How did your parents quietly sayang you? Tell us and WIN!

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Before we start, let us ask you…

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If you picked the last answer, good for you lor. But if you picked the first two, we know that feel. If confessing our feelings to our crush was hard, this has got to be harder.

Asian parenting have been known to be a unique combination of fear, kiasuness, strict rules and 398402 rotans, with little to no room for something called ‘expressive love’. We all know we’ve got a different culture from angmohs, where they think ‘time out’ is punishment (hah!) and where they have career choices beyond the SAA™ (Standard Asian Ambition): doctor, engineer, lawyer or accountant.

But does that mean that our parents don’t love us? You already know the answer la. Despite the nagging and the shelling, it’s no secret that most of our parents actually love us beyond measure, but they show it in a ‘diam-diam’ way only. Cos shy lar… Abuden…

So what does this have to do with a printer? ಠ╭╮ಠ

Cos with a printer, you can print ‘I love you’ instead of using your mouth cos too awkward edy.

No la! You think we siao meh. Still shy ok…

Anyway, since this is a sponsored article, you know where we’re going with this 🙂

In HP‘s latest campaign, #MemoriesAreMadeOfThese, they know that it doesn’t take much to share a tender, loving moment with our loved ones. You don’t need to say it out loud – even small, little gestures of love will last a lifetime.

Like we said earlier, generally most Asian parents use subtle, ‘diam-diam’ ways to show affection – whether it’s going through our exam papers to correct our mistakes, or letting us watch our cartoons while a football game was on – these little things are what our treasured memories are made of.

Kinda like how this mom soothed her child to sleep by making a little superhero toy to accompany her through her years:

Create memories that transcend time. Make #HPPrintables a part of every special moment #MemoriesAreMadeOfThese #ThinkItPrintIt – Posted by HP Malaysia on Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Ngawww… Sweet, ain’t it??

Tell us how your parents showed their love to you!

Share with us your own treasured memories with your folks by telling us how your parents quietly showed you that they sayang you. We asked around for stories to get you going:

“Everytime I come back home to visit, my car will magically have a full tank of petrol. I think they sneak it out to the petrol station when I’m sleeping.”

“When I was younger, my mom would squeeze my hand three times to indicate the words “I love you”. Now that we’re older she still squeezes my hand three times.”

“My dad would let me eat his fried chicken skin, although he knows he’ll kena from my mother.”

(Woah ok the last one really champion la. Anyone who is willing to give up fried chicken skin is a hero wei.)

And as a reward, the 10 best entries will win awesome goodies from HP! Faster say #tenkiuHP 😀

3 most unique and heartwarming entries will win a HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3635 All-in-One Printer (worth RM319) each, and the remaining 7 winning entries will win a HP Z4000 Red Wireless Mouse (worth RM85) each.