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50 things you ought to know if you were born in the1970s/1980s

1. You grew up watching He-man, Captain Planet, MASK, Transformers,Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, My LittlePony and Smurfs too..

2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess.The teachers said you mustbrush each side 10 times too.

3. You know what SBC stands for.

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

5. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.

6. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red.

7. There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will checkfor tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.

8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.

9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinnythe little vampire and Acai the constable.

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.

11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.

12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.
13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), and DingDang (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 thelollipop is the diamond on the ring.

15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel5 never had enough cartoons for you.

16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five andSecret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought youhave read.Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers .

17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates andlet you use metal forks and knives.

18. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOSTEXTREME WAS 'super white'... you just couldn't bring yourself to say thehokkien relative.

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

20. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper thatwas smooth and yellow.

21. CDIS were your bestfriend.

22. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellisedcharacters in 16bit colours walking about trying to teach you maths.

23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.

24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketballcourt.

25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were allthe rage with the girls and boys too...

26. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the mostimportant plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the mostimportant fish.

27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our mindsfrom the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? AndZaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks?

28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for beinga Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.

29. Every Children's day and National day you either get pins or penswith 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy National Day1994'.

30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like bigsister and brother.

31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.

32. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

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

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 wearyour dry and warm socks and shoes.

35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.

36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.

37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you$3 or more for pocket money everyday.

38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.

39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according toheight and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.

40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.

41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.

42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", andsmall poems like "Bird fly high, hard catch.Friend like you, hard toforget".

43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I writeyour name ah!"

44. There were at least 40 people in one class.

45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.

50. You brought every single book to school, even though there was onething called the timetable.