First of all, a very Happy New Year to everyone! Welcome 2009 - a year of double the changes, and double the excitement from 2008!
Well, to re-cap, a few entries ago, I mentioned I would like to do an autobiography of myself. Now, here it is... Presenting to you, Garrison's Timeline - Part 1, My Childhood Days.
Born on the 70th day of 1981, to a family 3 (that's 4 now, including me), I was considered due later than expected. Normally, a baby would be due in about 90 days (divided into 3 phases of 30 days each, with each phase known as a trimester). I think I'm way beyond the 3rd trimester and genuinely what the Chinese calls it '十月怀胎'. To make matter "worse", my mother was already slightly more than 4 decades old by the time I was conceived. Or what the Chinese claim as '高龄产妇'. So, there's a natural tendency for everyone to think that I'm probably born as an idiot or retard (Hmm... Maybe it's true huh...). To make matter "worse" "worse", as I was long overdue (Look, overdue is not expired... Expired means ghost is writing this blog!), it was very very hard for me to be conceived naturally. So various methods were proposed. Caesarian, clamping me out... Anyway, I'm not a Gynecologist, so to cut short the story, I was born naturally, successfully. Kudos to my mother!
My father was the sole breadwinner of the family. My mother was a housewife. I have an elder sister, half a decade older than me. My first 4 years were a bit worrying for my family as I don't really speak! At one point in time, they thought I'm probably a mute, and to a certain extend, deaf! Seen a few doctors, and they were assured, I'm normal! Sigh... It's really tough to be a man of a few words...
At the same time, I was basically visiting the doctor on a weekly basis, as I fell ill easily. Diarrhoea, flu, fever, cough... Poor immune system... It became such a predictable trend that it's like a woman having their period. My family could predict that I'll be coughing next week and prevented me from having cold drinks or whatever. But, the truth is, I'm still coughing the following week... Now, you can't stop a woman from having a period next week by preventing her, right?
Well, it wasn't until when I turned 5 and entered kindergarten, when I start to "shine". I realised that studying is something so familiar to me! 2 years of kindergarten life flew by easily. Remembering the 2 friends that I get to know during my kindergarten days, KLE & QJH. They are the 2 friends that I got to know first...
OK... That's about it for my childhood days... Any more details will be too boring... Next up, my Primary School days...
Well, to re-cap, a few entries ago, I mentioned I would like to do an autobiography of myself. Now, here it is... Presenting to you, Garrison's Timeline - Part 1, My Childhood Days.
Born on the 70th day of 1981, to a family 3 (that's 4 now, including me), I was considered due later than expected. Normally, a baby would be due in about 90 days (divided into 3 phases of 30 days each, with each phase known as a trimester). I think I'm way beyond the 3rd trimester and genuinely what the Chinese calls it '十月怀胎'. To make matter "worse", my mother was already slightly more than 4 decades old by the time I was conceived. Or what the Chinese claim as '高龄产妇'. So, there's a natural tendency for everyone to think that I'm probably born as an idiot or retard (Hmm... Maybe it's true huh...). To make matter "worse" "worse", as I was long overdue (Look, overdue is not expired... Expired means ghost is writing this blog!), it was very very hard for me to be conceived naturally. So various methods were proposed. Caesarian, clamping me out... Anyway, I'm not a Gynecologist, so to cut short the story, I was born naturally, successfully. Kudos to my mother!
My father was the sole breadwinner of the family. My mother was a housewife. I have an elder sister, half a decade older than me. My first 4 years were a bit worrying for my family as I don't really speak! At one point in time, they thought I'm probably a mute, and to a certain extend, deaf! Seen a few doctors, and they were assured, I'm normal! Sigh... It's really tough to be a man of a few words...
At the same time, I was basically visiting the doctor on a weekly basis, as I fell ill easily. Diarrhoea, flu, fever, cough... Poor immune system... It became such a predictable trend that it's like a woman having their period. My family could predict that I'll be coughing next week and prevented me from having cold drinks or whatever. But, the truth is, I'm still coughing the following week... Now, you can't stop a woman from having a period next week by preventing her, right?
Well, it wasn't until when I turned 5 and entered kindergarten, when I start to "shine". I realised that studying is something so familiar to me! 2 years of kindergarten life flew by easily. Remembering the 2 friends that I get to know during my kindergarten days, KLE & QJH. They are the 2 friends that I got to know first...
OK... That's about it for my childhood days... Any more details will be too boring... Next up, my Primary School days...
