Never ceased to be amazed..

I went to the squash court at 1.30 pm and had my lunch there. Leftover food from last night. One of my squash players joined me at the counter near the entrance to the squash court. We ate and chat and shared food. I gave her some prawns. I had to peel the shells before she would eat it. Then she told me something that surprised me. She told me not to give her too much prawns as she was sacred of a heart attack. Imagined that! An 11 year old girl telling me not to give her the best seafood in the world anymore. She said that her grandparents had suffered hearts attack before and her father had high cholesterols. She told me that she does not want to suffer from a heart attack. So conscious about food. During my time, we would tell our parents to keep it coming. More. More. We did not think  about cholesterol. We did not know what it means. We did not know what it was and we did not know that word existed!! We only knew that it was good and meant to be eaten to our hearts contend. It's good!!

Times have changed. Kids nowadays are more exposed to a lot of knowledge and information. Some kids are better equipped than the adults. They have iPods, iPhone, and god knows what gadget. My 10 year old son is asking for a handphone now. Should I give him one? When I was at his age, I did not even know how to operate dial tone phone! And I did not get to use one until I was 16 years old. I used my aunty's phone to call a girl that I liked and I was shaking all over. Hahaha but that is a story for another time.