The Friday Five - Childhood Pastimes

Got inspired by elrhiarhodan, so I decided to play too :)


1. What is something that you loved doing as a kid that you hate doing now?
Mmm, honestly I’m not sure… I can’t really think of anything? I guess I don’t like some board games the way I did when I was a kid, but “hate” is too strong a word for that. And I’m pretty indifferent to most card games, but then I was never a huge fan of these either.

2. What is something that you hated doing as a kid that you love doing now?
Ah, several things :) I used to dislike shop visits and I hated clothes shopping with a passion. But at some point, it stopped being torture and became fun - I guess the difference is that now I’m free to dress however I want (within my budget :D ). So part of clothes shopping is trying to determine who I am, and discovering my own identity in that regard, and in a way it’s a playful occasion – I can try out these things I know I probably won’t buy and play “dress-up” or try on different personalities. It can be fun :D

3. Do you still play (in the childhood sense of the word)?
All the time :)

4. If not, what is stopping you? n/a

5. If so, what do you like to play?
I still love playing with trains and stuff (and Lego – see my rueful post a few months ago when my second-youngest brother packed away the Duplo firemen station claiming he was “too big” for it – with no regard at all for his adult siblings who still want to play with it). Also, I love climbing the trees (can’t get so high as before though, party because of the annoying self-preservation instincts and partly because I’m not light enough anymore). And chase games, hide and seek… Really, growing up is overrated :D


If you want to play too, the link to the webpage can be found here .