City Boy

I love to bring my children to stay close to the nature. On my recent trip back to Kuantan, I made an effort to bring my son to the beach in the hope that he would enjoy playing on the beach. I purposely bought him a set of sand sculpting tools. When I took off his slippers and put him down on the beach. He screamed and cried so loud because he felt so uncomfortable with sands sticking on his feet. The strangers nearby were curious why he cried. It was so embarrassing. I didn’t know that I’d raised a city kid. Sigh…

I was so disappointed. I still remembered vividly how I enjoyed my old time on the beach. I used to have picnic with my friends on the beach with all the good barbecue food – chicken wing (my friend’s mum made), sausages and others and we spent half a day there chit-chat and play games. For some reasons, we hardly swim in the beach. Strange? We didn’t mind the hassles of carrying a lot of heavy stuff - the barbecue stove, charcoal, heavy stuff and the food with strong wind blowing sands on your face and it made you difficult to walk forward (the strong wind was against you). It was so enjoyable. Those days!!!