The cause of stress shopping

Like I said I would yesterday--- I bought myself a laptop. I have no idea regarding most of its specifications, except that most of it is probably something I will never need. I mean, I use my computer to lurk forums, read online, listen to music, check email, watch youtube vids and play the occasional game or two. The games aren't even massive, either. I really didn't need a top-notch laptop to do what I usually do--- but eeeeeh, it's what I decided to spend my money on. At least I know I won't have to buy a new one for the next 5 years, while I'm in university. Hopefully I don't end up spilling tea over it or something...

I guess I didn't really tell you guys fully, but my parents decided to have "friends" over again. And by "friend" I mean the wife of an actual friend and 4 other acquaintances of said wife. 5 people stayed over for two nights, and I must say I hated most of them. I was woken up early in the morning at 7am by the sound of their voices, talking and talking and talking--- which my mother said was just Asians being Asian, but I don't buy that crap. Now considering I slept at 2am, getting woken up at 7 (especially since I intended to sleep to 9) is pretty atrocious.

Now the wife of the friend was probably the one who offended me the most. She came into my room wanting to use QQ (an instant messenger program used primarily by people from mainland China). Did I ever tell you I hate people being in my room? So there, offense 1. Offense 2? She wanted to use my computer. If there's anything I hate more than people coming into my room, it's people using my computer. You might think I'm a pansy, but for me it's like someone's asking me if they can use my toothbrush. But you know, my asshole of a father already yelled at me once for disrespecting his guests before they got here (I didn't want them here and had an argument with him earlier), and I'm waaay too Asian to be rude to guests no matter how much I hate them. So you know, I let her stay in my room, and use my computer for QQ.

Now I was in a pretty pissy mood, because my father decided to have dinner early, and go to some "study group" earlier on. Now if his study groups are anything like mine, it consists of drinking tea and watching youtube videos with a textbook open. As he was away, he made me pick up his guests from the station. So I pick them up, and by then it's like 8.30pm, and the dinner's cooked and going cold, all laid out on the table. AND GUESS WHAT, I WAS HOME ALONE WITH ALL THE "GUESTS", WHICH IS 5 PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW AND DIDN'T WANT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I do the usual thing, boil water for tea, heat up the dinner--- and NOT ONE OF THEM OFFERED TO HELP. Like, I know I'm technically the host and I'm supposed to do shit like this---- BUT IT'S COMMON DECENCY TO OFFER TO HELP. In my opinion, only after a very intimate friendship can someone laze around on my couch while I heat up food and make tea for them. Usually guests who are just acquaintances feel too awkward and uncomfortable, so they do what they can to help. Noooo, not these people. They just acted as it were their house, and sat around comfortably. They were even like, "oh I don't want tea, do you have anything else to drink?"

I was pretty close to answering "yeah, my piss" but I refrained.

It's all because I'm not an actual host--- I didn't invite any of these people--- I don't know any of these people! I was forced to pick them up from the station, I didn't have any dinner because it's rude to eat before your guests (oh but my father just went ahead and did so anyway, because ehhh, "study group"). Bottom line- I was angry and I couldn't show it.

Anyway, the wife of the friend was in my room using my computer after dinner--- and she insisted on live chat. Now for various reasons I don't have a webcam in my room, so she went and brought my father's one over. So I sat on my bed being annoyed while she talked and talked to her daughter on live chat--- well, her daughter knew her mother was being a nuisance, but she didn't do much about it. Then the wife of the friend was like, "oooooh, you have to meet my daughter! You two used to play together! Remember how we ate dinner together in 2008? And when you were young you too had so much fun at a BBQ and..."

No, no I don't remember. I don't want to meet your daughter, I don't remember her. Fuck off and give me my computer back.

I ended up talking to her daughter, and the wife of the friend positioned the webcam like it was a photo shoot, constantly going on and on about how we used to be such good friends. I did the formal courtesy thing, "hi how are you I'm in uni now are you having fun over there k I gtg nice to meet you", but it didn't end there. After I stopped her mother CONTINUED TO TALK ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. It was fucking midnight. What enraged me was how she asked her daughter, "oh is it getting late over there? It's 10pm already, right? Do you need to sleep? Yeah it's 12 over here, there's a 2 hour time-difference!"

Now I believe violence against women is a very nasty thing, but I reeeeally wanted to slap her in the face or something.

Anyway, she did that both nights she stayed, and I hated her for it. Who the fuck insists on live-chat with a webcam every night, while at someone else's house using someone else's computer? Far out. Just thinking about it makes me angry all over again...

I guess the stress-shopping of the laptop didn't work too well. I better go spend more on laptop accessories to cheer myself up then!