I am Singaporean, and my memories of my teen years a decade ago,
are similar to that of the threadstarter though.
So does that make me a liar when I say that clubbing, smoking,
drinking and other activities that I would not disclose, at the age
of 15 is something I never saw as rare during my
secondary school days? It was commonplace, heck, 3-4 out of 10 did
so. But they had their ways of keeping quiet.
And yes, some of them did fall into the bad crowd after that, but
most of them had a good head on their shoulders, and never went
beyond the limit. They knew the consequences and some actually bore
them like a man.
Don't bother finding out what school I was in, because some of you
might be surprised.
