First Crush!

Never mind your first love, your first crush is tough enough to forget. Here are the people who first got us lovin’.

Anna Chlumsky from the movie My Girl. I was nine when it came out, and I so desperately wanted her to be... my girl.” Syafii Ghazali, Sub-editor.

“I was made to hold hands with a boy in my kindergarten class who had
light brown hair and really fair skin. Like most young girls, I acted
like I was repulsed (boys have cooties, duh) but my heart was aflutter
when he reached out for my hand. Daniel, if you’re reading this, please
know that you totes had a chance.”

“Gil Ofarim because of his really long, luscious hair.” Sheryl Seah, Senior Designer

“A boy from St Gabriel’s Secondary School. He would usually walk past my house on his way home. Once, I stalked him on my bicycle because I wanted to know where he stayed.”

“When I was a kid, I spent a lot of time watching Beauty and the Beast, reading books and pretending to be Belle. So I guess it was only natural that my first crush was Beast. Yup, a hairy creature with sharp teeth, claws, horns and even a tail, who ran around in nothing but a cape and torn pants. This is why Disney messes up every childhood, pretty much.”Kit Chua, Senior Features Writer

“His name was Nfume, and we were five.” Cheryl Chan, Fashion Stylist/Writer (and resident Mean Girls expert)

“Ultraman. To be fair, the Japanese actor playing him was Hiroshi Nagano from this boyband called V6, and he was really good-looking. I crushed on him so hard from the ages five to seven.”

“My first love (yes, love; it wasn’t just a crush) was Nick Carter. I was nine years old and I was convinced that I was going to marry him one day. I had a printout of him pasted on the door of my wardrobe, and for the next five to six years, I bought every magazine that had him in it, even if it was just a mere mention. That was till I moved on to my first J-Pop love.”