Little kids and big dreams

26 Jan 2012

Dear one,

Happy Australia Day!

We're flying to Sydney today!

As I was waiting to board the plane, I overheard this boy telling his dad, "That's the truck that boards the plane." The boy was pointing to the outside of the walkway that connects the boarding gate and the door of the plane. It does look a lot like a container truck. Then the boy went on to say: "I wish I could fly a plane."

Awww... Little kids and their big dreams.

Did you know I had wanted to become a nun when I was young? I know, I know. You're rolling on the floor, laughing now, because you think no religious order would take me in. Haha. I haven't tried getting into any, though.

I wonder how many kids we'll have. I'm ok with having two - one boy and one girl. Sorry, I already took the liberty of naming them: Nathan and Natalie Marie. Of course, Nathan's full name would include your name in it.

While at Hong Kong Disneyland early last year, I had told my mother that I was going to take my future kids to Disneyland too.

Going to Disneyland was my childhood dream. For that matter, travelling the world was my childhood dream.

As you would already have known, although we weren't poor, my parents did not have the money to spend on luxury, so trips and expensive toys had to take the backseat for the necessities and school tuition fees.

Looking back, I think my parents had invested well. The good schools they had spent hard-earned money on eventually paved the way for a good job for me. And the good job pays well enough for me to go on trips and occasional shopping sprees.

Dear, let's be sure to save enough to send our kids to good schools and universities too, okay? I want them to be able to choose whatever course they'd want to take in college without having to worry about how much the tuition fee would cost and whether the job they'd get after graduation would pay high salaries. Why, if they want to be a photographer or musician, then so be it! I would have wanted to become a stage actress if I didn't feel compelled to become financially independent straight out of college as soon as possible.

Also, let's work hard together so that we can also take our Natalie and Nathan to theme park excursions, beach outings and zoo adventures all around the globe as soon as they are old enough to appreciate these things.

Big dreams, eh? When I talk about my kids, I've always remained like a little kid myself - a little kid with big dreams.

But I'm not working solo on these big dreams; we're together in it now.