"Not exactly what I was going for" | Jun 14 08
Categorized in Family/Friends, Life.
My mother and I exchange words in different outputs: I in English and my mom in Vietnamese. However, the inputed message should translate to be the same in either language. With two different languages mingling in one conversation, it most often leads to extreme confusion.
Mom (Vietnamese): “Austin, since you don’t appeal to the idea of being a doctor, what would you like to be when you grow up?”
Me: “I’m thinking biologist.”
Mom (Vietnamese): “What’s a biologist?”
Me: “Well, it’s when you study…”
Mom (Vietnamese): “YOU WANT TO BE A PENILE SURGEON?”
Me: “… yeah, my career, my dream, my absolute driving passion in life is to fulfill what fake penis enlargement pills can’t.”
Mom (Vietnamese): “I know you so well, I do.”
Me: “Yes you do, mom. Oh, why yes, you do.”
Thus why I believe this post is aptly titled: NOT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING FOR.
And just as a head’s up, I’ll be gone for the next two weeks, beginning on June 16th. I’ll be hopping over to Italy, France, and the U.K. on a school sponsored trip. I will be back with plenty of photos, hopefully enough to make my Flickr account convulse with a bandwidth seizure.
If I can’t squeeze in another post before the 16th, I bid you adieu! 
Jun Sat 08 at 4:13 am , morgan Says:
I. Am. So. Jealous. WHY DO YOU HAVE SCHOOL SPONSORED TRIPS TO EUROPE WHEN I PAY MY SCHOOL AN ARM (AND NOT A LEG) EVERY YEAR AND DON’T EVEN GET SCHOOL SPONSORED NOTEBOOKS?
Hahaha, penile surgeon. Oh, oh that’s funny. I stick with Chinese for conversations with my mother, avoiding confusion. You know, just in case my mother thinks I want to be a penile surgeon.
Yes, let’s make a band with a wacky name that screams ‘we play rock music and we’re weird in a good way’ (The Zebra Soccer Television Heads! Or shake things up a bit and say… bums?). And then let’s unite all the Kurt Cobains and punks and nerds of the world under a song with heaps of guitar solos (which sound remarkably like Clair de Lune) and piano chords called SOHCAHTOA. Now all we need is a rapper and we’ll have world peace. And a drummer, for beat. Bee’s knees indeed.
Ah, but the majority of the female population wishes that the majority of the male population were flawless vampires who have heaps of ‘moolah’. (Yes, I just made a referral to your previous post.)
Have fun on your trip to Europe. Don’t forget to try to annoy those British soldiers with cool afro things strapped to their heads.
Jun Sun 08 at 8:08 am , Chris Says:
Hahaha, penile surgeon. Wow.
Have fun on your trip! I’ve never even been outside of the U.S.
Jun Mon 08 at 2:46 pm , Alex Says:
I prefer to talk in English to my parents.
Your school must be filthy rich. xD
My school can’t even afford to give each student their own textbook. We have to share our math textbooks between 4 of us.
Have fun on your trip! I can’t wait to see the photos!
Jun Fri 08 at 7:04 pm , Susan Says:
Oh wow. I can totally understand your mom.
I sometimes have Hindi-English conversations, mostly with my dad. He speaks Hindi, and I speak English. But rarely do we ever have misunderstandings.
YOU LUCKY DOG. I would kill to go to Europe! (um, not literally speaking) Be safe and bring me back lots of pictures!
Jun Sat 08 at 10:34 am , Kelsey Says:
LOLL great conversation
Jun Mon 08 at 7:27 am , icey Says:
lol @ mom, parents what can i say.
have fun
Jun Sat 08 at 12:35 pm , Zoe Says:
Sorry, just to randomly comment like this on your blog. But it was just too funny! Hi, I’m Zoe btw. I’m so envious of you, being able to blog and making people interested. (Am I making sense?) Anyway your converstation with your mom just reminded me of me and my mum. And lucky you school sponsored trips huh? Sounds so cool, hope you had a great time.
Thanks for making me smile on my grey little sunday … I sound so cheesy *sigh*)
(Don’t worry, I’m not like a big time stalker or anything. I was just really amused by your blog
alittlemissme@googlemail.com
Jun Sun 08 at 12:16 am , Merinn Says:
It’s okay, you’re not alone on that quest. I want to be a penile surgeon too! (kidding…)
And have fun on your trip! Western Europe has been one of the areas in the world that I’ve been wanting to travel to.
Jun Sun 08 at 10:45 am , Clem Says:
That sounds like a great career choice! Now why wouldn’t she go for that?
Jul Thu 08 at 10:53 am , Kathy Says:
hey austin~
thank you so much for having done the same! i’ll try to visit your site from time to time. best wishes!
it’s been a while since i’ve talked to you! i just wanted to say that i am closing my site, and thank you so much for being a previous affiliate then. i’ve had a great time reading and commenting on your blogs
@your blog entry:
aye. surgeon– ROFL. yeah my parents also think i’m going to become a doctor. they’ve sort of i guess attempted to plan out my future
have fun on your trip! i wish i could go to france! you’re so lucky!
Jul Sun 08 at 3:40 pm , claire Says:
bandwidth seizure! priceless! can we use some pics as resources?
Jul Thu 08 at 1:28 pm , Jes Says:
I hope that you had fun on your trip, and I can’t wait to see the pictures.
Jul Fri 08 at 1:44 am , Shop Thrifty Says:
lucky u
Jul Fri 08 at 11:48 am , Freefalling » Drawing Endeavors Says:
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Jul Tue 08 at 12:24 am , Felisa Says:
Hahaha I love your mom!
I, unfortunately, actually want to become a doctor… thus making every other Asian parent wish I was their daughter. But I wouldn’t want to become a penile doctor.
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