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Hi ppl....hope u r doing fine. I'm busy thats y seldom see me
here.
1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers,
Silverhawks
and Visionaries. 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 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 popular Malay dubbed
Japanese drama on RTM1 about
> > > > >schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in
volleyball called
> Meoro
> > Attack
> > > >and another one called Oshin or those 3pm
chinese drama serials on
> ch8
> > with
> > > >the likes of aileen tan, zoe tay & cherie
lim.
> > > > >
> > > > >6. You find your friends with pagers and
handphone cool in
> secondary
> > > > >school.
> > > > >
> > > > >7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned.
The bus seats are
> made of
> > > > >wood and the cushion is red. The big red
bell gives a loud BEEEP!
> when
> > > >pressed. There are colourful tickets for TIBS
buses.The conductor
> will
> > > >check 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's
> > > > >Vinny the little vampire and Acai the
constable) or those lame
> bookworm
> > > >gang bookz.
> > > > >
> > > > >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. Movie tickets used to cost a mere
$3.50.
> > > > >
> > > > >12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short
Cake and Barbie
> Dolls.
> > > > >
> > > > >13. Missing Sesame Street or The Electric
Company was a mortal
> sin.
> > > > >
> > > > >14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka,
Tora and Ding Dang,
> that
> > > > >had a toy in it and it changes every week
not forgetting the 15
> cents
> > > >animal crackers and the ring pop, where the
lollipop is the diamond
> on
> > the
> > > >ring. And chewing gum was not banned !
> > > > >
> > > > >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 are probably the thickest
story books you ever
> thought
> you
> > > >have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory
Towers.
> > > > >
> > > > >17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant
that serve food in
> plates
> > > > >and let you use metal forks and knives and
you get a free pirate
> > plastic
> > > >hat everytime you ate at Long John Silver.
> > > > >
> > > > >18. The most vulgar thing you said was
idiot or stupid and THE
> MOST
> > > > >EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just
couldn't bring yourself to
> say
> the
> > > >hokkien relative.
> > > > >
> > > > >19. Playing catching was the IN thing and
twist as the magic
> word.
> > > > >
> > > > >20. Your English workbooks was made of some
damn poor quality
> paper
> > > > >that was smooth and yellow.
> > > > >
> > > > >21. CDIS were your bestfriend.
> > > > >
> > > > >22. The only computer lessons in school
involved funny pixellised
> > > > >characters in 16 colours walking about
trying to teach you maths.
> > > > >
> > > > >23. Waterbottles were slinged around your
neck and a must
> everywhere
> > > > >you go.
> > > > >
> > > > >24. Boys loved to play soccer with
coulourful small plastic balls
> in
> > > > >the basketball court.
> > > > >
> > > > >25. Teng-teng, batu lesung, hopscotch,
hentam bola, one-leg and
> zero
> > > > >point were all the rage with the girls and
boys too...
> > > > >
> > > > >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 fish.
> > > > >
> > > > >27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and
John, eternalized in
> our
> > > > >minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally
& Mr. Yakki. What abt
> Miss
> > > >Lala???
> > > >And of course.......Zaki and Tini in Malay
Textbooks.....
> > > > >
> > > > >28. We carry out experiments of our own to
get ourself badges for
> > > > >being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
> > > > >
> > > > >29. Every 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
> > > >1994'.
> > > > >
> > > > >30. In Primary six you had to play buddy
for the younger kids
> like
> > > > >big sister and brother.
> > > > >
> > > > >31. We wore Panda, BM2000, BATA or Pallas
shoes then moved on to
> > > > >Paichi & US Masters in sec
school.
> > > > >
> > > > >32. Your form teacher taught you maths,
science, english, social
> > > > >studies & health education.....oh and
sometimes PE too.
> > > > >
> > > > >33. The worksheets were made of brown rough
paper of poor
> quality.
> > > > >
> > > > >34. You went to school in slippers and a
raincoat when it rained,
> and
> > > > >you 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 $3 or more for pocket money
everyday.
> > > > >
> > > > >38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the
school hall.
> > > > >
> > > > >39. You freak out when the teacher tells
you to line up according
> to
> > > > >height and hold hands with the
corresponding boy or girl.
> > > > >
> > > > >40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders
& play goli (no kissing,
> no
> > > > >sound no count).
> > > > >
> > > > >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. Friend like
> you,
> > hard
> > > >to forget".
> > > > >
> > > > >43. Class monitors and prefects loved to
say "You talk somemore,
> I
> > > > >write your name ah!"
> > > > >
> > > > >44. There were at least 40 people in one
class.
> > > > >
> > > > >45. Large, colourful schoolbags were
carried. And remember those
> > > > >Bodypac & High Sierra
bagz.....yeah....
> > > > >
> > > > >50. You brought every single book to
school, even though there
> was
> > > > >one thing called the timetable.