At the age of 4, I lived with my grandparents and my elder brother at a 3-room HDB flat in Hougang. Hougang, to many people it may seem like a placed filled with elderly people, that may not be the case to me. My elder brother and I loved Hougang for one special reason, Digimon Cards. Every kid has their childhood favourite cartoon character, Digimon is our favourite.
My elder brother and I have been collecting digimon cards for many years and we has got a similar goal which is to get the ultra rare digimon cards. 20cents for a digimon card may take us into consideration as we were still a kid. Nevertheless, that didn't stop us from our goal.
But, there is a problem with my elder brother. Even though we both loves digimon cards, he wouldn't share his cards with me and the fact that he's able to afford them as compared to me. That affects our relationship as siblings, but that didn't stop me from my goal.
One day, I felt desperate and decided to steal some money from my grandma's wallet. While my grandma's in the toilet, I quickly took the chance to steal some coins from her wallet so I could buy more digimon cards. If grandma finds out, I will be caned and all my digimon cards will be gone. As soon as my grandma came out, I already have a 20cents coin in my pocket.
The next morning, my grandparents brought me to the market. I quickly ran to the trading card machines and tried my luck. With my one and only 20cents coin, I prayed. As I dropped the coin into the machines and twist the handles, I prayed and wish that all the efforts would pay off.
I opened my eyes, hmmm something shiny, something glossy and hard. OH MY, I GOT AN ULTRA RARE DIGIMON CARD!! I jumped for joy, got so happy that I ran around the playground to show off my achievement.
When I got home, I lied on the sofa smiling and staring at the card. But to prevent my elder brother from finding it, I decided to keep it in a secret box.
The next morning, I opened my box to find my rare digimon card only to realised that it went missing. I look through the entire wardrobe and all around the house, I asked my grandparents if they saw my digimon card or if they took it, but there was no luck. I kneeled down on the ground and make a fuss, cried and screamed to the thought of going through all that difficult obstacles to get the 20cents from my grandma's wallet and the luck to get the ultra rare card. There my brother lying on the sofa watching the television, smiling to himself with a ultra rare digimon card sticking out of his pocket.