Comments on: So This Is What Actually Went Down

By: Moving To Sydney | Jingwen

Moving To Sydney | Jingwen — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:46:19 +0000

[...] kitchen equipment with me when I drive up on the 7th of September. I trust that everything will still fit in my car! Everything else will be stored in my parents’ house or garage. I had originally been looking at [...]

By: Jingwen » Blog Archive » So An Explanation Of This Debt

Jingwen » Blog Archive » So An Explanation Of This Debt — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:57:37 +0000

[...] my parents up on their offer to help me purchase a property. It probably seems strange considering past events, but that was the offer, and I took them up on [...]

By: Jingwen » Blog Archive » Particularly Absent, But With Reason

Jingwen » Blog Archive » Particularly Absent, But With Reason — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:11:15 +0000

[...] have no internet access at home. I’ve obviously recently moved out of home and considering that I’m rarely at home as I’m either at work or out and about, I [...]

By: Jingwen » Blog Archive » You’re A Terrible Daughter

Jingwen » Blog Archive » You’re A Terrible Daughter — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:40:48 +0000

[...] mother, I don’t know. Maybe because you kicked me out of your house three months ago? That tends to stop me from paying rent each week, paying for phone and internet [...]

By: James

James — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:25:58 +0000

Belated happy birthday. I like your bedroom set. G’luck.

By: Bobbi-lee

Bobbi-lee — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:43:58 +0000

Happy belated birthday!!

I’m so glad things have worked out for the better, I was a bit worried there.

You have such good taste in furniture, that is totally my kind of bedroom.

By: Caity

Caity — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:06:12 +0000

Wow, Amanda! First of all… HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I am so proud of you, but I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that. You’re probably proud enough of yourself. You’re a well adjusted and self sufficient young woman who doesn’t need other people to tell her how much she has going for herself. I am so glad that you broke away from your parents finally and decided to live on your own. You had more than enough of everything you needed to do so. I am looking forward to hearing more about your adventures. I hope you’ll update more regularly again now that you’ve got everything situated. Thanks for the update!

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:42:51 +0000

Well, to begin with, happy birthday! I’m sorry things have worked out the way they did, simply because it’s sad that they treated you like a child and didn’t respect your own value system. Enjoy your freedom!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:16:32 +0000

Happy Belated birthday! I have to say that I understand completely the reasons why you chose to move out. I would have done the same thing if I were financially able to like you. My parents were strict Roman Catholics, and it was such a pain living at home. I was never financially stable enough to move out before I was married, so I had to endure their strict rules. Good for you, though! I think you’re thinking rationally and you’re doing quite well. I have no doubt that you will be able to accomplish what you want. =)

By: Maria Celina

Maria Celina — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:30:31 +0000

When I read the bit about traditional Asian parents, I twitched. It was an empathetic twitch, mind you, being Asian myself and being painfully familiar with all the stereotypes that come with Asian parents.

In a way, your birthday was like an independence day, which is an amazing gift that’ll prove useful in the long run. From what I read, it appears that you have some solid plans, though this comment is coming from someone who is years from getting their own apartment. Your new living conditions are also really unique, and you really are lucky in getting some of your basic needs practically for free. Perhaps all these things really worked out for a reason.

Perhaps — though this is really a shot in the dark — your parents will ultimately be proud of you for being to stand on your own, independent of them (though you have been doing so to a degree while under their roof). But perhaps that’ll be something they’ll realise much much later, long after the initial anger has dissipated.

Again, happy birthday! Enjoy it, though I am sure you will!