As a Child...

1. I used to go to Hong Kong every summer and enjoying the dolphin shows at Ocean Park. That's when I wanted to become a marine biologist.

2. Every summer, my Mom enrolled me in swimming school. Every year was a different venue.

3. I took my daily naps in the afternoon after school.

4. I loved playing with Play-Doh and my mini-kitchen. I wonder why I never learned how to cook until now.

5. I loved KeroKeroKeroppi. My friend Wee taught me how to draw him when we were in Kindergarten. I had a KeroKeroKeroppi mechanical pencil-pen in one. My Math teacher in Grade 4 took it away from me coz she caught me writing when she told the class that everybody has to stop writing.

6. I had a Hello Kitty travel bag as my school bag. It was too heavy with books and notebooks.

7. I loved Piknik's Ketchup fries. That was always the first one in my list when I go grocery shopping with my Mom.

8. I never listened to music, unless it was my Dad's collection - The Cascades and Tom Jones.

9. I used to play with my Mom's makeup collection a lot. But, I grew up not knowing how to apply makeup.

10. I wore the same clothes as my cousin Charlene. Only in a different color.

11. I had a boycut once and somebody thought I was a boy.

12. I had 3 birthday parties. Once, it rained before my party started and I kept on singing "Rain rain, go away. Come back again another day."

13. My brother taught me how to pray the "Our Father" coz I didn't learn it from school.

14. My first crush was a guy called Engelbert. It was in 3rd grade. He had big bulging eyes.

15. I always took baths for 30 minutes in the basement bathroom. Everybody was always looking for me and couldn't find me.

16. My Mom used to put her hand over my eyes when I can't sleep.

17. Every weekend, I got to sleep at my parent's bedroom, which excited me a lot. I kept thinking it was something to look forward to.

18. My Dad used to embrace me when I'm sleeping and put his legs around me. It kinda scared me coz I couldn't move from his tight grip.