Some of my childhood memories

Everyone of us have memories of our childhood, which have a big factor on what we are now or how we decide on things.

I remember when we were a kid, we do not have a typical set of neighborhood since we live in a gated spacious land which owned by my father's employer. We only see other people when we get out of our gate and when the neighbor on the other side of the wall visited us to ask for vegetables or fruits that are available to pick. Maybe this is the reason why I am not usually do the first move when meeting new people. And I do not care what other people think of me. Even though its been more than 20 years since we transfered in our present neighborhood Im still not familiar on all of the people around us. I can say that their face are familiar but I have limited knowledge of who they are. Maybe because I was a victim of those "Maritess" so I did not bother to get along with them. And I am not a person who used to pretend in front of other people.

When I was kid the first time that I have a birthday cake is on my 8th birthday which was a gift from my cousin. Till now I didn't know why my parents did not include cakes on my birthday, because I remember that my parents always have prepared foods on my birthday for visitors since my birthday is after Christmas. Actually we do not have feast on a Christmas eve coz we used to have visitor on my birthday. Now that I have the capabilities to buy things,I found out ( for me it seems) that cakes are not too expensive so I wonder why I do not have cakes on my birthday when I was a kid 😂😂. The joy that brought to me of the blowing of candles on my birthday cake and making wishes on the first time made me realized or think that a simple cake can bring happiness to a kid. Athough it is a shallow idea, it stuck in my mind. That's why when I started to earn and when there is a family member or close to my heart who will celebrate their birthday I choose to give cakes.

The first time that I ate in Jollibee is when I was in grade 3 when my older sister got her first job and treated me a jolly spaghetti. I remembered when me and my parents attended the sunday mass, after the mass ended I always wish for them to bring me to Jollibee which is nearby the church, there's always a crew who give discounted coupon outside the church. But they never bring me to Jollibee for the simple reason, it simply because they don't know how to order. Since then I never ask them to bring me there and move on 😂. When my older brother got a stable job, he spoiled me with chocolates and jollibee meal every payday. Oh well that's the advantage of being the youngest🥰 until he was single. Of course after he got married the payday treat has gone which I understand. As I grew older I decided to work in Jollibee to support my studies and to buy things that I want and need. When I got my first check I dated my parents in Jollibee coz now I know how to order😂 this time I knew what thigh part is😂😂( And everytime that I encountered customers who are not familiar in ordering in a fastfood set up I always gave my best to guide them, because I know how it feels to order for the first time). I still remember the happiness of my father eating his favorite chicken joy. Since then every payday or there is an offer of SD during closing I will take it so I have something to bring when I got home. When I finished my studies and got a stable job I used to bring my nieces and nephew to my favorite fast food chain once in a while so they will not feel or experience what I have felt before. Although their parents bring them also to fastfood chains, there's a happiness inside of me everytime I treated them.

I also used to love hotdogs when I was a kid. I remember during grade school I want an hotdog sanchwich as a snack to bring, but for a poor family, hotdog is not an typical food for us or maybe it just happen that we do not have a refrigirator that time. And I remember before if hotdogs are the viand for breakfast, each of us got only 1 pc, so I wonder how will I be able to bring it to school as a snack. Thats why one of the first expensive appliances that I bought is refrigirator and I always make sure that there's a hotdog in the freezer.

All of our experiences from the past gave us the courage, either we will be encourage by those experience to bring the best in us to have a better life or we will be discourage by all the hardship and let ourself to stay in where we are. Although there are times that we are experiencing struggles in life and wishing that we stay as a child so there are less worries less stress, there are also a child wishing that if they can grow fast so they can do something about their life.

Despite of the hardship that I experienced during childhood I can still say that I have a happy childhood with my loving family who taught me how to share and to be thankful for what we have 😍