Thursday, October 20, 2005

Bed Time Struggle


Hello Kitty tortured!

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I never went to bed before midnight when I was a kid. Most of my colleagues and friends enforce the 8 pm bedtime for their youngsters, which really puzzles me.

I think the time between dinner and midnight was the most wonderful time I spent with my family before I went to high school. After cleaning up the dishes, I was free to roam around the street with my friends or my dogs, came home all sweaty and stinky around 9pm. My mom would force me to take a shower. And we all sat together, or lay around the living room to watch TV non stop until 11ish. My brother would usually made some snacks such as boiled pre-cooked dumplings and we all started eating again around 10pm. Definitely no discipline. But I remember the great time laying on my mom's lap and begging her to clean my ears.

Well, it is very natural for a 5 year old kid, that I simply didn't have enough sleep when getting up from bed at 7 am for school One time, when the school bus arrived, the whole family was still sleeping. The teacher had to ring the bell, only to see my mom in pajama, bring out half-sleep Joey, my shcool uniform, socks and shoes.

"Please help Joey dress up in the school bus" she said.

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