Stories for Our Children

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Beth falls in love

Beth has fallen hard.

Her latest crush is newly crowned Campus Superstar winner Huang Zhiyang of Hwa Chong JC.

We have been following the semis and the finals for the past few weeks. Last night was an anxious night for us. We were just back from Malacca and missed the first part of the 3-hour face-off between the last 2 pairs of finalists. Beth, however, was definite which pair she was rooting for - THE BOYS (Renfred Huang Yelun & Huang Zhiyang). I was rooting for sweet-faced, goody2 Theresa Tseng (tho' I abhorred her fashion sense).

By the time Zhiyang came onstage for his performance, Beth had made up her mind.

"I want to marry Zhiyang."

I reminded her that there is a 12-year age gap (she is almost 4, he is 16? 17?) and that she could consider marriage when she is 28 and he is 40. Her dad was highly amused. Her godma was less so. She asked, "What have you been teaching her at home??"

As though it's my fault. Kids these days are quite different from my time, and I definitely won't clamp down on Beth for having a bit of fun. My mum would have grounded me for expressing such sentiments as a teenager, and look where all that repression has got me.

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