I believe all of us have, at least once, went through the cabinets, wardrobes, cupboard and whatever hidden corner in the house just to find all those old photo albums and photos. And we often have this feeling. The feeling that all of us will get when we look through all those photos.
Photos are the only way to reminisce, especially in this era of advanced technology.
It seems that the physical photos that we have seems to be a thing of the past. Proof? We have proven in our daily life. In the past, we have film cameras, in which we only get to see the full picture in a physical photo. Nowadays? We have smartphones and digital cameras. With technology advancement, we can even import photos into our computer and save it in our hard disks.
So back to the point. The feelings we get when we browse through all these photos. It's like a special feeling. You get to imagine how your childhood is like although you've been through it years back then. But i do believe all of us could only remember fragments and small part of our childhood.
Which part of your childhood has the greatest impact on your life today?
Physical
Well, the only greatest impact (and literally) i ever had from childhood was when i fractured my elbow twice. The first time happened when i was playing near a staircase (4 steps only la) and I happened to fall and roll down. That was like the greatest pain i ever had in my life.
The second fracture took place when i was around 5-6 years old. It was kinda stupid of me to try to ride the bicycle at that speed and trying to ram it into my sister. Guess i was that playful in the past eh? Hahah, that was the most serious fracture then. Unfortunately, the bone didn't really heal by itself after being in a cast for about a month. Then here comes the scary part. Apparently, I have to undergo a surgery (yes a surgery at that age) to straighten my arm using two metal plates which will join the bones together.
Yes, I was under full body anaesthesia. Obviously it doesn't hurt. Honestly speaking, i didn't know what's a surgery then. All i know was the end result. The end result? Yup, a scar on my left elbow.
I always have the impression that the wound was literally 'glued' up. But as i grew up, I know.. It's actually stitches which i don't really like to have anyway.
Mental/Mindset/Character
I guess the only part of childhood that really impact my life in terms of mindset and character is actually the time that i have with my family. As you can see from the picture below, I'm actually (so called) born cheerful. It's like I'm fated to be cheerful no matter in what kind of situation.
Although i don't really remember much of my childhood, but ever since young, I do understand the meaning of happiness. I guess most of our childhood are either filled with laughters or your cries?
Well, we don't really have much to worry about during childhood, don't we? And we are still as happy. So what if we have more things to worry about now?
In future, we could be reminiscing this period when we have things to worry about, just like how we are reminiscing about nothing to worry about during childhood.
After all, whether we are happy or not, our lives goes on. For every single day that passes means lesser amount of time for us to be happy. That's why, to me, we should be happy and positive in every aspects of our life. Yes, we do have difficulties at some point in time of life. But why not we face it positively with a smile, telling ourselves that we can get over this obstacle with a smile on our face.
Getting over an obstacle in life is no longer something to commemorate about.
Getting over an obstacle in life with a smile is.
Who is your closest family member besides your immediate family members?
My cousin, who is 1 year younger than me, is my closest family members beside my immediate family members.
I guess it's due to the fact that we spend a lot of time with each other in the past. We do really have a lot of similarities, just that i ain't as smart as him. (p/s he scored 8As in his national exam)
During our childhood, we often gang up to bully the another cousin because we really find it fun. Often, it will result on the other party getting the scolding and beating. And when we were like around primary school age, we will play with fireworks (small and medium ranges) during the Chinese New Year.
I could even remember that there was a time that we didn't position the firework well and it's actually flew horizontally instead of vertically. And it exploded just less than 10metres away from us. Scolding seems imminent after that.
As we grew up, the amount of time we really get together and have fun seems getting lesser and lesser. Especially when studies seems to be the most important nowadays. Nevertheless, I really do hope that we can really see each other more often.
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"The great times we have during our childhood can never be experience once again, the only way to keep it alive is through our memory and the photos that we have. " - Desmond R.
It's about time that we should have our pictures in the computer printed out.
