Stole this from kh hahah.
Fond memories for those who born in the 70s and 80s.

-You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk andMickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, MyLittle Pony and Smurfs too.
-You grew up brushing your teeth with a mugin 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.

-You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class
-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

-Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant everyChildren's Day.

-You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who'sVinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
-Gals are fascinated by Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls.13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
-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.

-You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.

-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.
-Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.

-Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow

Waterbottles were slinged around your neckand a must everywhere you go.
-Boys loved to play soccer with small plasticballs in the basketball court.
-Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentambola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
-Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the mostimportant plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish.
-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

-We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges forbeing a Young Zoologist/Botanist/Chemist/Physict/Meteorologist etc.

-Every Children's day and National dayyou either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumbfiles with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
-In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
-Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

-The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.

-School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
-There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
-You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl
-Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.

-Autograph books were loaded with "BestWishes", "Forget Me Not", and smallpoems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".

-Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
-There were at least 40 people in one class.
-Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.



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Finally, I get to meet Eileen Tay tmr! =).