Brought a smile to my face when I read this again...For those who are born in the 70s and 80s in Singapore... These are fond memories......
1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk
and Mickey Mouse. Not forgetting 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 would squat by a drain with all your classmates
beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.The teachers also reminded
you that you must brush each side 10 times.
3. You know what SBC stands for.
4. You paid 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week
in class.
5. You watched a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called
Meoro Attack.
6. You found your friends with pagers and handphone in your
secondary school really cool.
7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats were made of wood and the cushion was red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEP!
when pressed. There were colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The
conductor would check for tickets by using a machine that punched a hole in the
ticket.
8. Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant fund every
Children's Day.
9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's
Vinny The Little Vampire and Acai The Constable.
10. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went
for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to
see the scenery.
11. A movie ticket used to cost only $3.50 each.
12. Girls were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie
Dolls.
13. You learned to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
14. You longed to buy tit bits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), and Ding Dang (50 cents per box). Both had a toy in it and new ones were introduced
every week. Oh yes, we also remember the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring
pops, where the lollipop was in the diamond on the ring. Talk about BLING back then, we had it all.
15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because
Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five
and Secret Seven by Enid Blyton were probably the thickest story books you ever
thought you have read. There were also Seniors, Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers .
17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in warm white
plates and let you use metal forks and knives.
18. The most vulgar thing you said was "asshole" and "idiot" and probably THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'... you just couldn't bring yourself to
say the hokkien relative.
19. "Catching" was the IN thing to play and "twist" as the magic word.
20. Your English and Maths workbooks were made of some poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow. And would make a hole if you erased too hard
with an ink eraser (that was hard and blue).
23. Water bottles were slung around your neck and having that was a must
everywhere you go.
24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola, pepsi cola 1-2-3, hopscotch and zero point a.k.a. "ye-ye"
were all the rage with the girls and boys.
26. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives; guppies and swordtail being the most important
fishes; cabomba and hydrilla the most important pond plants.
27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in
our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wollie & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks?
28. We carry out experiments on our own to get ourself badges for
being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
29. On every eve of Children's Day and National Day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy
National Day 198x'.
30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids
like big sister and brother.
31. You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
32. Your form teacher taught you most subjects like Mathematics, Science, English and maybe even PE.
33. The worksheets and exam papers were made of brown rough paper of poor
quality that smelt funny.
34. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you had find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and
wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friends like you, hard
to forget".
43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore,
I write your name ah!" and would pretend to write the names of the loud mouths on the board.
44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
50. You brought every single book to school, even though there
was one thing called the timetable.
21. CDIS were your best friend.
22. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you mathematics.
23. Water bottles were slung around your neck and having that was a must
everywhere you go.
24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola, pepsi cola 1-2-3, hopscotch and zero point a.k.a. "ye-ye"
were all the rage with the girls and boys.
26. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives; guppies and swordtail being the most important
fishes; cabomba and hydrilla the most important pond plants.
27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in
our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wollie & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks?
28. We carry out experiments on our own to get ourself badges for
being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
29. On every eve of Children's Day and National Day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy
National Day 198x'.
30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids
like big sister and brother.
31. You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
32. Your form teacher taught you most subjects like Mathematics, Science, English and maybe even PE.
33. The worksheets and exam papers were made of brown rough paper of poor
quality that smelt funny.
34. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you had find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and
wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
37. Your friends considered you lucky - and rich - if your parents
gave you $2 or more for pocket money everyday.
38. Mr. Wee Kim Wee's picture graced the school's hall.
39. You freaked out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friends like you, hard
to forget".
43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore,
I write your name ah!" and would pretend to write the names of the loud mouths on the board.
44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
50. You brought every single book to school, even though there
was one thing called the timetable.
51. You would tie big text-books that won't fit in your school bag with a coloured "book band" to carry them to school.
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