When I Was A Kid

. I wanted nothing more in the world than to get glasses. The coolest kids in my class had them and I thought that that was the only thing standing in the way of my popularity and awesome-ness. I craved glasses so much, I did whatever I could to spoil my eyesight. I sat right in front of the TV, because I'd heard that watching TV from too close a distance would ruin your eyes. Because my parents would always catch me within a minute or two, I'd have to watch it from afar. I used to hate them for that. And conspired to switch the TV on at night when they went to bed. Except that never worked because I used to sleep with them, and at 8.30pm. I refused to eat carrots because apparently that was what caused good eyesight. My mum used to put kajal in my eyes every morning and every night, and one day I came back home telling my mother that they'd just banned kajal at school because a lot of children looked messy with kajal dripping all round their eyes. My mum believed me. Because you know, kajal is one of the major reasons why Indian people have such good eyesight. In conclusion, I didnt get glasses, I still dont look cool, but I'm really glad I'm not blind today.

. I was that kid who loved playing with boxes that stuff came in. My parents never bought much stuff, so I didnt get to play around cartons as much as I would have loved to, but I got my fair share when Papa brought home sample cartons from his company stuff. When I was in Kuwait, I'd take cartons that came in, turn one upside down, run to the kitchen, take a dish towel, one butter knife, 2 forks, 2 plates, one tiny vase, my 2 little seats that only I could fit into, and run back to my room, and create a faux candlelit dinner table. All our life, we've only had one butter knife and to this day, we still use it. Id set up the table, pretend play with it until Papa came home, then when he did, get my parents to sit down, eat imaginary food that I'd cooked and go to sleep a content child. In KL, I used to crawl into boxes (the tinier the better!) and see how long I could stay put. Then I'd try to get places by inching the box forward. I could go like 1.2 metres until I gave up and walked. I've never had patience like that. 2 days ago, my new laptop arrived in this sleek Asus carton. Though no body part of mine can fit into it, you can guess what I was more interested in. I am SO glad that I havent really changed all that much. What really got me though was the fact that the box was printed with soy ink. How cool is that?!

. I thought Capri-Sonne was a drink from the future. I felt like I was in the future when I drank it. Because of its packaging. Also I remember having read in 2000 (or Y2K if you wanta be REALLY cool), that silver was the colour of the future. Now that I am in the future, I think that article was highly misleading. The future is depressing.