Topic: Childhood
Hm this topic might bring back many memories for some of u, may it be good or bad..
Well, i am a 80's baby so yep.. A decade of difference with the 90's.
Just gonna talk bout childhood i guess.
When i was in pri sch, i remembered playing spinning tops using erasers [stapled base tip] and also rubber stacking. Where by the winner takes the louser's eraser. =)
After sch, my frens and i would head to a nearest minimart to get a icepop.. 15 Cents only
My pocket money from pri 1 to 6 is all along $1.. lol unlike the current pri kids.
After sch, my usual procedure would be home or the playground..
If i head home, i would be basically eat and watch cartoons, hmm maybe even slp.
Or meet with neighbouring kids to play at the playground.
I remembered buses at that point of time is non air-conditioned and is red and white theme.
The bus bell goes Thattttt..
Playground was also sand base. You wun see any spongebase playground last time.
Computer games at that point would be like wolf3D or command base kind of games..
The kids these days now play online games at a very young age, and some is pretty good it.
I just started playing online games only after secondary sch.. LOL
Pentium 1 was widely popular and used last time. Hmm i remember i love to get a ice cream an hide at a corner and eat ice-cream, since having the chance to eat ice-cream is kinda rare. Macdonalds' meal used to cost only $4.50 a meal as compared to a $6+ meal now.
Arcade and amusement parks was not really common at that point of time.
Haha i remember when my imagination runs wild. i took a paper, cut it into a cd shape and imagined it to be a game. Mattresses were used as domes. Balcony's were used as Headquarters.. =)
My brother and I would use 2 phones in the house as walkie talkies..
Block catching was popular too..
Before my kindergardern age, jigsaw puzzles and yoyos were amazing toys..
Pretending to slp when parents came home was kinda common too..=D
Hmm cartoons were all showed on Channel 5. Mediacorp was called TCS.
I doubt some of you might not even noe.
Enid Blyton's book were very commonly read.
Tv drama were usually the old kind, where now u can only see it like at a 1am chn8 show.
Mrt wasn't really advanced yet. Kk i just found a email and gonna use a few points to show my childhood and commonly among some others:
1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers,Silver Hawkand 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 find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
5. 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.
6. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
10. 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 .
11. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot.
12. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
13. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
14. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
15. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.
16. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
17. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
18. 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.
19. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks.
20. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
21. 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'.
22. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
23. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
24. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
25. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
26. 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.
27. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
28. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
29. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
30. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
31. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.
32. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
33. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
34. There were at least 40 people in one class.
35. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
36. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
This email is more basically for the 70's or 80's babies.
Haha there were more inside the email. These were basically the more common ones and mostly applies to me.. =)