? i m not sure i remember your name correctly... it s known to be typical of asian mothers to compare their kid s abilities trying to prove which one of them has the most talented kid; only to tell the kid how underqualified they are compared to mrs. tan s son.
my mum s not the asian parent but it seems in my absence she s been boasting about how successful, talented, smart and beautiful my cousins are while flipping through their pictures in her purse. my picture? she only asked me one to get a subway card... it also seems those very cousins will inherit whatever belonged to my mother and whatever should remain among aristocrats so they can pass it on to their inbred offsprings. what do i care about valuable paintings of my ancestors anyways, i make better ones and at least they re not ugly.
at least my asian grandma boasts about me...not that i originally wanted that but then you think, at least someone s proud of me!
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Post by SecretAsianMan on Jan 15, 2009 17:29:25 GMT -5
Actually, I'm the one who's the embarrassment...
Only odd thing about my mom is her slight accent (though her English is flawless) and the fact that she dresses up all the freaking time and wears more jewelry than Mr. T. no matter where she is going.
Dad has no practically foreign accent whatsoever (he was a guinea pig for early language lab research in 1950s, honestly, and is a master polyglot, like most in my parents' families) but has some peculiar expressions (mixed metaphors, odd onomatopoeia, crazy puns, etc.). He used to coach my jr. high soccer team when I was kid, but my schoolmates really lapped up his sense of humor and verbal malapropisms -- at first, I worried that it would be embarrassing (aren't kids silly?). One thing that I love about Filipinos is their terrific language skills when it comes to double entendre, triple entendre, etc.
I must say that my parents are both extremely Western (but definitely not American) in everything they do and how they behave. Somehow, it was never much of an issue growing up in America (thankfully). Unfortunately, that, together with my isolation from other Filipinos until I got to high school, is probably the reason why meeting other Filipinos and Fil-Ams outside of our immediate family and close friends used to be such an absolute culture-shock to my brother and me. I never understood any of the inside jokes or cultural references that were used by other Pinoy kids at my high school's and college's Filipino student organizations, for example.
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Post by paul101 on Feb 2, 2009 14:34:52 GMT -5
Oh god. My Chinese nana came to visit today.
So did my Irish grandmother and grandfather. I was being pulled from one to the other. My Irish nana was boasting about how I had obviously taken after my mother's side,while my Chinese nana was trying to point out my oriental features. Guess who won. lol. They then both ended the day by playing some cards and Chinese nana won. (I seriously think she's crazy,lol.) Another crazy day for the Powers. And the Hannigans lol.
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Post by admin on Feb 2, 2009 14:37:35 GMT -5
That sounds like a strange but interesting conversation. What card game did they play? What kind of food is served when both are there?
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Post by amalgam on Feb 3, 2009 23:39:08 GMT -5
It's embarrassing when someone gives me a real good compliment but my mum plays it down, insults me, and then compliments their kid! Anyone else get that? Example (translated): Bringer of Compliments: "Oh my goodness your son is so big and strong now!" Mum: "No, he just eats to much, if we have any spare food we can't eat, we just give it to him. However, your son is so handsome did I mention that!?"
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Post by paul101 on Feb 4, 2009 15:05:26 GMT -5
That sounds like a strange but interesting conversation. What card game did they play? What kind of food is served when both are there? It is strange. Its kinda funny though. They were playing snap at first and then some poker game. My mum served up some Chinese and Irish food. (to please everyone)
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Post by viruslabrat on Feb 13, 2009 20:38:14 GMT -5
My mother likes to let herself into my backyard and house if I don't answer the front door. I'm waiting for her to let herself in one of these days when my boyfriend's over and we're a little under-dressed for visitors.
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