I've always been thankful that I have the luxury of having siblings. I simply cannot imagine what it'd be like being the only child mostly because it gets lonely after a while. I'm even more thankful (most of the time) that I have elder siblings because I have them to look up to.
So why am I suddenly ranting about my siblings? Well, mostly because for the better part of my after SPM and my pre-university years, I lived in the absence of them and there were so many things that I wanted to talk about with them that I couldn't with my parents simply because a 50 year-old won't listen to you with the ears of a 25 (plus minus) year-old. I just realised how much I missed having late night talks with my siblings well before they started working, got married and have a child (who is very very VERY cute by the way). Of course one cannot help but set priorities and let's face it, teen dramas definitely do not make it into your "Top Ten Things To Do" when you have a child to take care off.
Today when I had a few hours talking to my sister, the stories just came out and it felt so nice for someone to just listen. Though I do tell my best friends mostly the same stories, I don't know why it's nice to share it with my siblings. For me, probably it's because they're older and so they have more experience and can give me advice. But normally that's not the case, because they seldom give advice but instead just listen. These are the moments with my siblings I really cherish because they don't come round often. Be it short car rides with The Big Brother, or (window) shopping trips with kakak, those are the times I find most valuable :)
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