On Saturday July 26, 1986, I was born. My parent's, Mohinder S. Bains and Manjit K. Bains, had their 4th child and their first boy. Me. Permveer Bains. On July 31, 1986,1 was moved from the hospital into a small house on 14th Avenue in Burnaby, B.C. That is where my many adventures took place. That is where I learned how to crawl, walk and is where I potty trained. Those were some of the adventures that took place there but this one is the most significant and groovy one…

When I was 3 years old, I loved cars. I had my own little Fisher Price truck that I used to ride around, just like my dad drove his. I had these small little cars that I used to roll around on the carpet and I used to always make cars with my blocks.

So one day I decided to see what it was like to ride in a "big kid" car as I used to call it. My nephew and I, who, suprisingly enough, was the same age as me, decided to jump into my dad's old 1986 Pontiac Acadian and pretend I was a big kid. I played around with all of the little knobs and switches until I came to the gear. It was a standard car and I decided to be like my dad, the "big kid", and change the gear. I yanked it from park to neutral and started pretending I was driving. Suddenly the car started rolling down the steep driveway. My nephew and me jumped out and stared, astonished at the moving automobile. In an impulse I told my nephew to go get my sisters who were playing house in the back with my other nephew, who is 5 years older than I, while in my moment of bravery I tried to keep the car from going down the small hill. It was no use. So I decided to jump in. I turned every knob and switch I could. None helped. Just as the car rolled onto the street my sisters bounded onto the scene. Miraculously the car turned and rolled onto the middle of the street. Missing all of the cars parked on the side of the street and blocking all of the incoming traffic. Leaving me stranded, not knowing what to do. My dad, the only one who knew how to drive a standard car, was in the shower when this happened and was practically yanked out of the shower to move the car back onto the driveway.