Saturday, January 01, 2005 , 5:33 PM
><))o> growing up
#I remember when i was young, my mother would always tell me, "eat more veggie and you will grow taller" and i really believed that! So every meal, i ate alot of veggie and also because i keep stuffing myself with these chlorophyll-filled stuff that i grew to like eating vegetables. At the same time, i find myself growing rapidly, way too fast for even my male peers (not to even mention female peers!) to catch up.
#In kindergarden, at the tender age of 4, i was already towering over most kids and throughout primary school and secondary school, whenever the class is to line up, i would always be the person standing at the every back of the line, along with all the guys.
#Growing up has always been an awkward period for me. Being a head taller than everybody else, it also confers greater strength to me.....i'm among the best althete during my kindergarden and primary school years and of course i enjoy all kind of sports simply because i am good at them - from running to jumping to skipping. Being stronger (physically) then everyone else, it also means i can affort to be a bully (HO HO HO) but of course i never bully my classmates....i bully my brother! We used to always fight (for some stupid reasons) and he would eventually get hurt physically. Once, i jumped onto a bed where he was lying on with hands stretch upward (its a game lah) and because i was too heavy, my brother's arm got sprained and because of that, i got a trashing from mum.....
#Buying clothes or shoes was especially difficult too! When i was a teenager (around 12, 13, 14) and desperately trying to keep up with the fashion trends, the sizes available were always too small for me. I rememeber during that time, bell-bottom was in the trend. I went from store to store searching for bell-bottom jeans of a suitable length for myself. Eventually, i settled for a pair of bell-bottom that was about 2 inches shorter but it was the longest i could find....of course i looked hilarious wearing that jean...but i couldnt care less....(thinking back now, i think i was stupid to not settle for skirts...i mean...u get what i mean right?)
#Now, after years of being a head taller than everyone else (most people la)...i think i am finally at ease with myself....the awkwardness is still there at times especially when people looked at me in awe and go "oh my god....she's so tall!" but i think i've gotten used to that...and at least now there are more clothes with bigger sizes and jeans with longer lengths...
#Being tall has it advantages...it means that when you are stuck in a crowd, while most people cannot see anything beyond other's head or shoulders, most of the time i have a clear view...and also because of this, i'm grow to dislike having tall people around me because they block my pleasant view...=P
#Anyway one thing i know for sure, eating veggie really has got nothing to do with growing taller....
