I Remember

 

I remember that playing the piano was the nightmare of my childhood.

 

I remember my first puppy’s name was Honey, and she was a cute Chow Chow.

 

I remember the first night my puppy came to my home; she kept barking for the whole night and I almost kicked her out.

 

I remember I threw up after my first cigarette because I thought my throat got burned.

 

I remember I put on nail polish when I was four years old, and my mother scraped it off with a knife, and the sound that the knife made sounded like a mouse.

 

I remember my father told me that he would jump from the roof top if I was a gay, but I haven’t get any chance to approve it.

 

I remember my parents have never given me any birthday gifts because they thought I spent too much money like everyday was my birthday.

 

I remember when I got my first piercing on my ear, my mother thought I had joined a gang and had become the worst girl in the world, and she cried for the whole night so that her eyes became two peaches in the morning.

 

I remember the first English word I learned was “banana”.

 

I remember I ate too much ice cream and got an intussusception when I was two years old.

 

I remember three years ago I decided to come to Parsons because I saw an interview of a very handsome man who graduated from here.

 

I remember when I first went to Utah for high school I thought it was the worst place in the world because there were nothing but farms and cows, but now I am kind of missing it.

 

I remember the damn sweet mango smoothie in the coffee house of my high school.

 

I remember the first time I drank coffee; I thought it was a kind of horrible bitter Chinese herbs.

 

I remember there were 10 boxes of clothes in front of my room door waiting for me to organize them.

 

I remember my broken pot.

 

I remember I ordered delivery 10 times this weekend.

 

I remember the first foreign country I went was Burma.

 

I remember that I always got hurt by soft but sharp papers.

 

I remember that I forgot my keys today.

 

I remember the first time I drove a car; I stepped on the accelerator by mistake when I was supposed to break.

 

I remember I have hated parsley since I could remember.

 

I remember I dropped my phone yesterday, and the screen was totally broken like a kaleidoscope.

 

I remember the first pimple I got on my face; it was disgusting and it hurt a lot.

 

I remember after I watched my first horror movie, I couldn’t go to bed by myself for the whole following month.

 

I remember a mojito was the best drink in my life.

 

I remember I loved “Gossip Girl” three years ago, and I think it’s awful now; my favorite TV show now is “Grey’s Anatomy”, and I have thought of being a doctor after watching that, but that goal is too difficult to reach.

 

I remember Adam Sandler was my favorite comedy actor.

 

I remember I got 1 out of 5 for my AP Calculus test when I was in high school.

 

I remember wifi became the most necessary factor of my life, even more important than a boyfriend.

 

I remember when I bought my first luxury bag I thought it was too expensive and I was satisfied with it, but now I buy one per month.

 

I remember what the sun looks like at 5:00 in the morning.

 

I remember my first boyfriend’s eyes when he said he liked me, and also his back when he left me.

 

I remember I only ate pineapple and yogurt for 5 days and lost 5 pounds.

 

I remember that getting up on a rainy day is the most painful thing.

 

I remember I tried to use the shower to create a rainbow when I was little.

 

I remember I was frozen on the first day I came to Parsons because of the air-conditioner.

 

I remember teachers always couldn’t open my Page files by Word.

 

I remember Cambria is my favorite font.

 

I remember I sold clothes online and earned 200 dollars, and then I spent them to buy clothes.

 

I remember instant noodles were my life necessities,especially with an egg and some luncheon meat.

 

I remember every time I FaceTime with my friends or family I always take screenshots of their ugliest faces.

 

I remember how my grandma learned to use an iPad in order to FaceTime with me when I was in America. She put on reading glasses and recorded every single step from turning on the computer till open the software, and that was her most concentrated moment I’ve ever seen, and every time I FaceTime with her, I kind of want to cry.

 

I remember my grandma was the first person I saw after I was born, and she’s my favorite person in the world, always have, always will.

 

I remember these pieces of memories were the most valuable things in my life, and when I go through it in 60 years, I believe that I will laugh and cry for everything ever happened to me.