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FRIDAY, 20 APRIL 2012
hwasung who had finish her lunch then proceed to her room to clean up immediately. she couldn't loose any more time. she had homeworks to finish.
as soon as she finish taking a bath, she took out her books from her bags and started to work on the homeworks.
there are questions where hwasung finds it hard to do. so she skipped them and worked on the easier ones first. later, she would come back to those hard questions.
at times like this, hwasung envy her friends. her friends would tell her how their parents helped them with their homeworks. how their parents sits besides them, guiding them number through number, how their parents keep telling them they're doing well and keep praising them.
hwasung wants to hear those words. she wants her parents to help her homeworks. she wants her parents to tell her how proud they are.
hwasung remember, back then when she was younger, naive days, she who badly wants her parents attention. she remembered how she hesitantly approaches her father with books in her hand.
"dad? can you help me with my homework? i-" before hwasung could even finish her sentence her father had sent her away. "can't you see i'm working?" he said without looking away from the computer monitor, "go find your mother." he coldly said.
nine year old hwasung who was too scared to say anything else only nodded in reply and left to search for her mom.
she then found her in the living room, with a few papers in her hands and a phone at her right ear. hwasung then stand there waiting for her mom to take note of her presence.
not long after, her mother who had seen hwasung then stopped talking at the phone for a moment. "excuse me for a second," she said to the other person on the phone. "yes, what can i help you with dear?" her mother asked her.
hwasung's face lit up upon the question. "i was wondering if mom could help me with my homework," she said with a smile plastered on her face.
"can't you do it on your own? didn't they teach you those at school already? didn't i tell you to listen to the teacher at school?" her mother bombarded her.
"yeah but-"
"no buts hwasung, go to your room, finish them and come down to practice the piano." her mom retorted.
hwasung sigh in disappointment and went back to her room. she then finish her homework after struggling with the hard questions for some time.
then she went downstairs. just like what her mom had told her. practice the piano. with her mom on watch. her mom would keep telling her to repeat and repeat every time she made a mistake.
that night hwasung plays the piano with tears and hiccups as her mom keep shouting at her on every mistake.
that night, hwasung learns that she was expected to do everything on her own.
