It's Friday

It's cleaning day in my brother's house. Obviously, my brother and my sister-in-law sure still working in their office unless it's a flexi-Friday. It's actually quite nice to clean up a small house than a bigger. Just a dab here and there and everything's done in no time.

I start to think about the times when I was in my hometown. I am not sure whether this ever happens to you but it happens to me. So, the story goes like this. My mum would tell me to do a list of stuff. Maybe not a list. If it's a list, I would be better off a maid. So, my mum ask me, "Can you help me to hover the floor?". Well, that's not exactly how she sounds like. She speaks mandarin to me. It goes like this "Ni kei yi bang wo vacuum lou sang ken lou sia ma?". Is there actually a question mark in Chinese character? Screw this, I suck at mandarin.

So, I was thinking it wasn't that bad hovering a two floor semi-detached house. I asked her, "Just.. just hovering. Is that all?". She replied me, "So mo si hovering?". She then told me that's the only thing I need to do for the house on that day. In my mind, I was like, that's easy. It's going to be done in 20 minutes. Then, normally by human instinct or whatever it is, I just start planning for the rest of the day like going out with friends, play my computer or do some fun stuff.

After I was done, I happily whistling to my mum and tell her I am done! Yes, I got the next 10 hours for my activities. She said to me, "Ke ye bang wo se che so ken mop de ma?". Doh! You said to me to hover the place only! Now, you asking me to wash the toilet and mop the floor. Parents just love to keep your hope high and make you start doing things they want you to do. Then from there, they start adding things from one item to a long list.