Dear Son

Dear son,

Your mom is now in the library again, doing dictation, a news summary of Washington Post politics section, and reading and listening self-tests. Mom needs to practice German pronunciation this afternoon because I'll have a small competition this evening in German class. Not so important but you know, mom always wants to win. Well, you see, mom is really working hard so that you can probably buy an iphone 50, which may be longer than the equator (??? I don't understand this part. Do you mean that it will be a long wait?). And hopefully you can do whatever you're truly interested in, regardless of the stupid Chinese education system, if mom works hard enough now and is rich enough in the future. It will be better if mom can pay off the loan of our small flat in Shanghai before I die, so the girl you love can marry you.

In order to focus on my studies, and to promise you a happy childhood and freedom to choose the way you live, mom has decided not to look for your dad in the crowd. I guess he doesn't have any sense of direction, otherwise it wouldn't take such a long time before he would find mom. I really hope that he's working hard too, working hard on studies or his own career I mean, not on nailing (note: I understand this, but a more common slang verb would be "banging") hot girls.

Mom is really glum and tired now. Lunch can always cheers me up:)

Love,
Your grumbling mom xD