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for da 70s n 80 babies! - sO trUE

Saturday, October 07, 2006
1:58 PM

Btw, you can never get 50 cents worth huge serving of mee rebus or chix rice!

The good old days...

Message: For those who born in the 70s and 80s. Fond memories......

1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and MickeyMouse. 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 besideyou, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.The teachers said you mustbrush 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.
(i din get my milk =( my mum wouldnt pay for them)

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 handphone cool in Secondary school.

7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of woodand the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses.The conductor will check fortickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the
ticket.

8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children'sDay.
(hate em)

9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinny thelittle vampire and Acai the constable.

10. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for thefirst ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.

11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
(haha.. i beat the system)

12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.

13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), and DingDang (50 cents per box), that had a toy init and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackersand
the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.

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 youhave read. Even Sweet ValleyHigh and Malory Towers.

(oh boi, cant believe i read those b4 XD)

17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates andlet you use metal forks and knives.

18. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you justcouldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.

19. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.

20. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper thatwas 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 toteach you maths.

23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.
(no.. i dun own one =( )

24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketballcourt.

25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola 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.

(ya sia.. limited knowledge)

27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our mindsfrom the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? AndZaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks?

28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for being 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 with 'Happy National Day 1994'.

30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
(at least my pri 1 kid was capable n smart.. he knew how to buy himslf.. i had wanted to pay for him de ar.. is he dun wan)

31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
(BATA = Buy and throw away)

32. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

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.

(so TRUE!!!!)

40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.

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 writeyour name ah!"
( childish monitors....)

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.

Spread this heart warming messagearound, you don't get something like thisvery often.

johnnysilver *//sKy DrAgon SilveR