I confess: I was an 80s baby!

Stumbled on this on the net.

*Edit: Im bolding those which I actually went through. heh.

Signs that you are a 80s' baby:
You grew up watching G-Force, He-man, Transformers,
Thundercats, Silver Hawk, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks and
Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Mask, Smurfs and
Voltron too. (Ah, 80s cartoon. They never em like they used to. Brings back memories. )

Girls watched Japanese cartoon like My Little Pony, "Xiao
Tian Tian", "Hua Xian Zi" etc.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in primary school
after recess time.

You squatted by a drain with all your classmates beside you,
and brushed your teeth with a colo urful mug.

Remember the days when the school nurse, comes with a list
for the ! dentist appointment, the sound of the drilling
when your friend has a fill in his tooth.

You remember the packets of milk we get in primary school to
encourage us to drink more milk. (It is only cost 30 cent
per pack)

In secondary school, girls go to the library to borrow their
favourite romance storybook.

In secondary school, girls altered their school skirt to
shorten it and guys will go to the school appointed school
uniform tailor shop
to tailor make their school trousers to the then
fashionable "baggy pants"!

During primary school days, the teacher will punish you
using a ruler to hit your palm. (crazy teachers. some times, they brought their own rotans. it'll leave a half inch mark, i tell you. fucked up.)

A bowl of noodles soup cost only 30cent in primary school
days. (i dont remember.)

When you were in primary school, girls like to go to the
bookshop to buy cute stuff such as animal erasers, various
shape sharpeners, colourful notebook etc.

Hankyu Jaya, Yaohan departmental stores used to be a
favourite hangout for families dur! ing weekends.

In secondary school days, you buy the Bata BM Turbo or
Pallas Jazz school shoes.
Some guys like to wear those china made ankle high shoes.
Some even like to wear those very thick socks with their
school shoes.

Internet? E-mail? What the hell is that? (i did have a computer during that time, but ixnay on the internet connection.ay.)

So you thought a decade or more ago, your friends don't have
pagers or handphones in school.

CDs? What's that? Cassette tapes were the norm. Movie
tickets used to cost less than $5 last time.

The goodies from Mama shop used to be Chickerdis, Mamee ,
Kum Kum, UFO, O-Ya, Ding Dang chocolate balls with toys in
the box, colourful hard "egg", "cigerette" bubble gum, KIKI
Bubble Gum, pink bottle of bubbles c/w a small tubes with
yellow sticks to blow "more lasting" bubbles that you can
pop more air in or slam it on. (hoooooo-yeah. I used to go with my pops, always with the request, 'Jom gi kedai.' He knew what it meant: goodie goodies.)

You never forget 'Ti Kam'.
When exams are over, the board games (e.g Monopoly, Donkey,
Transportation Comparison Card) & held ! video games will be
all over the class room. (does it need more explanation)

Your favourite sound is the bell!
For it's the homemade ice cream man. The cream that tops
Haagan Dazs!

And the other peddler you love is the old lady who sells
juicy Muah Chee and thick olden syrup rolled in a balloon
the tip of a chopstick stick.

Another bell is the recess bell, a time to get away from
school work and to eat.

Another time when there is no bell but all guys will
anxiously wait for it...The PJ (Pendidikan Jasmani), PE time
(time for football)

Your favourite childhood games were playing "gu
li"(marbles), five stones, five bottle cover, zero-point,
catching, "Pepsi-Cola one two
three" and/or "Police & Sentry"! (hahaha, also dont forget, konda-kondi!)

The best thirst quencher of all times is the yummy colourful
ice tubes you can buy from provision shops for only 10 cent.
To eat them, break the tab and suck while holding the
freezing tube!

All gals have a girl doll/strawberry shortcake/my little
pony/pound puppy, while all boys have a soldiers figurine
(combat) or a rubber
band catapult that shoots folded paper! (those things are fucking painful!!! also, dont forget pea shooters. combination of, well, peas, and the body of a pen as the barrel. put the peas in the mouth, aim, blow, run, run faster!)

Once was the era whereby ice-cream sticks were valueable
items, then came the paper aircrafts, chalk fights.

Some boys made their own guns from wood, and used 'Bacali'
as the bullets. (me, I used paper bullets. hehe.)

Some even used matches to shoot and burn kids'lanterns
during MoonCake Festival.

And your favourite holiday was Lunar New Year! New clothes,
Ang Pows, shopping, junk food and family outings! (being malay, I'd have to say Hari Raya. But same thing)

** The below is about the kids nowadays. Cant really elaborate much as its pretty self explanatory. hehe.

Let's see, the majority of students in universities today
were born in 1987 / 88.... They are called "youth".

For them, they have never heard of the song "We are the
World, we are the Children..." And the "Uptown Girl" they
know is by 'West Life' but not 'Billy Joel'.

For them, there have always been only one Germany and only
one Vietnam.
AIDS exists since they were born. (uh, no idea.)

CD exists since they were born.

Michael Jackson is already whitened.

John Travolta is always round in shape and they can't
imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.

They believe that Spiderman and Incredible Hulk are just new
films.

They can never imagine a black and white screen for a
computer.

They never know what is Atari or 'Game & Watch'.

They can't believe a black and white television ever existed
and they don't even know how to switch on a TV without a
remote control.

And they never understand how we can go out without a mobile
phone when we were in university...

Let's check if we're getting old...

1. You understand what was written above and you smile.

2. Most of your secondary school friends are getting married.

3. You are always surprised to see small children playing
comfortably with computer.

4. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your
head.

5. You spend less and less time talking on phone with your
friends daily.

6. When you meet your old friends from time to time, talking
about the good old days, repeating again and again all funny
stories you experienced together.