Alright, I haven’t been the best sister. And I’ve been hanging around at the bf’s more than I should. So when yesterday my Mom asked me to pick up my lil brother from school at 5pm, I said okay instantly. About time to redeem some brownie points, you know.
A little checking on my phone revealed missed calls from Mom at 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am and 12pm (during which I was still asleep). Finally, I’ve wakened up and still my Mom called me at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm to make sure I haven’t fallen back to sleep. At 4.30pm, she gave me another call, “Maybe you should go now, it’s almost 5pm”. My brother’s school is a friggin 3 minutes away.
So okay, eventually I left and reached his school at 4.59pm.
I waited. And I waited. And I waited. And I waited. My phone rang, it’s my brother. Apparently his extracurricular activities ended at 4.45pm, and since it’s “early”, he decided to walk home. Leaving me waiting outside his school like a friggin kidnapper for 40 minutes. Only after he’s eaten and showered that he realised maybe he should have given me a ring. I was livid.
I drove home immediately. Mom called me again while I was driving and still bloody angry. The first thing I said to her was, “Don’t ever ask me to fetch your darling son again”. She said it’s my fault that I didn’t leave at 4.30pm. I disconnected the call. I could hear my brownie points disintegrated right at that moment.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I feel like I’m 12 again. But it’s too childish to run away from home now.
8555 said:
on January 18, 2006 at 6:42 pm
ooooh, that sucks. plus your car could have had an uninterrupted nap.
admin: 8555, only think about your peers ah!? come here, i pour sand into your petrol tank!!!!!!!!
Boss Stewie said:
on January 18, 2006 at 7:03 pm
I can totally understand you. I am very cool tempered person…. but one thing that ticks me off is waiting for people.. especially when it turns out that person doesn’t show up at all!
but then again.. he’s ur little bro.. so cut him a lil’ bit of slack ok?
admin: yeah, apologised to him for screaming at him on the phone (guilty mah hehe). my brother’s just a lil blur..he thought he could reach home before i leave to fetch him and he didnt have his phone with him so he couldnt call. but when he’s home he totally forgot about me (probably due to tiredness) and ate and showered, only to realise some time later. what to do? lol
moz monster said:
on January 18, 2006 at 7:11 pm
I ran away from home once too when I was 8 … I lasted all 40 minutes, then went home because I wanted an orange … the innocence of youth
admin: lol n00b.
petrjai said:
on January 18, 2006 at 7:13 pm
erm.. maybe yr mom is thinking tat she gonna lose u soon. all parents felt tat way esp if u r spending more time with yr bf
admin: actually, im thinking along the same line as you. i suspect the reason she called me so many times a day was to check that i haven’t left home or something…
pelf said:
on January 18, 2006 at 7:19 pm
I never ran away from home. Mum gave me one buck and asked me to leave instead. I cried outside the gate for 1-freaking-hour.
admin: lol. i ran away to my granny’s. then it was my aunt’s. then it was a friend’s. still, home sweet home!
Mooiness said:
on January 18, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Ahahahahah classic! Through no fault of your own and you still got scolded.
From the ages of 5 to 14 I went through that hell.
admin: hehehe used it already lor. i believe my brothers go through the same thing but it hurts more when it’s you, innit? heh
scorkes said:
on January 19, 2006 at 12:42 am
Heh. I don’t have younger siblings so I never had to experience any of that.
admin: you lucky bitcchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
esdee said:
on January 19, 2006 at 8:07 am
HEY! That happens to me too! I also have a younger brother. My mom will make me do things for him one involving driving him to his camp and getting things done for him. He’s like 22 liao loh!!! And when things get messy cause HE doesn’t feel like it … mother always say never mind he tired. For me, anything I do wrong she hounds me down. Yes my brother is her DARLING son too … even my hubby can SEE the unfair treatment that I get from her.
Siao loh reach there 4.30pm. It’s HIS fault that you didn’t fetch him. Ever tried arguing for your right? Sometiems parents have to be put in their place, they’re human like us too, they are never ALWAYS right.
admin: heh my brother is barely 14 lah so it’s still okay. if 22 liao i will not be bothered heh. oh well, i know my mom, i’ve learnt to adapt…lol
Wimal said:
on January 19, 2006 at 9:13 am
That sucks. I don’t think that it is your fault since no one informed you that your brother was finishing at 4.45. It was stated 5pm and not earlier so if your brother decided to leave early BY HIMSELF, he should take responsibility to inform you earlier rather than enjoy his bath etc and then go “Should I call my sis who is probably waiting for me since 5pm?”
admin: he’s just blur sometimes lah heh
Kuzco said:
on January 19, 2006 at 2:00 pm
there’s a reason she asked you to leave at 4.30 haha! now you know why :p
herro!
admin: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8555 said:
on January 19, 2006 at 4:33 pm
gah! sand!
admin: yeah, dont cross me ah! i very brutal!
Lisa said:
on January 19, 2006 at 8:39 pm
May I say something from the viewpoint of someone who has been on both sides of the fence. I’m not waiting for permission here .. hahaha. I was a middle child with an older brother and a younger sister. All my life, I have felt like second class citizen to my siblings. Now I am a mother of a 22 y-old daughter and an 18 y-old son and I have been accused before by my daughter of being pin-sum. It was a slap in the face for me. I am happy to say that I now have a wonderful relationship with my mother and a wonderful relationship with BOTH my children. There is hope yet, my dear.
admin: i’m glad everything turns out well for you
i think it must be stressful during the early adolescence, well i know i gave my mom loads of headache…namely all the accusations flung her direction about unfair treatments also lah heheh. i mean, i would kick up a fuss just cause my brother seemed to get a larger portion of Maggi Mee than me, that’s how bad it was. but now that i’m older, i guess i know how to rationalise better and see things from her viewpoint, we haven’t had any major fights for quite some time. my relationship with her is better than ever now, in spite of some silly arguments now and then. and yeah, i do know there is hope because it has materialised itself before me, eventhough 5 years back i wouldnt even dream of having what im having today. thanks for dropping by! 
Avril said:
on January 20, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Eh..But leh..School 3 mins away, you arrived at 4.59pm, that means you left house at 4.56pm lorrr..His school finish at 4.45pm..let’s just say he left 5 mins later at 4.50pm..to walk back..a 3 min drive would be a 10 min walk or so? I suppose the road he took wasnt one of ‘em roads that you could have seen from the main road? Argh. So frustrated you might be. Your bro is as young as my sister..sabarlah. We’re not like 7-8 years older for nothing, I guess………..
admin: i dunno. i could have seen him but i didnt. you’re right, we’re here for a reason lah lol
justine said:
on January 20, 2006 at 3:49 pm
hahahah.. my 11 year old brother’s case is also like that. Sometimes finishes 20 mins late, sometimes 20 mins early.
And what do you know, you’re ALWAYS waiting at the wrong place.
And he doesn’t even have a handphone! Doh.
admin: oh man, i can relate to that! what to do, big sister mah! hehe