Like most people born in rural villages, Ng Sui Mo had a simple childhood. As a kid, he helped his mother to water vegetables and pull weeds, usually picking produce in the morning to bring to the market for sale. In those days, children’s entertainment was very, very basic and usually involved playing with home-made toys. Popular boys’ games included shooting marbles, swimming, kite flying, grabbing paper and patting picture cards. Girls loved rubber band skipping and hopscotch. Adults worked hard every day and liked to sing mountain songs each night to relax. In those days, the village had no electricity supply and the villagers lit oil lamps to illuminate their homes. Every household usually went to bed at around 8:00 pm and rose for work when the next dawn broke. He and his playmates were glad that they did not go astray.