You grew up watching He-man, MASK,
Transformer s, Silver Hawk and MickeyMouse,
Ninja turtles, Carebears,Roboco p, My Little Pony and Smurfs

.You grew up brushing your teeth
witha mug in Primary school duringrecess time.
You would squat by adrain
with all your classmates besideyou,
and brush your teeth with acoloured mug.

You know what SBC stands for.
You paid 40 cents for cartons of
Chocolate or Strawberry milk everyweek in class.

Everyo ne's wallet used to bethevelcro type.
It was cool to have pagers in primaryschool.
SB S buses used to be non-aircondition ed.
The bus seats aremade of wood and the cushionwere red.
The big red bell gave a loud BEEP!when pressed.
Ther e were still bus tickets and busconductors would come up to checkthem.

En velopes were given to us to donateto Sharity Elephant everyChildren's&
lt;BR>Day.You 've probably read YoungGeneration& lt;BR>magazi ne.
You knowwho's Vinnythelitt le vampire and Acai theconstable.
You know what PETS are and the hiddenanimals in all the text pages.
Youhated penmanship.W riting lines and caning hands werecommon,
esp if you failed chinesespelling (caning was actuallyallowed) .

You were there when they firstintroduced the MRT here.
You went for the first ride with yourparents
and you would kneel on theseat to see the scenery.
Movi e tickets used to cost only$3.50.

Gi rls were fascinated by StrawberryShort Cake
and Barbie Dolls.
You learn to laugh like The Count inSesame Street.
You bought tidbits called beebee (20cents per pack, 10 cents in MGS),
andmamee (30 cents), that had adifferent sticker in it every time.
Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The ThreeInvestigato rs, Famous Five andSecretSev en
were probably the thickeststorybooks you thought you would everread.

Catching and pepsi-cola was the INthing, and twist was the magic word.
Your English workbooks were made ofsome damn poor quality paper that wassmooth and yellow.
You came to school 15 mins before thebell every morning just so you couldcopy someone's homework.
CDI S was your best friend.

The only computer lessons in schoolinvolved
funny pillized charactersin 16 colours walking about trying toteach you math.

Waterbo ttles were slung around yourneck and a must everywhere you went.
Boys loved to play soccer with smallstones or tennis balls in thebasketball court.
Girls played five stones and boysplayed with marbles.

Scie nce was fun with the Balsam andthe Angsana
being the most importantplants of our lives,
guppies andswordtail being the most importantfishes.

Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei andJohn, immortalized in our minds fromschool textbooks.
We conducted experiments of our owntoget badges for being a YoungZoologist/B otanist etc.
Every Children's day andNational dayyou either got pins or penswith
'Happy Children's Day1993' oruseless plastic files with'HappyNa tional Day 1994'.
You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallasshoes.

Your form teacher taught youMaths, Science and English.
You went to school in slippers and araincoat when it rained,
and you finda dry spot in the school to sit down,dry your feet,
and wear your dry andwarm socks and shoes.

There would be spelling tests andmental sums to do almost everyday(you hated them).
Your friendsconsidere d you lucky and rich ifyourparent s gave you $2 or more forpocket mone everyday.
Boy s liked catching fightingspiders, earthwor ms or tadpoles.
Collectingandbattling erasers was a pastime forboys.


saw this at friendster bulletin.
this is so true. missing those days. how i was once called a angsana [no joke] (: