January 10, 2013
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Things I can admit doing as a kid:
1) Putting my arms inside my shirt to feel
what it's like to walk around without limbs.
If there's one thing I remember, is that it
was harder to keep my balance while walking.
2) Sleep with a fort of stuffed animals,
books, or general child clutter around
me to keep the bogeyman at bay.
3) That push pen with six coloured
inks? Remember those? I could never
write with all six tips at once, no matter
how hard I tried to push them down.
4) Fake falling asleep on the couch just
so either my dad or brothers would have
to carry me up to bed. This wasn't really
a problem for them - I was a light kid.
5) Thinking that the moon followed me
on car rides. Or that I was chasing the
sun as it set. Or me racing the clouds.
6) Speaking of racing, being in the car
during a downpour would find myself
being entertained by pretending that
rain droplets rolling down my window
were racing each other. I would give
occasional commentaries.
7) Thinking that the last grains of
rice I leave behind on my plate will
magically reappear in my room late
at night to haunt me (thanks, Ma).
8) Thinking that if I missed my school
bus it would leave me behind forever
and nobody will remember that I would
still be at school, waiting by the roadside.
9) Check the insides of my
school shoes for slimy toads.
10) Walking barefoot on grass while
simultaneously imagining hundreds of
tapeworms forcing entry through the
naked soles of my feet (thanks again, Ma).
This list started from a post I saw
online, about a grown man reminiscing
the things he used to believe as a child.
L and I decided to make our own last night
and discovered that we had a number of these
things, such as #5, #6 and #10, in common.
So here's mine. I hope it triggers the same
fond memories for you as it did for us.
xx
/update:
11) Mentally adding "your face" to everything
that anyone said to me. "Have you finished
your homework so I can copy it?" Yeah I
finished it so you can copy YOUR FACE.
Generally said silently with a smattering
of annoyance. Of course.
12) Looking out for made-up danger
everywhere I went. Oh, we're stopping
at the gas station Pa? (Petrol explosion!)
We're buying Ayamas? (The guy at the
counter has a knife and a crazy look in
his eyes! Run!) Family trip to the beach?
(Hot lava from an underwater volcano
is killing unsuspecting swimmers!)
Started remembering these in the car
while driving back from KLCC today.
Man, some were really strange.
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