if you were born in the 80's in Singapore...........
You would remember:
You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse, Ninja turtles, Carebears, Robocop, My Little Pony and Smurfs.
- haha, ninja turtles, MASK, Robocop and definitely SMURFS( MY PRI. 1 BAG WAS SMURFS')
You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You would squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.
- YAAAYAAAAA. hahahahh i remembered that so well, my mug was pink with a hole on top to put the toothbrush in
You hated or loved the school nurse (she was either pretty or mean).
- one was a malay nurse, the other a chinese nurse. i got the malay nurse which happened to be my friend's mom. and i dont like her, she was rough on my teeth and everyone said the malay nurse was nicer. hmph. ( we didnt have nurses, we had dentists)
You know what SBC stands for.
- hehe, nope. but its SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CENTRE.
Everyone's wallet used to be the velcro type
- YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHa, mine was those cheap cheap wallets. with stickers pasted on the inside.
It was cool to have pagers in primary school
- i didnt have one hehe.
There were still bus tickets and bus conductors would come up to check them.
- yes and folding hearts, which i didnt know how to do thus i invented my own way of folding hearts, which didnt look exactly like hearts.
Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
- hahahah yesssssss. the elephant who came to school regularly
You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
- oh mannnnnn hahahahha
Writing lines and caning hands were common, esp if you failed chinese spelling (caning was actually allowed. no shit).
- yup, but i dont remember having to do so. hehehe. spelling and dictation was my kinda thing. heehee
You were there when they first introduced the MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
- bukit panjang had no MRTS.
You bought tidbits called beebee (20 cents per pack, 10 cents in MGS), and mamee (30 cents), that had a different sticker in it every time.
- hahahhaha yesssssss, i loved chicken flavour for mamee and i loveeee those RING CANDIES.
You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
- erm i dont remember the channel
Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickest
story books you thought you would ever read.
- HARDY BOYS, NANCY DREW, FAMOUS FIVE, SECRET SEVEN, AND THAT BOOK WITH A LOT OF FRIENDS( I FORGOT THE TITTLE)
Catching and pepsi-cola was the IN thing, and twist was the
magic word.
-AND CROCODILEEEE HAHAHAH
Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
-it was pets coursebook, every year there will be different animals on the cover
The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellized characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you math.
- i forgot but i remembered i was so scared to press the keyboard, in case it the whole system went down
Waterbottles were slung around your neck and a must everywhere you went.
- with those straps on, i used tupperware tumblers too which had these funny smell to it.
Girls played five stones and boys played with marbles.
- i dont know about the boys' side, but FIVE STONES were the in thing, and we used to play them before boarding the school bus under the void deck, the whole childhood friends, back then it was me and kakak, aisyah and kak siti, nina and bro and some chinese and indian guys who lived in the same block.
Science was fun with the Balsam and the Angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fishes.
- hahah and the touch-me-not flower.
Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, immortalized in our minds from school textbooks.
- yupyup
We conducted experiments of our own to get badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
- hahhaha, yahhhhhhhhh and we would always try to do those 5 star ones with the help of the parents.
Every Children's day and National day you either got pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or useless plastic files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
- bags, caps, everything
You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
- NORTHSTAR!!
Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
- hahah yahh
There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday (you hated them).
- i loved them, spelling NOT MENTAL SUMS. i will write the working down and erase it.
You saw Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
- who is wee kim wee?
Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
- emm not sure
Class monitors and prefects loved to say, "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
- yah, on the white board.
You brought every single book to school, even though there was a timetable.
- hahahahahh yahhhh and then if my workbook was with my teacher because we had work passed up, i'll cry at home to my mom because i cant find them and i forgot it was with the teacher.
There was a pro-yo/bumblebee, digimon craze at some point in time.
- yah and that watch which can talk.hahahah
