Nostalgia is always a good way to
pass a boring day. I always indulge in thinking what has been
and the happy good old days whenever I feel to pressured and
overwhelmed by the complexities of modern life. Maybe life has
already been complex since then so I will just attribute this
feeling of pressure and being overwhelmed to adulthood.
Everything was so simple and easy when you are young. The only
problem you have is that you will finish your homework so that
you can go and watch your favorite cartoon on TV or when will
your mother buy you your favorite ice cream flavor again.
Being young was also a very
magical time. Toys would become very personal friends and
confidants. Santa Claus is the one who fills your sacks with
toys and somewhere out there a wizard is brewing up his potion
that could give him the powers to fly. There is no household
budgeting to worry. No government taxes to pay. No messy tangled
love life to sort. No high blood pressure or blood sugar count
to keep track of. As the song goes, it is so good to be young
then!
Unfortunately, we cannot turn
back the hands of time, so I spent another day daydreaming about
my childhood days. I have a lot of fond memories back then. My
father stopped buying me toys back when I was seven and I was
stuck with books from the Ladybird series instead. It was good
coz it fostered in me the love of books. I collected a lot of
books since graduating from the ladybird series like the ever
popular Harry Potter series. But despite the love for reading
and the lack of toys that did not stop me from playing. I used
to love playing dress up games with my childhood friends. We
would play dress up games just about anywhere and dress up
everyone. Dress up games take us to far away places where we
pretend that we were princesses of some foreign land. Dress up
games also made it possible for us to become fairies, explorers,
ballerinas, ghosts, witches and just about anything that we
could come up with. Somehow I think that because of it, one of
my friends became a fashion designer and one is now studying
film direction. Talk about budding creativity.
These days little girls have it
easy. They can play dress up games at the comfort of their own
home. All they have to do is sit in front of a pc and look for
some sites like those of Bratz games or Barbie. Dressing up
characters only requires knowledge of mouse clicking. Although
they have it easy now, I still prefer the good old days. It is
more interactive and encourages relationship building among
kids. The girls that I play with a long time ago? They are still
my best friends up to this time and they have helped me get past
a lot of tough times in my life.
