Eight years ago,, the world, for the little me, was still young and it seemed to me that the only thing to be done in life was to play, and play, and play. I could freely wander to the other places where I could do all the things I want to do. I didn’t know yet what’s the real purpose of life for I was still in my fifth year.
Eight years ago, I didn’t have many problems or even just a singe problem. I had nothing to do but sleep in the night, wake up late in the morning, watch television, play, eat three times a day, and then play again, and……sleep again. This was my daily routine and this was the reason why, eight years ago, I was so fat.
With my sister and brother as my playmates, I usually went to our neighbor’s place to pick some beautiful, colored flowers and leaves. These used in our “cooing” as food. We also used to play bahay-bahayan with my sister as the mother, my brother as the father, me as their daughter and the children were dolls.
I was also fond of collecting stuff toys and dolls. Once I had a stuff toy which I named Bagting. It was a Minnie mouse that was once a well-stuffed doll but before long became a very unrecognizable creature. I didn’t know what happened next to that doll but as my mama recalled, I threw it away at our backyard and was long destroyed by rain. I had also a big Hello Kitty that was given to me by my ninong during my fifth birthday. I had also a doll which I named Rosalinda. This was given to me by my aunt. It was a beautiful, and when you slap it, it will cry. I ass impressed by it that I convinced my mother to make some clothes for the doll. I had many other collections of toys and some of them I have destroyed.
Now, with all my childhood memories in my head, I realize that there were big differences between me of the past and me of the present. One of these was that eight years ago, playing is the only thing in my mind but now, studies. Studying is my basic goal now that I have known the true purpose of life----to achieve what you dreamt. As a second year high school student, I am trying to fulfill my drams and to enjoy life similar to how I enjoyed life eight years ago.
Another difference was that eight years ago, I was so fat but now; my arms are as thin as a bamboo pole, and oh…my face. Although I still look young (hehehe), I can feel that before long, my face will be full of pimples especially that I am now a lady. I’m afraid that people will not recognize me when they look at my pictures eight years ago.
Instead of collecting stuff toys and dolls, I am now collecting anime magazines and books. This is just another difference that happened in my life. But even though I am now collecting magazines and books, the remaining stuff toys of my collection were decorated in our house.
There are many things to enumerate yet, but these are only three major differences between me, eight years ago and me of the present.
