Kids

Had fun yesterday in m'sia at my cousins' house. Chinese New Year (for me at least) used to be going over there to pay respect to my elders and try to avoid talking to people. I am sure most youths can understand how boring it is to keep talking about what school you are studying and how you are coping with school work. Especially when I was much introverted by nature.

But nowadays with the birth of a lot of children, it was 2 last year, double the amount this year. I actually commented at one point that there are suddenly a lot of children. When you have 2 babies and two young kids who just cannot keep still, thats a lot of work. I became like a kid myself, running around with them, climbing upstairs and down (I don't know why they like to do that), getting them to hit my brother who was sleeping etc. But I still do not dare to carry the babies, for fear of me being too "violent" and knowing that I do not really have a way with kids.

I am the youngest of my generation. My cousins sort of watched me grow up. Now they have children. And I am about to watch them grow up as well.

I guess that the number of kids in the family can only increase? Will my old and tattered body sustain me to last next year's chinese new year playing with them? We will see.