children of the 80's

We grew up watching
Transformers,Thundercats,
Woody the Woodpecker, Bugs
Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Captain Planet,
Barney and friends, Ninja Turtles,
Gummie Bears, Baja Hitam, Ultraman.

Remember we had to brush our teeths
during recess at primary school? had to
hold plastic
cups, line up with your classmates side
by side and start brushing our teeths
at some open area... or maybe near some
drain??
and sometimes there will be some nurses
teaching us the correct way to brush
our teeth....

do you still remember that we
had 'dentist' rooms where we had to
have our teeths check?

not to forget our 'program minum susu'
in primary school.. everybody is
suppose to buy like cartons of milk
that
costed 30 cents.. and you would see
everyone drinking it everyday...
and don't forget VITAGEN! we went crazy
for them.... i know i did.

the teachers who would want to punish
us must use yellow rulers to hit us on
our palms?? or cubit our stomach...
unfortunately for me i got smacked
on my back. sigh. and my mom
went to the principles

that a bowl of mihun soup or some soup
only costed 50 cents at the school
canteen...

went to some sundry shop near the
school or to the 'roti' man waiting
outside our schools so that we can buy
junk food like chickedees, mamee, ding
dang with some toys in it, 'Ti Kam',
ice-
cream and we would play games like
monopoly, uno, old maid, snap, happy
family and all other card games like
that...

another fun time would be during
Pendidikan Jasmani. the boys would
play football while the girls would
play
netball... and it would be like we were
playing in the world cup...

but of course. the best would be main
guli, batu seremban, bottlecaps, ice-
cream sticks, 'Pepsi Cola one-two-
three', Cops and Robbers, main kejar-
kejar duduk.. and for the not so
active,
those kind of 'book games' where we
would use buku latihan to draw and ask
our friends to play as in tick tack toe or
even hangman...

do you remember the ice-cream tubes
which are actually ice and colouring
that
are sold for 10 to 20 cents.. the
colourful ones..
where you usually bite off the
top to glup it down...

what about days when we felt like doing
naughty things such as folding papers
so small to make 'lastik' and shoot
each other... how about throwing
chalks??

back then, micheal jackson was just
turning white.. and still had albums
coming out.. compared to CD's, we were
listening to tapes that sold for
RM9.90...

in computer class, we were still using
black and white computer moniters..
played 'Atari'... maybe SEGA or
NINTENDO...

well, are we all getting older or what?

1) if you understand what you have read
and you are smiling...

2) we have friends from school that are
already married...

3) we shake our heads everytime we
see high school students fussing about
their handphones in school..

4) we don't hang on phone with our
friends for hours a day talking about
nothing...

5) when we meet back with our friends
from time to time, we feel excited and
happy talking about old times, the
funny 'adventures' or stories that we
experienced as a kid..

6) last but not least, that when you
read this, you would think of all the happy
& sad memories that you have
experienced when you were still a kid


this is so true. it reminds me of my childhood days.
those were the days when nothing mattered at all.
the days when we were more carefree.