CHILHOOD LIFE

Childhood life is the best moment in my life. When I was a child, I am having a good happy life and I don’t have any problems at all. I love to plays around with friends in our neighbourhood area. Every days after school we would gathering together and planning what would be our game today. Usually when do outdoor activities we would like to play some traditional games such as “baling selipar”, “konda kundi”, “galah panjang”, “teng-teng” and throwing marbles. It was so fun, playing and laughing. We don’t even know what do tired means! Playing traditional game do not requires you to spend a lot of money to buy the tools or toys like kids nowadays do. Like example, if you want to play “baling selipar”, you just need to use your own selipar with some of your friend’s selipar or you can use empty cans in “susun tin” games. Then you will play for free!

Playings “teng-teng” with neighbourhood.

                As for the girls, sometimes we would like to stay inside the house playing cards with siblings, “congkak”, paper dolls, and “Sahiba” or “Saidina”. Those games do not require you to have so much movement. It was like “minded game”. You just sit there and think or imagine or maybe you just need some luck to win the game. Sometimes it made you fight with your sister if there is any cheating in the game, but that is okay. Fighting in the game is not a big deal. For me, fighting made us close together.

Indoor game- “congkak”

One of my favourite game-Sailormoon paper doll

It was a wonderful childhood that kids nowadays may not have a chance to experiences it. What can I say they were like living in a cage. They have no freedom to run and play even at the front of their house. You know it was very dangerous to let them play without someone monitor. Criminals today were so unpredictable. Kidnappers are everywhere. So the best way is keep them safe in house. Kids can not playing and running inside the house because house is small and have limited space. You might get worries if they running in the house and accidentally hit your mama’s favourite vase.

My little sister and brother like to spends most of their times on the gadgets. You know it is not good for them. Gadgets are expensive for your parents to afford it. Moreover, spend time with technology made them less socialize with people in the real life, thus lack of communication skill.

Kids nowadays, so attached to their gadgets.

Whenever i am free, i love to spend my time with my little sister and brother. I teach them some of the traditional games and they really enjoy it. I think that school should have more outdoor activities that offer the traditional games like this rather than sit in the class for almost 8 hours. Kids need to move and refresh their mind and body!