When I Was a Kid 2

by Boey

These are the stories of my childhood. Of surviving school, sibiling and parents. It is about the things I did, and problems a kid had to find answers for, in a time before the internet. This book is honest, and it will probably hurt my relationship with my mom when she reads it.
But what the hell.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Memoir, Nonfiction, Comics

199 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2013

About the author

boey is a malaysian animator/artist/author and a TED award recipient best known for his art on foam cups.
he has written 5 books, and they are pretty good, he thinks.

website: www.instagram.com/iamboey
http://www.youtube.com/user/rectangle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeming...

Reviews

[Xin Ya Jian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been recommended by one of my students and I started to read it today's morning itself. He says that this book was really funny. Honestly speaking, I didn't find this book funny but it really does remind me of my childhood. I keep on smiling all the time from the beginning till the end. I wonder how I had grown up this big? How I wish to go back to my childhood and had all those fun times. I want to try all those things again and discovering things and just play without thinking of anything.

Thank you, my lovely student, for recommending this book to me. Really appreciated it a lot! Seriously and sincerely from your beloved teacher. 😘😘😘😘

[hans · Rating 4 out of 5]

One thing about Boey-- dia buat aku rasa kehidupan kanak-kanak aku adalah normal. All those when-I-was-a-kid stuff, most of it buat suara kecil dalam kepala aku kata-- hey, i did that too!

And I always love Boey's mom. ALWAYS.

[Afinie Syahirunnisaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished it in less than a hour, haha A very funny story indeed. I remember when I was a kid , when I discovered how books could actually change my life in a way that : The books makes me happier. It is always a joy when people give me books. I don't really remember that book: my first book, but it was actually a very sad story in where people dies and their life was hard. It was my first experience crying over fictional characters. A malay book and a very old one, maybe I should google about it. But this book was super fun :3

[Aween · Rating 4 out of 5]

thanks Boey. because of your book, i dont have to do brainstorming on how to describe my childhood moments. it was awesome ! i laugh my ass off so many times when i read this book, till my housmate call me 'weirdo'. i dont care coz they just dont understand. haha. kudos Boey !

[Sooraya Evans · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still entertaining.
But again, too damn expensive!

[Ernnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. Memang kalau diberi pilihan untuk buat review, inilah buku yang akan saya tulis review dulu. Paling best, sebab Boey boleh membawa saya ke alam kanak-kanak. Terkejut bila baca certain perkara kecil yang anda fikir anda sorang sahaja yang buat waktu kecil ada juga diselitkan oleh Boey. You can't put this book down. Starting from the first page up until the last page. It's a bit pricey but I got it with 20% discount at MPH.

Savings up my money to buy the 1st book. :)

[Cassandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, the second book was not so impressing if compare to the first book. It seem like lack of something. This is how I felt after finished read the book. However, it still a good time machine to those born before 80's.

[Hidayah Bani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought it online for When I was kid 1 and MPH mistakenly delivering me When I was a Kid 2. Anyway, I enjoyed this book very much, reminiscing my days when I was a kid too. Make me missed my grandma, kampung, mom and dads very much

[felicialowj · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't miss the editorial notes at the end from his mum. They are awesome.

[Lizard · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's impossible not to buy this book. Finished it quickly.

[Yiling · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will always remember the grandma persimmons page, thanks.

[Junaida Jacobsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read, charming book that brings you back to your golden years growing up in Malaysia.

[Ooi Zhen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as interesting as the first book, but I would say it's still a great piece of work!

[Chariss Chong · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book involves short stories about the Author’s (Boey) childhood. It includes his problems and like the things he did as a child, it might be mischievous or it could be good. As a result most of them always ended being super hilarious. I really think that the author is really generous, sharing his experience/time as a child with others in addition to being honest as some of us including me can relate this to our lives!

[danh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dễ thương.

Mình cảm thấy quyền thứ 2 nhiều mẩu chuyện nghiêm túc hơn, tác giả như đang chia sẻ về những cảm xúc mà bình thường mọi người sẽ ít nói ra.

Tuy thế nó vẫn hay, mình luôn có những giây phút thoải mái khi đọc quyển sách này :)

That's all. What are you expecting?

[Win Pa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book very much and finding to continue reading the other series

[CALEB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funneh XD

[mi · Rating 5 out of 5]

couldn’t say more cus this definitely the most entertaining book and so suitable for getting better in english skills

[Chickenedsoups · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humorous

[Dzil · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun comic

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*No ratings for memoirs

[H. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome as always.

[Joyce Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this writer, I really really do. I love his art style and the simplicity of the drawings and the stories he writes are funny and absolutely relateable. Plus, thamks to social media, Boey is the only writer I have ever talked to. I have also never considered myself a fangirl until Boey.

Which is why I hate having to say that I liked book 1 better than book 2. I follow his blog (written in the same style as his books) and his ups make me smile and laugh out loud and his downs make me feel sad because his drawings are so expressive. I know he has put a lot of time and effort into book 2 but I thought it tried too hard to be funny. Book 1 had a much better flow, i think.

My favourite parts were the drawing in the front and his mum's notes at the end. That makes it sound like I didn't like anything in the book but that's not true. I just wish i liked it more.

I am going to read it through one more time before I give it a rating.

[Sher Wyn Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG. MEGA AWESOMENESS.

Read it in one sitting at the bookstore while waiting for my mom. Found myself laughing numerous times. So relateable even though I'm came to earth about a decade later than him.

I think this is better than the first. Perhaps because I have been following Boey on Facebook and Twitter ever since a few days after that fateful day I met his book at a BookFest, and have become more familiar with his style.

Shall get this book on the upcoming BookFest at KLCC. He's going to be there!(on the 3rd & 4th of August at the KLCC Convention Centre, Malaysia).

It's not as if he will get paid more if I buy at the 20% higher price.

#typicalmalaysianchinese?

[Keisya · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be honest, I didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book because it feels that Boey told everything already in the first book. I know that coming up with a completely new material and local stories to follow the theme of the book is extremely difficult. But, HE DID IT! Can't believe he still managed to write some relatable local childhood stories and there are more cultural aspects in the book about how he was raised as a Chinese in Singapore. Dark and sick jokes, yes made me laugh.

Obviously I finished it one sitting duh

More funny and more sick minded

What's not to like?

[Dia · Rating 5 out of 5]

definitely a prized possession.

I was down with fever but my friend came back at midnight bringing this book as a birthday present. How could I not stayed up and read? I kept reading till my body forced me to sleep. Ahh...the childhood that we had. and missed. thanks Ming for bringing that back. Now I feel like playing paper planes and digging up worms again.

And oh, I better be nice to my nephew cuz he's little boey. Who knows, this rascal might draw me someday

[Kimberly Wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

My little brother/mom introduced this to me, and boy, did I have a good laugh. So much memories were captured by Boey. It's as if we had an almost identical childhood. This is kinda like... Asian Calvin and Hobbes. :) If you're Malaysian/Singaporean and lived the typical childhood we all lived, grab this! It's time for a trip down memory lane. :D

[Witty yin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even better than the first one!!! Definitely one of my all time favorites! It's a book that anyone who spend their childhood in Malaysia could relate to!!^.^ Even better, it is a light read to, those books that keep you easily entertained when your brain just decided to take a break and spend holidays in some tropical beach resort.

[Vani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories from When I Was A Kid 2 made me smile, some made me laugh out loud and others made me cry. But through it all, Boey reminded me with a few strokes of his pen (or was it pencil?), the simple joy of being a child. Books in this series always remind me that just because you're all grown up, you don't have to stop being a kid. Always a great read!

[Jeannette Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I might be biased in my review because I'm a fan. :P This 2nd book brought me back yet again to my childhood days as much as the 1st one did. Few stories relate so much to me. Some made me laughed so hard that my tummy hurt. A good book to grab if you have a short free time. :)