Chinese New Year is coming. An important occasion for my family and most of my friends. This is the period of time where shops have booming businesses whilst Chinese all over the world prepare for the coming of the “new” year by buying food products, new clothes, new shoes, and saving money to give away as red packets (for married folks).
My company is having a Chinese New Year cum Dinner and Dance. This year it will be at a grand restaurant, and the theme is oriental, so we have to wear oriental attire. Which means I have to decide whether to wear my long cheongsam dress, or the china doll attire, ie pants with the oriental top.
Chinese New Year is also the time for new clothes, so my mum bought me a new dress some weeks ago. It looks like a dance costume actually, so I told her I can wear that for any dance festivals or competitions if I ever take part. It is also suitable to wear for my male cousin’s upcoming wedding next month.
My friend raise their eyebrows when they found out that my mum still buys my clothes for me. She does not buy all my clothes, only on special occasions or once in a while when she saw something nice that may suit me. I buy most of my own clothes.
But my mum has been buying my clothes even until I was in my early twenties. She stopped only when I started working, except for a few occasions. I do not feel embarrassed letting people know she still buys clothes for me. Not just clothes, but accessories, shoes and jewellery as well.
Why would anyone be ashamed that your parents still buy things for you at times even when you are this age? Yet people are not ashamed to let others know that they still live off their parents at this age. I thought it will be more embarrassing to still live off one’s parents at such an age.
My friends said that they never let their parents buy their clothes ever since they were in their teens. They would prefer to go shopping on their own and get their own things. Not for me. My mum has very good taste, and the clothes she bought for me are really nice, fitting yet inexpensive. She can get the best bargains!
In fact, each time I wore something she bought, my relatives all commended and wanted to find out where she bought that! My sense of style was sort of influenced by her. I am definitely not a fashion queen or top stylist or whatever, but comparatively to how some people dress, I daresay I am not that bad a dresser.
My brothers disagree with me. They will never let my mum buy any of their clothes. In fact, last year, my youngest brother told my mum he wanted to go shopping for new clothes, but he wanted to buy his own. My first brother buys most of his clothes himself too.
No doubt my mum and I do not agree on some of the clothes I have. For instance, I cannot wear a tube top in front of her. Even a halter top is unacceptable in her eyes. No mini-skirts, no midriffs, no hipsters. The most she allows are tank tops, spaghetti tops and toga tops.
She is still very conservative who thinks decent girls must cover up all the time, whereas I just wear whatever catches my fancy or according to occasion. Other than that, I like all the things she buys for me. If only I know where she gets all the things, I can get some great bargains on my own too!
My company is having a Chinese New Year cum Dinner and Dance. This year it will be at a grand restaurant, and the theme is oriental, so we have to wear oriental attire. Which means I have to decide whether to wear my long cheongsam dress, or the china doll attire, ie pants with the oriental top.
Chinese New Year is also the time for new clothes, so my mum bought me a new dress some weeks ago. It looks like a dance costume actually, so I told her I can wear that for any dance festivals or competitions if I ever take part. It is also suitable to wear for my male cousin’s upcoming wedding next month.
My friend raise their eyebrows when they found out that my mum still buys my clothes for me. She does not buy all my clothes, only on special occasions or once in a while when she saw something nice that may suit me. I buy most of my own clothes.
But my mum has been buying my clothes even until I was in my early twenties. She stopped only when I started working, except for a few occasions. I do not feel embarrassed letting people know she still buys clothes for me. Not just clothes, but accessories, shoes and jewellery as well.
Why would anyone be ashamed that your parents still buy things for you at times even when you are this age? Yet people are not ashamed to let others know that they still live off their parents at this age. I thought it will be more embarrassing to still live off one’s parents at such an age.
My friends said that they never let their parents buy their clothes ever since they were in their teens. They would prefer to go shopping on their own and get their own things. Not for me. My mum has very good taste, and the clothes she bought for me are really nice, fitting yet inexpensive. She can get the best bargains!
In fact, each time I wore something she bought, my relatives all commended and wanted to find out where she bought that! My sense of style was sort of influenced by her. I am definitely not a fashion queen or top stylist or whatever, but comparatively to how some people dress, I daresay I am not that bad a dresser.
My brothers disagree with me. They will never let my mum buy any of their clothes. In fact, last year, my youngest brother told my mum he wanted to go shopping for new clothes, but he wanted to buy his own. My first brother buys most of his clothes himself too.
No doubt my mum and I do not agree on some of the clothes I have. For instance, I cannot wear a tube top in front of her. Even a halter top is unacceptable in her eyes. No mini-skirts, no midriffs, no hipsters. The most she allows are tank tops, spaghetti tops and toga tops.
She is still very conservative who thinks decent girls must cover up all the time, whereas I just wear whatever catches my fancy or according to occasion. Other than that, I like all the things she buys for me. If only I know where she gets all the things, I can get some great bargains on my own too!
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