The crusaders

Yes...for all of us university "kids" studying in Singapore, esp. the girls, we realize that even though we are old and 20!!! BUT our parents still treat us like we are small kids. And yes, of course this is no one's fault, and in fact it IS that I'm lucky to have my loving parents to fuss over you. BUT sometimes you realize that btw their love and concern and the freedom and independence you want, there is always a conflict there. So, there's always a trade off. We stay in Singapore to study and we get fussed over and really looked after by our parents, but on the other hand we have to accept that they WILL be worried about us, and so they will tend to restrict our freedom.

BUT we can all crusade for what we want. And..this is no easy battle man. Because you know that the parents are the pple whom you show your true colours to, so you can very easily take them for granted and take their concern as something very irritating. BUT NO! DO not be an ingrateful brat!

But yes...I'm still a crusader.

BAttle no. 1)
FIGHT FOR THE CAR

so there are a lot of tactics tried and tested:

tactic 1
Feel that it's super unfair that you dun get to drive the car and THROW tantrums, shout at them till you are red in the face, scream that you are NOT A KID ANYMORE!

Reviews: utterly USELESS. Dun ever ever try this. It's dumb. If you are doing anything, it's just that you are lowering your chances of EVER getting the car cos you are just proving their point that you are a insensible KID

tactic 2
Keep quiet about the whole affair and hope that one day they will realize that you are 20 and not like 12 and they'll give you what you want:the coveted car keys

Reviews
Odds of succeeding is just too low to even try. They'll just pretend nothing is wrong and carry on with their lives, while you wait until you neck also long already. BUt of course one day it will succeed, when you turn 25 and buy your own car

Tactic 3
Give SUPER chao4 bin3. COLD WAR. Ignore them and hope that they will give in

Reviews
As sucky as tactic 1. JUST SUCKS. And yes..you are halfway to losing the battle, cos in their minds they are just gonna continue thinking you are just a BABY

Tactic 4
Emotional blackmail...
Basically you have gotta get your act together and plan ahead what you are going to say. Stop throwing tantrums and stop actiing like a kid. Must talk to them like your friends and seek their understanding.

E.g. Tell them that you want to drive the car because you feel really like a parasite that your friends gotta keep sending you home.
Advantages: They finally know you are sensible! They are impressed they you will feel paiseh!
Then next, they'll say:then next time call us to go fetch you larh!
Then you say "but then if I play until 1am then you have to wait until so late? Then you see you all never sleep enough also will headache right?"

Half the battle is won.

Reviews
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. WORKS LIKE A CHARM. But needs lotsa practice to control your temper. If in doubt, always check with jianhongdan, the ultimate strategy planner. Hahaha....