Memories-~~

Tired of typing my stuff, looked at my old emails and dug this out.. I really missed those pri sch days. Now I dread growing up-- something that I wanted very much when I was young... haha, perhaps to escape from studies ;p

Enjoy these

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

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
about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called
Meoro Attack.

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 BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful
tickets forTIBS 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.

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 only $3.50.

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 Ding Dang (50 cents per box), 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.

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.

18. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole
and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just
couldn'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 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 small plastic
balls in the basketball court.

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.

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 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 wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.

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.

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
write your name ah!"

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.