Let it be.

Since one of my passions is fashion (clothes and shopping), I decided to learn how to sew. I already know how to shop with a high school budget and I am sure that I can put an amazing outfit together all the time, every time, since I am able to do all that in 5 minutes in the mornings. But one thing that is quite essential to the fashion industry is to actually make the clothes and maybe design. So, that was essentially what I did over the weekend. I spent all of Saturday last week learning how to sew. It was quite frustrating at first, since I didn't know how to sew and my parents just kept on coming in my room and staring at me. I think what really angered me was when my dad said, "So, don't get into sewing that much. It's just for fun, right? You can't really make it into a career." Well, he said that in Vietnamese. And I only get pieces of what he says, since there is quite a language barrier between my parents and I. But that was what he said. And that really just made me mad. I just told him, "I know that it's just for fun. But what if I get good at it?" He just said to make sure it's only "just for fun because it's just a big waste of time and it's hard work." I was mad because my dad was telling me what I can't do with my life. I was pissed off. I mean, seriously? I was mad and I am pretty sure he noticed. And he better know that. Parents shouldn't tell their kids what they should and shouldn't do with their lives. I am sixteen years old, I should be making my own decisions. If I want to do something, let it happen! Geez. Parents really don't understand, do they? They are just going to hold back progress, but then it's going to be too late when they finally notice what they have done. My parents pressured my older sister to be a Pharmacist and she caved in. She majored in Pharmacy and she was miserable and ended up having to go to school for another two years. And my parents blame my sister for not deciding her major beforehand. My parents are that ignorant. And guess what they are doing to me? They are also pressuring me to become a pharmacist, doctor, or lawyer. Typical of Asian parents. No wonder Asian teenagers have the highest suicidal rates. Japanese students are just throwing themselves out of windows because of so much pressure from their parents. But of course I know better and I always say "no" to them. I think that is the most common thing I say to them. NO, NO, NO. I say no when they order me to throw out the trash. For goodness sakes, just ask if I can throw the garbage, don't just say THROW THE GARBAGE! And my parents have better just let me be. LET ME BE whatever I want. Even though I have no idea what I want to be or what I want to major in or what career to pursue in. Just LET ME BE. LET ME BE. LET ME BE. One of my favorite Beatles' songs: LET IT BE!