Title: Why I love and hate my mother
This story is true okay. I suggest you don’t read it because this is very personal. The story starts now…
Why do I love my mother? That’s the question. I guess it is because she feeds me everyday, buy me clothes and a hell lot more. It feels like I can never repay her. I know that it sounds stupid, but that’s the answer. A short answer. I mean, I can’t possibly write everything she did to me! Okay, here’s one I forgot to add, she gives me my school money.
Why I hate my mother? That’s another question. The answer for this question is very long than the previous one. Why? Because I can never forget them. The first thing I hate about her is that she’s always babbling to them (and them, I meant people) about my bad behaviour. It is very annoying. And my good behaviour? She didn’t mention any. Some mother. And another thing is, she always tells me and scolds me for not using deodorant. So what? I was saving money. And she always scolds me for not taking a bath. Hey, I was saving precious water. And she always tells me to pray. Here’s one story:
Saturday, 13.12.97
She called me. I came. She told me to sit. I sat. Then she said, “Blah….. blah…..” Then asked me have I prayed yet, I said no. Then she scolded me and blabbed about when I was a kid, I never prayed late. And blah…. blah. Then she said that’s probably why I got number two. D-uh. That was fate. I could burst into tears but I didn’t. I’m Zack. Got it?
Then she went on, and on. D-uh. Sometimes she even prayed late. I felt like shouting, “Why don’t you remember you too prayed late huh? As if you never prayed late?!!”
It’s real pain sometimes, living with my mother and sometimes it’s pleasant.
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Ed: So what has changed? I think I’ve appreciated my mother more, especially when my grandmother died. My grandmother’s death left me with much grief and many many regrets. Even until now, when I think about my grandmother, I start crying. I don’t play the “Well, even you do it, so shaddup” game anymore with my mind.
I think my mom stopped comparing me to my ‘younger self’ when I reached 18 years old. I don’t think it’s because I’ve become a better person, or that I prayed earlier or whatever. Maybe it’s because she misses me more when I’m in London, or that she could talk about more stuffs with me now that I’m older.
Saying that, we’ve got new problems between us. Currently, what’s pissing me off is her way of being suspicious of everything I do which involves religion. I couldn’t even go to any religious classes in the mosques or Islamic centres without having so much paranoia crap forced down my throat. The paranoia extends to EVERY Muslim friends I have. Even my ex-classmates in Madrasah were not spared. Anyway, I guess what annoyed me the most was that she prevented me from going to a workshop about “Fitrah” recently. I couldn’t go against her will anyway because I have no money to pay for the workshop.
I guess I just want more liberty to attend religious classes. I wish my mom would stop being so suspicious of everything I do. There is something seriously wrong with my mom if it’s okay to hang out at entertainment areas with non-Muslim friends like Michelle, but it’s SO HARD to get permission to attend Islamic lectures and classes. Bleh, I’m sure things will get worse if I try to attend lectures about other faiths, or even know that I have no problems with Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc etc.