Today, it is my birthday and we invited some guests over. For dinner we decided to get pizza. While I was in the middle of ordering the pizzas my mum said "stop the ordering we don't have any buy one get one free coupons." ISD

Today, my mom told my sister to put "ghee" on her lips because chapstick makes it worse. ISD

Today, my mom lectured me to not stay at this girl's house too long. I go there to tutor her brother. I'm 18 and the girl is 12. Give me a damn break. ISD

Today, I realised when desis talk about 'family politics' it's always about OTHER peoples families. ISD

Today, I noticed if a guy in Pakistan or possibly India wants to be "cool" , they pull out their cell phone. ISD

Today, I had a minor argument with my mum and she threw her hand up, slapped her forehead, made a painful face and shouted 'oh god, why don't you take me? why have you given me this life, what did i do?' ISD

Today, I was messing around with my parents by saying "oh I'm going to get a tattoo and pierce my eyebrows and my belly button". They threatened to disown me and adopt my so called perfect cousin. ISD

Today, my mom said Shahid looked good with short hair. I added that he looked sooo hot! After that, I got a lecture about calling guys 'hot'. I'm 13 and Shahid's an actor. ISD

Today, my mom got mad because I told her the rishta picture that came through email for my sister was old looking and ugly. Her response, "but he is a doctor!!!" ISD

Today, my parents fought with the staff at Tim Hortons for 30 cents. When I told them it was nothing and they were embarrassing me, they said 30 cents can add up to be a lot and people think they are smart enough to trick us. ISD