The good old days... For those who were born in the 70s and 80s. Fond memories.. You know you are getting old when you start to reminisce over such things!
1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk, and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, My Little Pony and Smurfs too.
2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug. The teachers said you must brush each side 10 times too.
3. You know what SBC stands for.
4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
5. You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 aboutschoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack.
6. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondaryschool.
7. SBS buses used to be non-air conditioned. The bus seats are made ofwood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! Whenpressed. There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor willcheck for tickets by using a machine, which punches a hole in the ticket.
8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who 'Vinny' thelittle vampire and Acai the constable.
10. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went thefirst ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see thescenery.
11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
12. Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls fascinate Gals.
13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
14. You longed to buy titbits called Kaka (20cents per pack), and DingDang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week notforgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipopis the diamond on the ring.
15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel10) cartoons because Channel5 never had enough cartoons for you.
16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five andSecret Seven are probably the thickest storybooks you ever thought you haveread. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.
17. KFC used to be a high-class restaurant that serve food in platesand let you use metal forks and knives.18. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
19. Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paperthat was smooth and yellow.
20. CDIS were your best friend.
21. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellisedcharacters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
22. Water bottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhereyou go.
23. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in thebasketball court.
24. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentambola and zero point were allthe rage with the girls and boys too...
25. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the mostimportant plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the mostimportant fish.
26. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in ourminds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr. Yakki. What about Miss Lala???And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks?
27. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourselves badges forbeing a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
28. Every Children's day and National day you either get pins or penswith 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy National Day1994'.
29. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like bigsister and brother.
30. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
31. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
32. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
33. You went to school in slippers and raincoat when it rained, and youfind a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dryand warm socks and shoes.
34. School dismissal time was normally around1 pm.
35. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almosteveryday.
36. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you$3 or more for pocket money everyday.
37. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
38. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according toheight and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
39. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.
40. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
41. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not",and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hardto forget".
42. Class monitors and prefects loved to say, "You talk some more, Iwrite your name ah!"
43. There were at least 40 people in one class.
44. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
45. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
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