I HAVE AN ESSAY TO DO BY THURS AND IT IS ONLY 1/3 DONE AHHHH.
but sigh feel slightly emo again. for myriad reasons which i find that i am unable to articulate even to myself. but well. my friend just broke up with her boyfriend due to parental objections on his side (a fate which might befall my other friend... only the parental objections are on her side rather than the boy's. i hope that doesn't happen. i pray that doesn't happen). same objection in both cases though: boy and girl are not of the same race.

i just cannot believe that in this day and age, such prejudices can still be so evident. does the person's personality and heart matter less than the colour of his/her skin? and again i have to question: do the parents object to it because the boy is indian/black and the girl is chinese? would it be different if the other party was caucasian (seen as the "superior" race)? the question here is whether the parents object because the other party is NOT of the same race as their own (i.e. you cannot marry anyone except another indian/chinese! depending on the case of course), or whether they object specifically because the other party is black/chinese (you can marry angmoh but cannot marry blacks or chinese!).

but either way, does it matter? prejudice is prejudice. seeing my friends so heartbroken and sad because of this issue is honestly quite difficult for me. i once asked my parents if they were okay with me dating someone of a different race. basically they said okay if the person was a good man (and a christian but i'm sort of like not really paying attention to that bit). and sure i tell them stories of angmohs liking me and they of course (being nice) ask me why i dont like them and whatnot and half the skype time is taken up with my boy drama.

so yea. my parents are generally quite accepting of stuff like this. which i am quite thankful for, really. and although i am dating a chinese boy right now (his parents, on the other hand, told him not to come home with an angmoh girlfriend) i'm glad that i had the option of other choices in the beginning.

and really, i'm happy. it's just well things are going so well right now and the pessimist in me tells me this cannot last, things are too good, i am too drama laden and tempremental to stay in a r'ship for long, and the carpet's gonna be pulled out from under my feet soon and i shouldn't be too dependent and comfortable.

sigh. do your essay la, tiff.