They obviously have not met my parents.

STORY 1

Text from Daddy, "If I was there, I would whack it!" in reply to a text from my Mom saying that there is a Komodo Dragon/ Monitor Lizard the size of a bicycle in the compound. This coming from a man afraid of cockroaches!

I literally just burst out laughing when my Mom showed me the text.

STORY 2

Then of course there was that day when Miki was in the car with my Dad and the radio was playing at a ridiculously low volume. Both of them just kept quiet because Miki though my Dad wanted some peace or something. So finally,

Miki: Dad, how can you listen to that? I can barely hear anything at all.
Dad: Huh, really? Oh thank goodness, I thought I was going deaf but I didn't want to tell anyone!

HAHA. My Dad, who suffers in silence.

STORY 3

My dad was just insisting that I register to vote when for some unfathomable reason, I said I was apolitical. It's quite true to a certain extent I suppose. I am apathetic but I do support a certain party more than the other.

My dad replied by saying that if I did not vote, I would no longer be living in Villa Flora and could camp in some jungle.
And went on to say that the Church is apolitical but that I needed to speak to the Bishop who would tell me it was my duty to vote.

Now my parents think I'm a horribly selfish youth who doesn't care for the country.

I will concur that I'm horribly selfish but I do care for the country. Haha