Life in the beginning

It is said that, a journey begins with the first step. It is so true and my first step in my life journey began on May 3 at 9.00pm at the General Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My amazing parents are Cheam and Lim. Obviously, I did not have a choice of the order of my birth, my gender or the family that I would belong to. I am the eleventh of eleven children. I am thankful that I have been given the chance to live this life at this time and not the good, good, old days. In those times a baby girl would not be so fortunate to experience such liberties.

Have you ever wondered how you landed on planet earth? I did. I was told I was picked up from the dustbin. So funny that it was such a taboo topic. However, today I know better that it was not true and that my parents love me very much.

I cannot recollect the times from ages 0 - 4 years old. What I was told is that my mom was busy with so many of my siblings that I was often taken care of by my brothers and sisters. As we lived nearby a cinema and as my siblings were so wanting to go watch the shows and have the responsibility of taking care of me, they dropped me in the huge monsoon drain. The amazing thing is that I am still alive to tell the tale. Besides this I was told that when I was able to start walking I would use adults shoes as my footwear and refuse to use my own. Another thing is that I love to talk. This is what I can remember of the beginning of my 4 years.

Lesson learnt: Life has to begin from some point.