rabbit coat 5
march 10, 2005
i don't think i've ever shown any rabbit coat photos from this early in my childhood before. the ones i've mainly shown before are from ages 3, 5 and up. but i was flipping through my album and thought i'd post a few that go back a few years.
in this first photo above, my mom is holding me and i'm not yet 1 year old. from the date of the photo (2/71) - i was only one month shy of turning 1. whenever i look at these old photos, i wonder if and how much i still retain the same look from my childhood? i've always liked this photo because my eyes look like little inverted half moons (like an anime character) and my cheeks are rosy. i look part serious, part sad, deep in thought here - this is probably my usual expression these days as an adult.
i think i was about 3 years old here. i don't really remember the age but i do remember that my sister took me out on a "photo shoot" nearby our flat. the car i'm lying on is not ours. she brought 2 outfits with her and different hair doodles to change my hair from an up-do to letting it fall long. i was born with a whole head of hair and it grew really long by the time i was two so my sister treated me like a doll - always dressing me up and packaging me to how she liked me to look. i think i'm wearing some chinese silk jacket in some funky 70's print (a meen laap for you cantonese speaking folks). the background behind the car is very atypical of housing in hong kong - a concrete jungle cramming in as many people as possible.
this was the other "look" from the same photo shoot.
this is my 2nd birthday. i'm wearing a shiny pink silk meen laap with red pants. my hair is so long that my mom puts me in long pig tails very often. although i look quite happy here, i think i was throwing a tantrum moments before. there are photos that tell the truth. i don't know what that whole arms up in the air thing is all about. maybe because i'm checking out my birthday cards or maybe because there's a slice of cake in front of me. and i think my mom still has that black and white vase.
i have such fat cheeks. i think they will stay with me until the day i die.
currently listening to: keali'i reichel's kauanoeanuhea
