At first glance, independence seems like the way forward – being able to party all night, having the freedom to have McDonald’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and being able to go anywhere you want, anytime you please, without your parents nagging in the background. But after the novelty has worn off, reality sinks in.
Instead of having the wings to fly freely, other things come into the picture to ruin your idyllic freedom. Things like responsibility, and like trying desperately to reconcile debit with credit. Then you realise that freedom comes with a very high price. And you learn.
You learn that spending £80 on a pair of boots does is not worth spending a month eating nothing but potato-based food, even if those CFM boots make you feel a whole feet taller. You learn that there are bills to pay – or the debt collection agency to deal with. You learn that going to Italy for a week alone and rooming in a dodgy hostel near the red light district just because it was cheap without telling anyone about it isn’t a good idea.
You learn that even the poshest meal at Harvey Nichol’s Fifth Floor restaurant does not come close to your mom’s home cooked sambal petai.
Most of all, you realise all too late now that you’re all grown up, you miss being a little girl without a care in the world.
— Vysia Yong, 23
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/27/lifefocus/20060827101103&sec=
1 comment:
wah gila bangga keluar kat the Star!
by why lah that pic? they didn't approve of the one in your femme fatale entry ke? ;)
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