Kuala Lampur, Oct. 6 -- All the silly things children do; playing with fire, running with scissors, swimming immediately after eating.

It is difficult to explain why they do these things. Why they push boundaries, test the rules and take unnecessary risks - but they do.

When I was a child - now a long time ago - I followed my older (and considerably more garang sibling) on absurd adventures through our neighbourhood.

We climbed through holes in fences, explored longkangs and spoke to strangers. Looking back, some of our decisions were plain stupid but I am glad we did it (I am also glad nothing actually bad happened!) because it sparked so much.

Figuring out where to go and what to do forced us to be creative. It enabled us to imagine...