Kids of today are so different from the kids of yesteryears. They are way too protected. Don't get me wrong, I love kids and I don't blame them for being different since the environment and times are different. Kids these days don't get satisfied easily. I remember how I got excited at simple things like a folded paper star (because I kept insisting that there is a sweet wrapped inside), a sweet and anything new. ( even if it means I will chuck them aside when the feeling dies)
But I was giving my cousin a sweet that day and all he actually said wasthat it doesn't have a brand! It is all about branding and 'face' with kids today. I gave my brother a sweet too and he could tell me how good the sweet taste despite being bought from Mama shop. Whats up with the brand? I myself am still pretty facinated with the ji dan (egg) sweet that Mama shop sells. I don't know what the sweet is called but it looks like a dinosaur egg and it comes in all sort of colours. I guess it only goes to prove further on how commercialised our country is. I hear my students complaining about the roller shoes and the yoyo that their parents bought for them are not authenic. I witnessed how a boy threw his new pair of shoes away because it is not a Nike. I feel sad or the parents and I will make sure that nobody ever does that in front of me and get away with it, stranger or not.
Memories kept flooding back since my last converstaion with a friend about her 'imaginary friend' and my imaginary heritage. I think because I was a precaurious kid, that is why my memory of childhood came in that strong. Afterall, I knew what I was doing. I used to think that if I were given a chance to be a kid again, I would jump at it. Thinking back, I have decided not to. growing up is tough and growing up in today's context is even harder. Growing old is easier. you can grow old by doing nothing. Grow old. (better if no sagging occurs)
Jacqueline
5:44 PM
