Saturday, October 27, 2007
6:22 PM
[ `anileC ]
If you were born in the 80's in Singapore, You will probably remember: (I'm born in 1988! Got it from facebook)
1)You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse, Ninja turtles, Carebears, Robocop, My Little Pony and Smurfs.
- He-man!!! I've got the story book! haha
2)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.
- Haha, YES! This is nostalgic!3)You hated or loved the school nurse (she was either pretty or mean).
- EH, I think I like the nurse? Coz she praises me for taking good care of my nice set of teeth! MUAHAHA.4)You know what SBC stands for.
- NO MORE SBC! Now is Mediacorp. Used to have TCS! And we'd changed it to Toilet Cleaning Service.5)You paid 40 cents for cartons of Chocolate or Strawberry milk every week in class.
- Haha... I paid for cards like Sailor Moon, Street Fighter though. 6)Everyone's wallet used to be the velcro type
7)It was cool to have pagers in primary school
- Haha. I did not own one!
8)SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushionwere red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEP! when pressed.
- YES! There are still non-airconditioned buses no. 265 at my area!!! I always complaint when I have to board the non-airconditioned ones. haha9)There were still bus tickets and bus conductors would come up to check them.
- YES! Tickets from the past were kept to fold into heart shapes. haha10)Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
11)You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
12)You know what PETS are and the hidden animals in all the text pages. You hated penmanship.
- Muahaha... ENGLISH SUBJECT!!!13)Writing lines and caning hands were common, esp if you failed chinese spelling (caning was actually allowed. no shit).
- YUP! But I cannot remember if I have suffered such an ordeal. haha14)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.
- Yuppy, I heard from my mum that my grandfather took me to take the MRT when it first started.15)Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
16)Gals were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.
- I'M A BARBIE GIRL! IN A BARBIE WORLDDDDDDD!!!
17)You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
18)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.
- I LOVED MAMEE!!!
19)You carried a lunch box to school but either threw away the food or brought it back home again.
- HAHA...sometimes
20)You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
- TV 2 is the malay channel right? haha I've watched dragon ball, sailor moon on that channel. haha21)Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickest story books you thought you would ever read.
- haha... YUP! And not forgetting SWEET VALLEY!22)KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in plates and had metal forks and knives. (I dont remember this, anyone?)
23)The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'chicken pie'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien translation.
- EH! I haven't used any vulgarities until now. =)
24)Catching and pepsi-cola was the IN thing, and twist was the magic word.
25)Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
26)You came to school 15 mins before the bell every morning just so you could copy someone's homework.
- Haha. I'm a good student! I don't copy homework. Muahaha27)CDIS was your best friend.
- Haha. I like playing the games from the CD though.28)The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellized characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you math.
29)Waterbottles were slung around your neck and a must everywhere you went.
30)Boys loved to play soccer with small stones or tennis balls in the basketball court.
31)Girls played five stones and boys played with marbles.
- YUP!
32)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.
33)Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, immortalized in our minds from school textbooks.
34)We conducted experiments of our own to get badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
- MUAHAHAHA!!! I've just showed my dear the certificates that I have earned from YOUNG ZOOLOGIST/BOTANIST not too long ago!35)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'.
36)You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
- BATA!!! BUY AND THROW AWAY!
37)Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
HAHA! ERM... Science and English!38)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 wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
39)There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday (you hated them).
- HAHA. I don't really hate them!40)Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $2 or more for pocket mone everyday.
- EH! My allowance has been always little!41)You saw Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
42)Boys liked catching fighting spiders, earthworms or tadpoles.
- YES! My dear is one of them. 43)Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
- I BOUGHT A BOX OF ERASERS TO CHALLENGE THEM! 44)Class monitors and prefects loved to say, "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
- YES!!!45)You got booked for muddy shoes in class.
46)There were at least 40 people in one class.
- YA! SO FUN!47)You brought every single book to school, even though there was a timetable.
48)There was a pro-yo/bumblebee, digimon craze at some point in time.
- HAHA YES!!!!!!!!! DIGIMON!!!! MUST SHAKEEEEE!!!!! AND THEN BATTLE!!!!
WELL! It's so good reminiscing these events. It was so much fun back then. No worries, not really much troubles. I hope life could be like that now....
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Friday, October 26, 2007
9:46 PM
[ `anileC ]
Just some random pictures took ages ago. LONG LONG TIME AGO!!!






Anyway, I have passed my PP! I just have to concentrate on FYP now. SIANS! I've also got a job for the weekends. Meagre pay and long hours of work. Die... haha. Oh well, at least I can earn some money. Hope the people are nice!
I can't wait for the holidays in December! We're going on a trip! I'm so looking forward to it! All the best to me! BUSY BUSY BUSY. TIRED TIRED TIRED...
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