For any of you who do not know what I’m talking about(as in the games if you don’t play them…booo),ask me…I’ll tell you.
I started thinking back of all the silly stuffs and things I did during the 80’s to 90’s.Those in their 20s’ or early 30s’ may remember some of these…….
50 silly and fun things we had in those dayz…..
1. 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. Not forgetting the silly red tablet which you know not the purpose for.
2.You carry the coolest “umbro” harversack lowly slung behind over one arm.
3. You know what SBC stands for.
4. You know in school, you could subscribe for the milk which will come before you go back home. Somedays you could get Chocolate milk, other days strawberry. The old magnolia fresh milk came in a triangular packet.
5. You wake up at 8am on Sundays for the “Sunday morning Singapore”*My fav is smurfs & Carebears....Yeah Yeah....*
6. Everyone in class would tremble in fear when someone with a gauze stuck in the mouth would go to your class and ask for someone’s name to go to visit the school dentist.
7. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
8. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats were made of wood and the cushion was red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEEP! when pressed. There were colourful tickets for CSS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole on the ticket. All SBS buses used to be manually operated, with a huge gigantic gearstick to the left of the driver.
9. Your favourite actor and actress were Huang Wenyong and Xiangyun. Next were Li Nanxing and Zoe Tay and the Aiyoyo woman (Chen Liping).
10. You’ve probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who’s Vinny the little vampire and Constable Acai. For some, Chinese teacher,will insist those who failed spelling to buy that darn 50cents silly papers.
11. You were there when they first introduced MRT here (Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh). You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
12. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50. Tickets were scrawled across using big red pencils. Ushers brought you into the cinemas using big metallic torchlights.
13. Gals were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls. You also collected sticker books of things like Street fighter, The Semi-Pro Soccer League(For Boys) and carebears (For girls) trying to complete the impossible task of filling up the sticker book. *I was bullied by my brothers to buy stickers with my pocket $$ and they didn’t allow me to paste them on coz they claim I dunu hw to!!!*
14. You remember some taxis were green in colour. Taxis had the noisy speaker which you can hear all the commuters communicating with each other*I dunu wats that called*
15. 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 ringpop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring. There were such things like the 20 cents dinosaur eggs, The 10 cents satay, Choki Choki Chocolate stick and not forgetting the 50 cents Tikam.*I Won $5 in it before*
16. You watched TV2(also known as Channel 10)but in malay cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
17. All that you know about Cantonese is from the Hong Kong serials you watched on TV2. You probably would remember George Lam as the mustached man whose line was “ You Scared of Black??(In Mandarin)” in the Guiness Stout Advertisement.
18. You grew up reading ladybird books “READ IT YOURSELF”. Hardy Boys,Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickest story books you ever thought you had. Even SweetValley High and Malory Towers. You also love Enid Blyton’s Enchanted Wood, Magic Faraway tree...and the 5 dollars Bookworm book you bought when there was the Book Fair in School.
7. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
8. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats were made of wood and the cushion was red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEEP! when pressed. There were colourful tickets for CSS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole on the ticket. All SBS buses used to be manually operated, with a huge gigantic gearstick to the left of the driver.
9. Your favourite actor and actress were Huang Wenyong and Xiangyun. Next were Li Nanxing and Zoe Tay and the Aiyoyo woman (Chen Liping).
10. You’ve probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who’s Vinny the little vampire and Constable Acai. For some, Chinese teacher,will insist those who failed spelling to buy that darn 50cents silly papers.
11. You were there when they first introduced MRT here (Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh). You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
12. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50. Tickets were scrawled across using big red pencils. Ushers brought you into the cinemas using big metallic torchlights.
13. Gals were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls. You also collected sticker books of things like Street fighter, The Semi-Pro Soccer League(For Boys) and carebears (For girls) trying to complete the impossible task of filling up the sticker book. *I was bullied by my brothers to buy stickers with my pocket $$ and they didn’t allow me to paste them on coz they claim I dunu hw to!!!*
14. You remember some taxis were green in colour. Taxis had the noisy speaker which you can hear all the commuters communicating with each other*I dunu wats that called*
15. 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 ringpop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring. There were such things like the 20 cents dinosaur eggs, The 10 cents satay, Choki Choki Chocolate stick and not forgetting the 50 cents Tikam.*I Won $5 in it before*
16. You watched TV2(also known as Channel 10)but in malay cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
17. All that you know about Cantonese is from the Hong Kong serials you watched on TV2. You probably would remember George Lam as the mustached man whose line was “ You Scared of Black??(In Mandarin)” in the Guiness Stout Advertisement.
18. You grew up reading ladybird books “READ IT YOURSELF”. Hardy Boys,Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickest story books you ever thought you had. Even SweetValley High and Malory Towers. You also love Enid Blyton’s Enchanted Wood, Magic Faraway tree...and the 5 dollars Bookworm book you bought when there was the Book Fair in School.
19. The only food you bought from Macdonalds was Cheese Burger cause is the cheapest.
20. KFC used to be a high class place and let you use metal forks and knives. Not forgetting A&W for their frosted mug and waffles ice cream.
20. KFC used to be a high class place and let you use metal forks and knives. Not forgetting A&W for their frosted mug and waffles ice cream.
21. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot .*so innocent*
22. Catching was the “IN” thing (aka Police and Thief) and twist or “choap” was the magic word. For the ones who always frequented the void decks, there were ping pong tables there.
23. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow. And the textbooks were striped in colour with different coloured stripes for different levels.
24. Some part of your school was ALWAYS haunted, like the toilet or clock tower or a certain block. You walk fast to avoid them.
25. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths. You printed with noisy dot matrix printers and use computer papers with two rows of holes at the sides. Mouse? What’s that?
26. Waterbottles, with your favourite cartoon character on it,were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.Not forgetting refilling in school at “water cooler”
27. Children’s Day,you sung the “Sama Sama Ma Jukah Ha Dapan”song and also Charity Elephant.
28. Hopskotch, five stones,chapteh and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too… Remember 5 times, highest, one-inch…
29. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives. Remember the “Young Scientist” badge you got when you completed the set of tasks in written on the Blue Booklet for Young Ecologist, Young Botanist etc etc? The 1st excursion to the Science Centre was the best day of your life.
30. Who could forget Ahmad, Bala, Gopal, Sumei, Peihua and John, eternalised in the textbooks. Even Mr Wolly, Mr Yakki.
31. My Brothers Favourite toys were HOT WHEELS & Transformers....My brother often sing out loud"Transformers,Mummy never buy instead of the Transformers,Machine in disguise!!!*aren’t they back in cinema??”hehe*
32. Every children’s day and national day you either get pencils or pens with ‘Happy Children’s Day 1983’ or dumb files with Happy National Day 1984’.
33. In Primary five, you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
34. There was a day called ACES day where you would get this stupid hat and do the Great Singapore Workout.
35. A “had-to-have shoe”,Bata BM2000 though I recently found out that kids name it Buy And Throw Away.
36. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality. During art and craft, you were made to do your own art folio with the vanguard sheet. *mine is pink lor with a silly girl I drawn I think*
37. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained,and you find a dry spot in the school to sit and wipe yourself dry. Then you wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
38. Who could forget the all-time favourite recorder you played during music lesson?
39. After exams, you brought Game to school, and play card games like ‘Snap’ and ‘Donkey’ and ‘Old Maid’ and you also play pick up sticks and Snake & Ladder and the aeroplane board game. The erasers with the flags were also a popular game.
40. You remember your uncles, big brothers and father screaming and shouting in front of the TV when the S’pore soccer team (always in blue jerseys) play against the Malaysians.Fandi Ahmad,Lim Tong Hai*ooohhh tong hai such a hunk*
41. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday. *I only had $1.50 during Pri 6*
42. During class gatherings, parents always tag along in case someone gets lost at Orchard Road. 43. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
44. Handkerchieves were a must for both genders
45. Collecting notebooks, erasers and all kinds of stationery was a popular thing. The bookshop was a favourite place to go to get all those stuff during recess. *I love those 3D rulers and those mechanical pencil*
46. Autograph books were loaded with “Best Wishes”, “Forget Me Not”, and small poems like ‘Birds fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you,hard to forget’, ‘stay funky always”
47. Class monitors and prefects loved to say ‘You talk somemore, I write your name ah!’
48. You remember songs sung by a huge group of people, like 4U2C, Nick Wu(Chinese) and the English “We Are The World”. In Sec Sch, you listen to Bananarama, Jason Donavan, Kylie Minogue, New Kids on the Block, ABBA, and Tommy Page (Remember ‘A Shoulder to Cry On’?)
22. Catching was the “IN” thing (aka Police and Thief) and twist or “choap” was the magic word. For the ones who always frequented the void decks, there were ping pong tables there.
23. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow. And the textbooks were striped in colour with different coloured stripes for different levels.
24. Some part of your school was ALWAYS haunted, like the toilet or clock tower or a certain block. You walk fast to avoid them.
25. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths. You printed with noisy dot matrix printers and use computer papers with two rows of holes at the sides. Mouse? What’s that?
26. Waterbottles, with your favourite cartoon character on it,were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.Not forgetting refilling in school at “water cooler”
27. Children’s Day,you sung the “Sama Sama Ma Jukah Ha Dapan”song and also Charity Elephant.
28. Hopskotch, five stones,chapteh and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too… Remember 5 times, highest, one-inch…
29. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives. Remember the “Young Scientist” badge you got when you completed the set of tasks in written on the Blue Booklet for Young Ecologist, Young Botanist etc etc? The 1st excursion to the Science Centre was the best day of your life.
30. Who could forget Ahmad, Bala, Gopal, Sumei, Peihua and John, eternalised in the textbooks. Even Mr Wolly, Mr Yakki.
31. My Brothers Favourite toys were HOT WHEELS & Transformers....My brother often sing out loud"Transformers,Mummy never buy instead of the Transformers,Machine in disguise!!!*aren’t they back in cinema??”hehe*
32. Every children’s day and national day you either get pencils or pens with ‘Happy Children’s Day 1983’ or dumb files with Happy National Day 1984’.
33. In Primary five, you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
34. There was a day called ACES day where you would get this stupid hat and do the Great Singapore Workout.
35. A “had-to-have shoe”,Bata BM2000 though I recently found out that kids name it Buy And Throw Away.
36. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality. During art and craft, you were made to do your own art folio with the vanguard sheet. *mine is pink lor with a silly girl I drawn I think*
37. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained,and you find a dry spot in the school to sit and wipe yourself dry. Then you wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
38. Who could forget the all-time favourite recorder you played during music lesson?
39. After exams, you brought Game to school, and play card games like ‘Snap’ and ‘Donkey’ and ‘Old Maid’ and you also play pick up sticks and Snake & Ladder and the aeroplane board game. The erasers with the flags were also a popular game.
40. You remember your uncles, big brothers and father screaming and shouting in front of the TV when the S’pore soccer team (always in blue jerseys) play against the Malaysians.Fandi Ahmad,Lim Tong Hai*ooohhh tong hai such a hunk*
41. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday. *I only had $1.50 during Pri 6*
42. During class gatherings, parents always tag along in case someone gets lost at Orchard Road. 43. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
44. Handkerchieves were a must for both genders
45. Collecting notebooks, erasers and all kinds of stationery was a popular thing. The bookshop was a favourite place to go to get all those stuff during recess. *I love those 3D rulers and those mechanical pencil*
46. Autograph books were loaded with “Best Wishes”, “Forget Me Not”, and small poems like ‘Birds fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you,hard to forget’, ‘stay funky always”
47. Class monitors and prefects loved to say ‘You talk somemore, I write your name ah!’
48. You remember songs sung by a huge group of people, like 4U2C, Nick Wu(Chinese) and the English “We Are The World”. In Sec Sch, you listen to Bananarama, Jason Donavan, Kylie Minogue, New Kids on the Block, ABBA, and Tommy Page (Remember ‘A Shoulder to Cry On’?)
49. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried. And fanciful pencil cases with lots of small tiny drawers, trays, sharpener or thermometer, that pop out at the push of a button were the ‘in’ thing.
50. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable, written on the inside cover of your little blue notebook.
