The other day, I walked past KFC and saw many young kids q-ing up to order their food... then i passed by Starbucks and saw more young kids sitting in the cafe playing with ipads or smart phones in their hands and their Starbucks drinks on the tables.
Kids today are really so much well-off than us in the older days. When i was small, we never heard of computers. And our favourite past time is climbing my mum's mango and guava trees, catching fish in the drain, playing 'police & thief'... and food like KFC is a luxurious item... Starbucks? Never heard of it! And i had to find public phone to make calls!
When young, my parents couldn't afford a lot of things. Many kids had professional coach to teach them to swim. My swimming coach was my dad. He would bring us to public pool and sometimes the river to swim.. And my mum taught us backstroke.. she could float in the water without moving! As soon as we learned the skill, we naughty kids played 'floating corpse'.. it was funny!
Once after swimming, my dad took us to KFC for lunch. In the old times, having KFC is like a dream come true... All of us were so so excited! I still remember that we took an instant photo with the Astronaut billboard just outside KFC. Because it cost money to take picture and dad didn't earn that much that time, I didn't dare to ask for it... but dad let me have a picture taken... I remember the day very clearly because it was one of the best moments in my life....
I wonder if kids these days have memories like this....Most kids today are lucky.. they can eat KFC and drink starbucks everyday or 3 meals a day if they want! haha.
well... they are lucky to be born in this generation... for me, I am lucky to have memories like this one... coz it's not the food that matters, it's the precious moments spent with loved ones that is priceless...
A simple snack while looking out to the airfield
is enough to satisfy me
2 comments:
wooi~ this post will reveal our age >.<
somehow i dont think today's kids are more fortunate than us. Because they never short of anything, they dont know the joy & cherish the thing they have; Because they dont know how climbing tree & catching fish can heal their heart, they seek for many 'likes' in facebook, n straight away jump down from buildings when they face critics ; Because they thought it's so natural to ask their needs to be fulfilled, they dont feel for those who r less fortunate n in need...they might have a better materialistic environment but they loss those days where kids play freely on the road without worry of being kidnapped; n they eat too much KFC that make many of the school kids nowaday facing obesity n health problem...to me, we have a lot better childhood than them :)
Wah, lj, v well said!
Guess there r always 2 sides to everything. We pity them they pity us haha
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