I am in Penang while my parents are in Ipoh. There is a language gap, in Ipoh everyone speaks Cantonese while here everyone speaks Hokkien and I speak neither Hokkien nor Mandarin. Being away for 4 years from parent, I would say there are pros and cons, I will have ultimate freedom and I will become more independent when I am in Penang. I love staying with my parents, home is like a heaven where everything is well taken care. However, I refused to go back to Ipoh no matter what because once I go back to my parents I m afraid that I dont want leave Ipoh again and become dependant to my parents. Parents can’t be with me forever and in the end I still have to stand up by myself. On the other hand, my father is very supportive, I remembered he once said “As a parent, I always hope that you can always by my side but sometimes life just don’t allow, if there is a good opportunity out there even outside Malaysia, I will never stop you.”
Every time, I return to Ipoh, they still pamper me like a small kid even though I am already 24 but who cares? As long as they are happy and I am happy too for being a kid again.
9 years ago