Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Fond memories For those who born in the 70s and 80s.
1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk andMickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, MyLittle Pony and Smurfs too.
2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mugin Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drainwith all your classmates beside you, and brush your teethwith a coloured mug.The teachers said you must brush 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 watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack.
6. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses. Theconductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant everyChildren's Day.
9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who'sVinny the 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 theseat to see the scenery.
11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50. &@%#$*@#$^*!@#&^$
12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls.
13. You learn to laugh like The Count inSesame Street.
14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), andDing Dang (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, wherethe lollipop is the diamond on the ring.
15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons becauseChannel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The ThreeInvestigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickeststory books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.
17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant thatserve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.
18. 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.
19. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
20. Your English workbooks was made of somedamn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
21. CDIS were your bestfriend
22. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neckand a must everywhere you go.
24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plasticballs in the basketball court.
25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentambola and zero point were all the 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 andswordtail being the most important fish.
27. 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
28. We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges forbeing a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
29. Every Children's day and National dayyou either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumbfiles with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for theyounger kids like big sister 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 wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
36. There would be spelling tests and mentalsums to do almost everyday.
37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich ifyour 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 to height 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 "BestWishes", "Forget Me Not", and smallpoems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".
43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, Iwrite your name ah!"
44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
46. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
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memories.
t
Sunday, April 22, 2007
to all friends (and neighbours especially), if you want to drop by.. be my guest. but please at least give a shout out! it'll at least provide some time to put on a shirt and smooth out my ruffled wake up look! gosh.. today was bad bad day.. especially when your parents come along too. gosh..
now that my schedule has been mixed, mashed, and fallen from grace.. i'll be finding myself free from tue to thurs. free to hang out?
t
Sunday, April 08, 2007
jaded
and so it is. exactly one year ago.. when i was still a city boy waiting for the so called impending doom in green. call it an anniversary if you want. its amazing how time flies. especially when you didnt know what to expect in the days ahead. and really.. i didnt know what to expect at all. well, looking back.. its wasnt so bad after all. made friends.. distanced some. (give and take i guess)
i dont know if it's a common among us ns guys.. but every too often, i'll space out and fill my head with thoughts and imagine what my life would be like if i wasn't serving my 2 yr duty. the pictures painted are endless.
i'd be making cool friends, picking up more hobbies, serving in church every week, trying out every single ben and jerry's flavour, strumming guitars, churning music, being a misfit in uni, playing mr mischief, acting cool, staying strong and silent, turning funky and wild, becoming popular, getting a pretty girlfriend, saving the world.. countless
so am i getting an equal trade-off of all that for this military lifestyle? am i missing out? well.. maybe its still a little early to judge things that way. and if i had a choice.. well, i would keep the way things are. i mean.. as much i've lost in life.. i think i've gained. i've learnt how to hold things within, especially when you cant share your problems (let alone blog) about your daily classified work, and as such people never quiet undertand what you're going through. i've learnt about sacrifice. about pain, be it physical, or mental. i've learnt about how much of a dumb ass i've been to take certain things in life for granted.
then again.. there's always an aching feeling within that tells me that i'm missing out on a lot of things. everything just whizzes past me. hope its normal to feel lonely.
if you're starting to feel worried about this rambling fellow.. dont be. i'm made of better stuff than that. in fact.. i'm enjoying this process. becasue i'm being moulded to become a man. this period is going to make me emerge as someone who will do great things in life just gotta wait for another 10 months.
t