Bad trip lang.  Hirap talaga pag super chinese as in taga china ang mother-in-law mo!  Not sure if yung mga taga city is ganun ang ugali.  Pero silang mga taga province, mas important pa ang education ng bata kaysa sa health.

Hindi ata nila alam yung kasabihang, aanhin mo ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo.

Ang tatanga nilang lahat!!!

Pakialamera pa mga friends ni in law and kapit-bahay namin na friend nya.  Lahat sila galing ng china.

Ganun ba talaga sila?

may napansin ako lately... after more than four years, naobserve ko na ang ugali ng nila (mga babae) are...

- pakialamera
- sasaksakin ka sa likod
- feeling nila napakagaling nila
- mahjong is okay, kahit araw-araw, kahit wala kang pera, katuwaan lang naman, maliit lang ang taya
- mababa ang tingin nila sobra sa pinoy, pero yung ugali nilang bulok, may kapareho sa pinoy (sorry sa mga pinoy, hindi naman lahat ganun, pero yung tipong pinoy na kakapit sa yaman ng asawa ng anak para masarap ang buhay)
- mababa ang tingin nila sa mga chinese na lumaki sa pinas (pero takot sila and ingat sila sa harap ng mga mayayamang chinese na taga pinas)
- sigarilyo dito, sigarilyo duon... way of life na nila yan.  mamamatay pag walang sigarilyo.
- etc, etc, etc!!!

On a party...  Conversation is in Chinese.  Translated as perfectly as possible to English language...

Husband:  Ivan is 8.7 kilos.  That's about 19 lbs.  Ing-nga's daughter is so big but she's also of the same weight.

(Ing-nga is my husband's cousin.)

Bro-in-law's wife:  (Murmuring) Oh shhhheeesssshhhhh really.

Then, my husband leaves carrying Ivan to his parents.

Bro-in-law's wife:  (On me and on hubby's uncle's wife)   How can he be 19 lbs.  What did your husband said?  What's the weight of your son?

Me: 8.7 kilos.  That's what the doctor said.

Bro-in-law's wife: (In insulting smile while looking at me)  How can 8.7 kilos be 19 lbs?  8.7 kilos is less than 19 lbs, maybe only 17 lbs or less!

Me:  Hmmmm   (smiling...)

Bro-in-law's wife:   Look at your son!  He is thin.  Are you giving your son Cerelac?

Me:  Yes.

Bro-in-law's wife:  Do you give your baby soup to drink?  (The soup with potato and carrots)

Me:  No.  He just turned 6 months.  He's not yet ready for those foods.  It's oily.

Bro-in-law's wife:  Who said that?  You can give Cerelac and soup to a 3 months old baby.  Of course, the soup would be oily.  Put the soup on the refrigerator so the oil would freeze.  Then take the oils off.

Me:  Babies below 6 months should not be given any of the soups or cerelac.  We can't say, the baby is still so delicate at those times and the baby might get allergies or something.

Bro-in-law's wife:  (Again, with the insulting smile)  That's not true.    Look, your baby is so thin.  They are not feeding your baby the right way.  (Then looking at the other's...)  Tsk tsk tsk... blah blah blah

I leave the conversation.

I would like to put on to this blog...

8.7 kilos  x  2.2  =  19.14 pounds !!!

In-Laws: People here in the Philippines buy dress for the baby on their baptismal. Those are not important to do.
Relatives of in-laws: Yes, they are like that. It's like they have nothing to do.

blah blah blah........

Well, please... look at your cultures first on the wedding. You got more tiring cultures there.