You’ve read the introduction from The Bitch, aka bb.
I’m her twin sister, whom people called D Bitch (DD for short, but not to be confused for it to be my cup size).
Be prepared for more true-stories bitch feeds to come, or just about anything we feel like bitching about.
We don’t live up to our names for nothing.
We bitch to de-stress.
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Recently, bb mentioned to me about this #&%^*^&*$^ story which she saw from a China reality show that helps people fulfil their dreams.
I like the male host on the right for his witty hosting skills.
So it’s this story about a 47-year-old lady from Liao Ning (辽宁), Shen Yang (沈阳), who sells baked sweet potatoes for a living.
Here’s the episode in which her story was being aired in. Her dream was to help her husband hold calligraphy classes.
You can just jump straight to 1:05:20 if you aren’t interested in watching the rest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzRc99WwsY8
In a nutshell, here are the aspects of each member in this family of 3 (in case anyone of you don’t understand Mandarin or what they were talking about in the video).
Aunty who sells baked sweet potatoes:
— as sweet as the sweet potatoes she sells
— super hardworking
— jovial / optimistic / nice
— willingly sacrificed for her family
— does everything for her husband and son
— sole breadwinner in the family
— good calligraphy skills
— loves her husband and son more than anything else
— tanned from standing more than 12 hours under the hot sun everyday to sell the baked sweet potatoes (3am to 6pm daily)
Aunty’s husband:
— self-proclaimed learned man
— not having a job
— things he does at home: reads books / writes poems / practises calligraphy / eat / sleep / watch the world goes by
— doesn’t help with household chores
— not planning to work till he’s after age 55
— self-proclaimed GREAT man by sacrificing his 20+ years of not working in order to let his son and wife go through hardships and learn from it all (and I thought I won’t get to hear an even more ridiculous reasoning)
— fair complexion from staying at home 24/7
— no remorse / thick skin
— almost bald
Aunty’s 24-year-old son:
— university graduate
— ashamed of his mum when she paid his RMB9,000 school fees with small change (instead of big notes) which she earned from selling baked sweet potatoes
— still on the lookout for a job as an English teacher
— doesn’t help with household chores
— fair complexion like his dad
— gonna use his 1st pay to buy new clothes for his mum ‘cos she hasn’t bought new clothes in years (cold hard cash would actually be more practical based on their family’s situation)
I would’ve left the recording too, as what the male judge did.
Bitch-o-meter: 8 bitch fits worthy (on a scale of 10)
Stars & Moon,
DD