I am in shock! No, my mother didn't tell me that she had retinitis pigmentosa and that she's going to be blind in 5 years time.
Shock #1: My parents are going to Jakarta on Friday.
Shock #2: They're going there for 9 days!
9 days! 9 days! That's so long! How will I ever survive in this poverty-stricken country without my parents. I'm going to wake up on a school day realising that my parents are millions of light-years away from me. Ya, I know it's going to be fun without my parents, but 9 days is too long. I'll feel scared. Like, as if some pontianak is going to bite my neck when I'm alone at night. And what will I eat? I'm not going to eat instant noodles everyday. I'm going to cook my own food. What if I suddenly collapse and my brothers aren't at home? My body's going to decompose for 9 days. 9 days! 9 DAYS! I mean, if it's during the CNY weekend, it's OK. But 9 days! I don't really know why they're going there. Probably go visiting I think. I think I have relatives there or something. But 9 days! What if I have like, heart failure or something. My parents are going to take like, one day to reach here. 9 days! I don't really want to sleepover at my aunties' house because I would have to bring everything there, even though one of my auntie's house is like, walking distance from my school and like, I could wake up at 7 every morning. But then it would be too awkward. Because they are constantly in their rooms doing their own stuff i.e. sleeping. I am so scared. Then, on Monday I have to go to the mosque to witness the shaving of my cousin's daughter's head, which is totally bizarre. Can I just temporarily die on Monday so I don't have to go? It's just hair. 9 days! I'm still traumatized! What if I oversleep? My mother usually forces me to wake up when I feel lazy. But 9 days!
9 days!
Too traumatized to do anything. I'm just speechless.