I went to the mall with my family today. Going out with mum dad wasn't always the same.
I remember walking on the road with my dad and asking him if he'll buy me something. Some of my favorite things were chocolates, roadside food, ruffles chips packets (remember peppy and piknik?), toffees, chewing gums, fruity.... I liked to go out with dad cos he usually didn't refuse for these 'small' things.... Everytime he used to go out on an official tour, he would pick more toffees than a 40 yr old man usually would. I remember frisking his bag along with bro when he used to come back for that one coffitos, a mango jumpin would be a huge bonus.
My dad still goes for official tours and comes back with those eatables and i find like always we still relish those as much as we used to. We have finished dozens of boxes of ferrero rochers but somehow those melodies and coffy bites havent lost their value. Expensive pizzas have become routine meal, mom still as a 'surprise' brings me that pizza from monginis coming back from office which is still yummy!
Life was difficult then. I almost feel jealous of the present day kids i know. Its so easy for them! Their folks take them to supermarkets and pick-up-anything-u-like is the message.
I remember my uncle from US silently removing that big toy gun that his 4 yr old son put in the trolley back to where it belonged before proceeding to the counter....the kid didn't feel a pinch cheated....he had already got the joy of putting it into the cart. They get expensive flavoured popcorn during movies without even asking for it and even get the liberty of wasting it....lots of it goes to ground! They get the garlic bread with cheese in pizza shops as if its their birthright and i still have to struggle for it...
I once walked besides a restaurant with transparent glass having just grabbed a free (!) lolly pop showin it off to one of the kids inside. I was scared about this exact thing, he bloody smirked! I doubted my excitement at getting it then.
I remember walking on the road with my dad and asking him if he'll buy me something. Some of my favorite things were chocolates, roadside food, ruffles chips packets (remember peppy and piknik?), toffees, chewing gums, fruity.... I liked to go out with dad cos he usually didn't refuse for these 'small' things.... Everytime he used to go out on an official tour, he would pick more toffees than a 40 yr old man usually would. I remember frisking his bag along with bro when he used to come back for that one coffitos, a mango jumpin would be a huge bonus.
My dad still goes for official tours and comes back with those eatables and i find like always we still relish those as much as we used to. We have finished dozens of boxes of ferrero rochers but somehow those melodies and coffy bites havent lost their value. Expensive pizzas have become routine meal, mom still as a 'surprise' brings me that pizza from monginis coming back from office which is still yummy!
Life was difficult then. I almost feel jealous of the present day kids i know. Its so easy for them! Their folks take them to supermarkets and pick-up-anything-u-like is the message.
I remember my uncle from US silently removing that big toy gun that his 4 yr old son put in the trolley back to where it belonged before proceeding to the counter....the kid didn't feel a pinch cheated....he had already got the joy of putting it into the cart. They get expensive flavoured popcorn during movies without even asking for it and even get the liberty of wasting it....lots of it goes to ground! They get the garlic bread with cheese in pizza shops as if its their birthright and i still have to struggle for it...
I once walked besides a restaurant with transparent glass having just grabbed a free (!) lolly pop showin it off to one of the kids inside. I was scared about this exact thing, he bloody smirked! I doubted my excitement at getting it then.
3 comments:
yes kids have it easy now, more than before, but on the other end of the spectrum...we have those kids that cant even claim they know what a supermarket is.
i think we had them then too, but the differences in purchasing power werent as much.
nice theme !
was contemplating on writing something along these lines .
but on the other hand most of these spoiled brats cant beat me when it comes to having fun around nature . the way i have played among the trees and on the muddy rainy days , kids now-a-days seem to be aloof of such things .
not to mention the varitey of stuff they get to do .
think they are gonna be more geeks than usual henceforth .
i love garlic bread! And yet, in the past 3.5 months of my summer, i have had it approximately once. *sigh*
And its not just with food, but clothes as well! I remember as a kid i would get a new dress if and only if it was New Years. Any guesses as to how many times a year New Years came by? But now, every time they go out, they get something or the other!!
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