70's and 80's Babies.....me, me!

This one's for all u ppl who love those sweet remenisce when things in life were still plain and simple. This mail is for those old enuf ppl out there. if u read this while nodding ur head away and smiling then u r those old enuf ppl to
understand.

70's & 80's Babies!


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. [my all time favourite..the blue-white creatures...its,"nanaa nananana"...SMURFS"]

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.[hahaha...free show, free show!!1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9...10!]

3. You know what SBC stands for. [of course!!! It stands for...umm, tvlah!!]

4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class. [Luuuuv those 'free' milk. i'm one of the monitress who had to go to the room next to dental clinic and carry the milk packets in the shopping basket! kalau bulan puasa, macam tak sabar-sabar nak minum that chocolate milk time buka puasa]

5. You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack. [tak miss that series....summersault berpusing!!!]

6. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.[ya...i only had my own when i was in JC1, okay!!!]

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 forTIBS buses.The conductor will
check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket. [i used to keep the tickets, colourful.then when my cousins came to our house, we role play lah!]

8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day [i think they still have it now but in those days, it was fun! I...Sharity Elephant, Sharity Elephant...your friend!!!]

9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinny
the little vampire and Acai the constable. [we grew up with those characters...and especially Mr Wolly, Mr Yakki, Miss Lala, Zizi the zebra...remember?]

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. [remembered we had to take the bus all the way to the first station...Tanah Merah!]

11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.[enjoy, enjoy!]

12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.[I used to buy lots of Strawberry Shortcake stuffs, Care Bares', oh yes bought my first Barbie Doll's bathtub set with my hari raya collection...bu still SMURFS is above all else!]

13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.[Count wif me..1, 2, 3, HAHAHA!]

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. [sampai kene marah dgn Ibu coz the titbits make me cough. Anyway, I still love KAKA...the red packet with the picture of a chicken and Ding Dang reminds me of Pak Mat Sentol. remember him from Aksi Mat Yoyo?]

15. You watched TV2(also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you. [oh yes! There was SILVERHAWKS, MASK, and the cute creatures that can jump when they drank some potion...can't remember the title though]

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. [aaarrghhh...those were my favs...especially, Secret Seven, Nancy Drew, 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.[but we prefer going to Arnold's...still existing at City Plaza]

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. [i budak baik, tak cakap all that. but i can still remember Miss Babani's favourite word when she's angry..."You Nincampoop!" keh keh keh. i don't even know what it means]

19. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word. [Police and Thief lah]

20. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow. [not so much Eng book but I remembered the A4 size Malay workbook with that yellow flimsy pages...kalau kene air, habis boleh koyak buku!]

21. CDIS were your bestfriend. [hahaha..CDIS-school?]

22. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths. [i pourposely joined the Conputer Club just to feel advantage above the rest of the pupils coz I can use the computer in school...very cool u know! Had my own PCat home only in 1995...meaning, only in JC1!!!]

23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go. [i still love the red Ovaltine water bottle]

24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court. [oh yes!!! when they come into class sweating, kene hamput macam nak rak dgn Cikgu Hazizah, the lioness!]

25. Teng-teng, batu serembat, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...[and no matter how terrer the girls are in batu serembat, the champion is still...Fauzan!!! kalau main zero point / yeh-yeh, i mesti kalah sebab pendek!]

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. [1 more important tree...the pong-pong tree!!!]

27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wolly & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks? [1 more character....Gopal]

28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.[ I was a Young Zoologist, Botanist, Mathematician and believe it or not, Young Ornithologist! You know I hate birds!!!]

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'. [some of the things we always get, pencil box, puncher, file, pens, pens and more pens. DUH!]

30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.[oh, i just took care of my own brother. He was in P1 when i was in P5. Senanglah!]

31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes. [oh yes, i had all those...but can't forget the simple China shoes!]

32. Your form teacher taught you maths,science and english. [ok, let me recall my form teachers...P1-Mdm Rosminah (my fav Malay teacher), P2-Ms Hamidah, P3-Mrs Goh Huan Cher, P4-Mrs Belinda Choy, P5-Ms Babani, P6-Mrs Shirley Yuen. Hooray, i can still remember them!]

33. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.[risograph, what'd u expect!]

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. [never brought my slippers, but the raincoat was a must...till now i'm so use to carry an umbrella in my handbag!]

35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm. [and we head straight for our school bus]

36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday. [yup...Everyday! no complaints!]

37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday. [ehhehe...in P1 I had only 60cents and it gradually increase to $1.50 in P6]

38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall. [he got such a pleasant smile]

39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line upaccording to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl. [i'm always..always....the first girl...as usual]

40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.[and keep them in match boxes!]

41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys [we girls just watch them play and then their erasers being confiscated by the teachers!]

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". [Roses are red, violets are blue, I have a friend, and my friend is You!]

43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!" [keh keh keh....i was 1 of them!!! and they make enemies with you if you write their names on the board with those white chalks]

44. There were at least 40 people in one class. [40, standard number]

45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.[square...everything square, even the pencil boxes]

50. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one
thing called the timetable. [Once I forced ibu to ome to school to send my Maths workbook coz I left it at home and afraid that teacher would scold me. But i end up being scolded anyway....]

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