When I Was Younger

-by Seik Yee-

Childhood memories are special for everyone. I have a very happy memory of my childhood. I was born into a big family which included my parents, and my 4 siblings. Although we were not rich, however, we enjoyed our life in general. I have a lot of fun memories of me and sisters playing in our backyard, playing hide-and-seek, climbing trees, going to park and beaches. When playing hide-and-seek, I was always the one hiding. We and our neighbour could play hide-and- seek and cops-and-robbers for hours on end. There were a lot of games and activities that we played during our childhood life, but now those games seemed to have vanished. The game that I miss the most is the “Pepsi Cola 123”.

When I was young, I will wait patiently for my father to come home from work. When the time he reached home, excitement will just jumped throughout my whole body. I will run over and gave him the biggest hug. My father liked to take us around to play, I and my sister will be very excited, and the excitement will always last for few days. As we grew older, we don’t even have much time to accompany them, sometimes we will be annoyed by their repetitious questions. When I think back, guilt will rise inside of me and I will be upset with my behaviour.

When I was young, all I wanted to do was be an adult or act like an adult. I liked to act like someone older like a teacher or doctor. It was once my childhood dream. When I am getting older, the desire to get back my childhood life becomes stronger and stronger. The childhood memories I remember as it was happened yesterday. I was once a mischievous girl, I was once a talkative girl, and I was once an active athlete…

While we are a child one would always only remember the good things in life. Only later one would remember the bad. If I have a time machine, I would like to take a tour back and have my childhood life once again.