Childhood Memories By Tan Jia Yu(22)

i was born on 30th March 1992 at Thomson Medical Centre. My parents named me Tan Jia Yu. Though till now I had no idea what it means, I like my name and I think my surname rhymes well with the name.
There are seven members in my family. My parents, my brothers, my aunt and my ah ma and me, of course. I enjoy family outings very much, though now there are hardly any cause we are so caught up with our own stuffs. My parents are strict but i know they are doing things that are for my own good. I think my family lacks gathering to strenghten our family bonds. My brother is currently in year four in Cat high and he has to prepare for his O levels. The other one is busy rehearsing for the NDP.

My brothers and i were very playful when we were young and we love to chase each other around the house. I remembered once we were so noisy and naughty that we made our mother furious, and she start hunting for us with a cane in her hand. The three of us squeezed into the storeroom nd we made a 'promise' not to make our mother angry again, for fear that she might have heart attack. But five minutes after we came out from th storeroom, she's chasing us around with a cane again. Haa!

For four or five years of my childhood, I live with my grandparents. My granfather doted me the most and give me more than I ever need. I remembered that he used to push me in a purple pram and bring me to the market to eat 'bakut teh'. Maybe he pampered me too much till I was spoilt. There was one incident when me and my brother were fighting over a stick to dig some soil in a flower pot. I began whinning and my grandfather came, scolded my brother, took the stick away from him and passed it to me. I was smirking and digged the soil happily while my brother cries and complained to my mother. I was spoilt and till now i think i still am. Everytime my mother disagree with me, i would pull a long face and not talk to her. Shrugs.

I can say my childhood was a rather happy one. every sunday, we would head to my grandparents'(the one i lived with for five years) house and gather. Then we would play games like block catching and at times, we would race with each other along the corridor. However, we all had most fun when we played soccer at the void deck. The walls at the void deck still have marks of soccer balls(not sure whether it's made by us), which vividly reminds me of all the happy moments of my childhood. :)