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..
> Land before time, robocop, captain planet ( i was water gal... hahhaahha)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.
> nope. but during K2 in Peichun, we'll have afternoon naps on individuals "towels" laid on the floor. Will bring it back home every Friday to wash.3. You know what SBC stands for.
> haha, of coz. still rem the logo
4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
> chocolate was my choice5. Kopi-O is not just a kind of beverage to you but also a popular television serial.
> yup yup. "kopi-0, ooo nong nong de kopi-o"
6. Pagers are the in thing and numeric numbers are encoded with sweet lovey dovey messeges.
> during the Sec yrs7. 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.
> took those 25 cents non air-con feeder bus to Uncle's house every weekday
8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
> think it was always $2 for me9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
> have a slight recollection on "who's Vinny the little vampire"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.
> dont think so. 11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
> tickets were $5.50 during my Sec yrs12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.
> not forgetting Twinkle little stars and Hello Kitty (who used to be only in red during those times)13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street .
> nope. Though we had a collection of Sesame St big A4 sized hard covered books14. 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.
> yup yup15. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates with bottled ketchup and chilli sauce and also their metal forks and knives.
> even had a pic of me taken while biting into the big drumstick16. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
> i think that was my sis's generation. some character's name, wonka or smth like that :p17. CDIS were your bestfriend.
> eh... what's that?18. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
> nope, not maths leh 19. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.
> yup yup. hello kitty, keropi & once, coke bottles was even In too.
20. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
> dunno21. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
> five stones, hopscotch22. Science experiments includes incubating an egg and watching it hatch into a chick before a fully grown chicken.
> dont rem23. Kids would be donning black, huge and nerdy looking plastic glasses to school.
> haha that would be the Principle instead of kids24. Drinks cost 10 cents and food was only 50 cents in the school tuckshop.
> yup yup. still rem the 20 cents sausages, chicken wings, boiled crab meats... slurp25. The bookshop does not only sell books but colourful pencils and pens, badminton rackets, balls, marbles, erasers with country flags on them etc.
> yup yup26. 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.
> yesh!27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei, XiaoMing and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks.
> ooo yes.... bala and ahmad as on point no. 16... haha not wonka28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
> yup, but never did I onced finished the booklet
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'.
> files, clip boards...30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
> yup yup31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
> yup. dont like it when my shoes begins to give way... meaning I had to tell Mum to get a new pair :( Shoes were considered ex during those days Ok!32. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
> think so33. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
> in lower pri. upper pri, was changed to white sheets of paper ; )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.
> nope, not me35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
> yup yup. took sch bus home with the bus auntie passing us our packed lunched (Mummy passed to her)36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
> haha dont rem. perhaps coz I didnt really care :p37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $2 or more for pocket money everyday.
> I was the one who considered others lucky
38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall and principle's room.
> eh... think so39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
> nope nope. didnt freaked out
40. Boys like to catch those gross fighting spiders.
> think so.. who cares abt them... THEN.. hahaha41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
> yup yup42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".
> yesh yesh! and if u're not asked to write on someone's book, u might wonder y...43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
> yup, those teacher's pets! hmph..44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
> yup yup45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
> yup yup
46. The worse you would do to a friend was get another friend to stop befriending him/her. "Don't friend him/her."
> childish... but yes....47. Bookworm story books (added on my own)
> who'll forget - porky, mimi, smarty ect. they gave talks in schs, asking students to buy the sets and sets of book. which we did too.There you have it...... how nostalgic ; )
