TCS HK Trip

TCS HK Trip

Episode 2

冲上云霄

These were our days

~~These were our dayS~~

You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey
Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Care bears, My Little Pony and Smurfs
too...

· 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 colored mug. The teachers said you
must brush each side 10 times too.

· You know what SBC stands for.

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

· You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1
about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called *Metro
Attack*.

· You find your friends with pagers and hand phones cool in
Secondary school.

· SBS buses used to be non- air-conditioned. The bus seats are made
of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud 'BEEP!' when
pressed...

· Bus fares barely reached 50 cents.

· There are colorful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will
check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.

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

· You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who
'Vinny the little vampire' and 'Acai the constable' is.

· 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 catch
the scenery.

· Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50 (if we did watch movies
then.)

· Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.

· You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

· You longed to buy tidbits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), and
Ding Dang / Tora (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 the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.

· You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because
Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.

· 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, Malory Towers. R.L Stine and Goosebumps series
were probably the scariest story you ever read.

· KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in plates
and lets you use metal forks and knives.

· 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!' was the magic word.

· Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paper
that was smooth and yellow.

· There was once the craze over Tamiya cars and toy dispensers
where you had to slot in a coin and twist the knob, while your other hand
anticipated the toy to appear. 20 cents for colorful rubber balls and 50
cents / 1 dollar for toys in plastic egg shells.

· The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixilated
characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you math.

· Water bottles were sling around your neck and a must everywhere
you go.

· Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the
basketball court.

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

· Science was fun with the Balsam and the Angsana being the most
important 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 for
being a 'Young Zoologist/Botanist' etc.

· Every 'Children's Day' and 'National Day' you either get pins or
pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy National Day
1994'.

· In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like
big sister and brother.

· We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.

· Your form teacher taught you Math, Science and English.

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

· 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.

· School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.

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

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

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

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

· Boys like to catch fighting spiders. Collecting and battling
erasers was a pastime for boys.

· 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'.

· Class monitors and prefects loved to say *'You talk some more, I
write your name ah!' *

· There were at least 40 people in one class.

· Large, colorful schoolbags were carried.

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

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