secrets exposed

i don't know about you but when i was a kid, i did a lot of funny things that were 'bad' and were never meant to be made known to mom. my sister and i also had these little secrets that were sealed by this line, 'don't tell mummy ok.'

i still remember those times when i was younger, mum was really strict with us and had high expectations for me and my sister. anything less than 90 was never good enough, television was a no no, towering assessment books, spelling, tuition, and the really pathetic 10cents a day pocket money. (yes, 10 cents. Primary School days. we packed bread to school everyday.) of course, as children, we had our own 'creative' ways to beat the system. sometimes we got caught. most times, we escaped the cane and the 'music'. haha.

now that we are all a little more grown up, those tricks and secrets become the funniest jokes i share with my family. also probably because now that we're mature enough to even hold a sensible and thoughtful conversation with mum; the stern, strict and unreasonable dictator mum is someone of the yesteryear. guess this is what they call 'growing up'.

so as i was dishing out all the dirt, my family laughed so very hard.

- copied answers for assessment book homework.
- forged signature when i failed my first ever test.
- exposed some of the lies i told my mum.
- the furniture that i damaged when jumping up and down of them while playing.
- watched tv 'illegally', then used the fan to cool the heated up television set.
- 101 ways i cheated when mum gave me chinese and english spelling.
- we sometimes threw away our squishy packed bread for recess.
and the many many other things we did and how we felt. naughty kid i was?

afterwhich, my mother looking really amused replied candidly,

' i never knew you were so corrupted.'




hah.

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glad that my family is moving on to another level.
we're now able to talk about issues such as BGR,
birds and bees (triggered off through a discussion
on the NYP handphone sex video saga.),
drinking alcohol, workplace politics and even
clubbing. yea, now mum knows i club and she trust
me enough to not disallow. this is really heartening
don't you think?
:D