Today will be known around here a D-day 2; Wong's revenge! Today, Michelle's family is over, minus her littlest sister. They arrived at 4PM. Immediately, her dad takes out a gift for lil tinoz. Its two remote control cars. Perhaps a lil advanced for him , but I think he may enjoy chasing it and subsequently destroying it with his teeth or by slamming it somewhere. Shortly after playing some video games with her sister, we are hungry so we decide to go to a Chinese restaurant. For whatever reason, they decide to invite my family. However, my littlest brother refused to go. He said he was full, but when pressed, it seemed like he didn't feel dressed for the occasion and didn't want to get ready, even though I said I was willing to wait. I insisted he go anyway but he stood firm by his decision. I was a bit hurt that he wouldn't give in, as it would be the first time they were formally introduced. You probaly don't recall, but last time they came, they didn't really talk or introduce themselves to my family. So this was sorta something I wanted, but stupid Alex was stubborn. We eventually left for the restaurant. Though before we do, her dad is first introduced to lil tinoz. (he was over my mom's) It was interesting. Then, it was off for the restaurant.

We arrive and it is absolutely packed. So many infact, that I felt like I was playing Where's (Waldo) Wong. I see Michelle and the rest of the family and we sit down. My mom shakes hands with the dad and is very friendly, as usual. My lil sister does the same. Everything is centered on lil tinoz. Everyone wants to hold him. At first, he crys when held by his grandpa. (Michelle's dad) Later though, they share a moment as Michelle's dad playfully shakes his head and says no no no, (lil tinoz's favorite gesture) and laughs. The dad takes a number of pictures. He also seemed to bond very well with his other grandma (Michelle's mom) and was at ease with her. Hing (19), the aunt/Michelle's lil siter, plays with him for a bit. However, she seems quite engaged with texting someone. Like I think I've said before, one of my pet peeves is when you are hanging with someone and they spend more time texting someone else. To be fair, my lil sister was doing that quite a bit as well. I understand that it's a teen thing, but I still consider it a bit rude... Though it didn't bother me too much as I was fairly busy watching tino, cracking jokes with whoever would listen and eating. And boy was there food; $130 worth. Her dad paid for it all. He even gave Michelle $300 (technically for the baby) in front of my mom. My family was grateful for the whole thing. Though one thing I didn't like was the fact that her dad lectured me in front of everyone. He had already told me the same crap over the phone and in the car. But Noooo, he had to get on about not having a car and stuff again. I just laughed it off.

Later, my mom told me that she thought it was rude of me to laugh him off. I responded to her that it was the only way for me to not get really rude and tell him to mind his own business. Its not like I haven't tried hearing him out seriously before. But, frankly, I have my own plans for how I run my life. I know he cares for his daughter's and his grandson's well being, but I could give a crap about what he says. I know what I should and shouldn't do. I don't need a critic either, my frontal lobe and Michelle do that just fine for me. People who aren't my friend first will never have any influence on me. I mean, he doesn't ask (or know) what I want, how I plan to go about it or anything else about me. He is simply one of those people who want to come around, point out what is wrong with how you are living and suggest to be more like them. Tired of those people. If you don't know me well and are not actively apart of the solution, you're in the way. Its like having a bystander witness an accident and say "OMG, that guy is bleeding, you gotta stop the bleeding; he shouldn't have turned the car like that" Well, I know that. What I need are first responders. People with skill and empathy who are willing to put in the hard work and can be trusted to fill their role when needed.

Besides that, nothing much else. We get home and the baby is walking all over. (yeah, he walks now, pretty fast too) Its both very cute and very hard to contain. Her family is otherwise easy to get along with her at the house (atleast when I'm not being lectured for the fifth time on literal the same subject). *Michelle would likely say they complain over everything, but I just thank my lucky stars that I don't understand Chinese* The sister Hing (pronounced Hang) gets along good with me. She is a bit lost but seems to have a moralistic perspective on things. Sometimes, this perspective causes her and Michelle to fight as Hing will say Michelle is doing something bad and Michelle will get defensive. Its really interesting watching them interact. One minute they are looking at something together on the computer, and the next minute they are having a mini conflict, then back to normal. Michelle really wants to be closer with her, but somehow it doesn't work out... It doesn't help that her sisters don't seem to know how to return phone calls. Well, Hing is better at getting along with Michelle than the other one, Kwan. Kwan's longest conversation in the 6 years I've been with Michelle has been about 4 minutes. Kwan acts very "white (teen) girlish", treating her family as stupid but her friends as though they are SO interesting. I am personally still mad at her because how she booted me off their computer and told us to leave when we visited. Plus, she was a total tv hog. I guess that is to be expected of a 17 year old. Ugh, teens...

I'm glad I'm not a teen anymore. Gawd, I remember being very similar to Hing. You can see it in my old entries how lost but moralistic I used to be. I think she has a couple of self-esteem issues like I did too. She is a lil bit larger than average but can be pretty when she styles herself. I sometimes think that stuff like self-esteem issues sometimes help keep people grounded in reality and more nicer.

Gotta get up early...Argh. Hope I can eat some of my food, not some dumb dimsum. They'll be here tomorrow then they are going. Will be awhile before we see them again. Though maybe they'll come for our graduation. Anyways, that is all for the moment.