My parents met when they were working together in the same company in their early twenties. They got married when my mom was barely 23, and my dad was 28. I am not too sure if they actually planned to have a baby so soon, but a year later, a baby popped out, and oops, what were they supposed to do with the baby?

When I was born, my parents were in a very difficult situation financially. They almost could never afford to get a powdered milk for me because it was just so dang expensive. Thank God for breast milk. And there was one time when I was out with my parents, I got so thirsty and my mom refused to breastfeed me in public (seriously now, mom?), they decided to purchase a pre-packaged tea in a box (think Juice Box), Teh Kotak, and in my head I was like, “Dude, where’s my boobies of milk?” but I was so so thirsty that the moment my dad handed me that Tea Box, I sipped it right out of a straw. That’s right, I instantly knew how to maneuver my way through a straw when I was barely six months.

I was milk-deprived because only a year after, a skinhead fatty decided to pop out and dominate the milk supply (Hello Brother!). Come to think of it, maybe the Universe decided to return me a favor and granted me with, well, a pretty decent set of breasts. Hey-O!

My childhood wasn’t all that great but it could have been worse, so I am not complaining. Like I’ve mentioned before I was pretty tomboy because I always hung out with my brother and my cousin playing fake swords and such. However, I also have a slight memory that I used to go out and play with my neighbors. Ooh, didn’t they own some cool toys! They were lovely enough to let me play with their cooking set, or rock their Barbie Dolls, or when toys got boring we played hide-and-seek. That’s also one of the things I miss about my generation’s childhood. We went out to play, we ran around, we hid-and-sought, we played catch (oh wait, that’s the dogs not me), we played Tak Jongkok Tak Patung. Ahh.. Weren’t we so so lucky? (: I am not trying to compare, but I can’t help to feel sorry for this generation of Blackberry and Facebook and Wii and Nintendo DS and Twitter. Well, maybe they’ll reverse it back and play hide-and-seek when they are twenty-five.

Academically speaking, not to toot my own horn, but I was quite smart. And my social life was so much better than it is now. I am not saying that I am an introvert or an anti-social now, but when I was young, I could befriend anyone. Literally. I even befriended the school janitor and I was involved in many activities in school. Girl Scouts, Choir, Girl Brigades, Drama Club, Traditional dance Club, and many more. I am not sure what happened along the way that I’ve become like this. Oh wait, I know what happened, I grew up. And it sucked. For the most part.

But at the very least, I have memories of my endearing childhood, and nothing or no one could ever take that away from me (:

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