Childhood in London
One day, when I was playing with my brother and sister, I noticed my mother was crying on the sofa, but I did not know why, and I did not bother to ask. I later guessed it was because of money problems.
Robocop was one my first film. I was a bit shocked by the violence, especially when one of the bad guys got soaked with acid then crushed by a car.
When I first had ham, I thought it was the tastiest thing in the world.
Laputa Castle in the Sky was one of my first films.
When my mother accompanied me to the nursery school for the first time, I was freaked out when she suddenly disappeared. I was also upset because she lied to me, saying she would stay.
I used to draw dinosaurs because they look huge and cool. My nursery teacher said my drawings were ‘fantastic’ and that probably encouraged me to carry on…
My father sometimes said ‘I don’t mean to hurt you’ after he hit me with a stick when I did not behave. He said those words when he saw me cry.
My mother once built a big house with some kind of lego blocks. It was as tall as me and I thought it was fantastic. I was disappointed when it disappeared the day after.
I had recurring dreams which I thought were happening for real. I was leaping from the top of the stairs all the way downstairs without getting hurt. I even ended up believing I could fall from very high up without getting hurt in real life.
Once, my sister got a hydrogen balloon. I was jealous and also wanted one. It floated in the air, it looked so cool. My mother said she would buy one for me later, but I didn’t believe her, so I bursted my sister’s balloon.
I loved to play with Hwong, whom I considered as my best friend when I was in London. After we were seperated for many years, he seemed to have completely changed when we met again and we weren’t nearly as close as we used to be anymore.
Once, my mother said one of my friends had great handwriting and I think i got jealous. She kept comparing me to other people for the rest of my life, and I don’t think it helped with my self-confidence. The irony of this is that my parents sometimes tell me to ‘have some self-confidence!’.
