Before I left Penang to return to the UK for university, my mother asked me to do three things: visit my grandaunt, make an appointment with a doctor, and check up with an old family friend who I hadn’t seen in a while. I ended up seeing my grandaunt when she came over to my cousin’s house, but as for the doctor’s appointment and the family friend… Well, let’s just say that I had pretty much forgotten until two days before I left, when Mother dearest suddenly called me up to ask when I was seeing Uncle C. Needless to say, being the good, honest child that I am, I told her the truth and said that I’d totally forgotten- oh who am I kidding, I tried to fudge an excuse, saying that I’d do it that night. Come on, give me a break. What sane person in fear of her mother’s fiery wrath wouldn’t have done exactly the same thing in my shoes? However, despite my excellent skill in the art of ly- forging the truth, she wasn’t buying it. Instead, she’d screamed at me and demanded: “Why is it that you never do anything I ask you to [...]
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