Another boring day at work...Hope I will have something to do in the afternoon... Found this yesterday when surfing keeptouch... So decided to share it here... Do you still remember your childhood days? My childhood memories... I only can remember vaguely... Alot of things I have forgotten le.... Or rather I choose to forget... Anyway... Those were the days...

1. You grew up watching He-man, Transformers, Silver hawk and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles and Smurfs too.

2. 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 coloured mug. The teachers said you must brush each side10 times too.

3. You know what's Bin(1) Fen(1) Ba (1) San(1) is all about. (seriously i dunno what's that...)

4. You know what SBC stands for.

5. You were there when the first chinese serial, the Awakening was shown on TV. (got meh? no 印象 leh)

6.Internet? What the hell is that? So you thought a decade or more ago.

7. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.

8. 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 BEEEP! when pressed.There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole on the ticket. (my time dun have la.. think my time already progress le.. but yeah... buses are non-airconditioned... last time we have the transitlink cards [older pple call it bus cards] instead of ezlink now.. )

9. Your favourite actor and actress is Huang Wenyong and Xiangyun. Next is Lee Nanxing and Zoe Tay and the Aiyoyo woman. (yeah...)

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

11. 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 see the scenery. (dun remember leh... )

12. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50. (my time movie tickets already increased to $5/$6 liao.. but still cheap... unlike now... cheapest $7.00 and $9.50 on weekends... *faint*)

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

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

15. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka(20 cents per pack) and Ding 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, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring. (I only remembers Ding Dang and the ring pop nia.. )

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

17. All that you know about Cantonese is from the Hong Kong serials you watched on TV2.

18. 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 and Malory Towers.

19. Civics and Moral Education was "Hao3 Gong1 Min2".

20. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.

21. 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.

22. Catching was the IN thing and twist the magic word.

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

24. CDIS was your best friend.

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

26. Water bottles were slung around your neck and a must everywhere you go.

27. Boys loved to play soccer with small tennis balls in the basketball court or play something that uses tennis ball to hit other players known as "HUM TAM BOLA" during recess /after school. (Heard before... But use tennis balls? Ouch...)

28. Hopscotch, five stones, chapteh and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...

29. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives.

30. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks, even Mr Wally, especially a bunny on your English Pets Coursebook.

31. You did stupid exercises like seal crawl and frog jumps.

32. 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'.

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

34. Chinese teachers were always old, boring and damn fierce looking.

35. Your form teacher taught you maths, science and english.

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

37. 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.

38. Famous Chinese singers were only Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai.

39. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.

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

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

42. During class gatherings, parents always tag along in case someone gets lost at Orchard Road.

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

44. Handkerchiefs were a must for both genders.

45. Collecting notebooks and all kinds of stationery was a popular thing.

46. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch, Friends like you, hard to forget".

47. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk some more, I write your name ah!".

48. There were at least 40 people in one class.

49. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.

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

Seeing all these, I suddenly remembered my bookworm books... Oh.. Still remember bookworm series can be considered the expensive range of books... I was a member of bookworm club as well... And I've got a whole series of them... Spent about 1k that time to collect the whole series and got 2 wooden shelves for free... These bookworms are extinct now... But... someone actually threw them away... Damn it... and I only got a "Sorry, my father threw them away while spring cleaning..." BULLSHIT... All in the past le... But who can I blame... I only can blame myself for being so stupid... I shouldnt have lend him the whole series... And I should have insist to take them all back when the 'incident' happen... Worst, I was so stupid not to claim any money from him after I knew my books were thrown away... Dunno why I din ask him to pay... Maybe I dont want money issues to affect the 'friendship' that time... Shit... Though money cannot buy back the books... at least I will get back the money.... Anyway everything too late now... If time can be turned back the time, I confirm will get back all my money... Including those that he owe me... All I can blame is myself... Blame it on my stupidity... Now, I can only let the past be past... Hopefully I can forget abt this bookworm thing one day...

Anyway... Back to now... recently got the the big hoo-haa abt the contact lens solution, Renu... Lucky I have changed to Solo Care a few months ago... If not I think I have the high possibility of getting fungus infection if I still continue using Renu(cos my eyes constantly tio virus infections when I was using Renu... heng doctor say not serious... ) Of cos, without proper care, even use other brands of solution also will tio infection de... So contact lens wearer, please take care of your own eyes...

Another big hoo-haa is the NYP scandal abt this gal, Tammy... Dunno I should pity her or to laugh at her stupidity... There are lots of questions asked why did she not save the video in other types of media? or She really want to seek attention? Poor gal... Only 17 nia... And yet have to go thru so much torments emotionally... The thing I dun understand... Why media focus so much on the victims rather than the one who stole the video, put in on net and spread it around? I think the person who start the spreading should be punished... Stealing and distributing porn is wrong and illegal in our country... There is nth wrong for Tammy to engage in sexual activitives with her bf when she has reached the legal age of 16 ... Well... only one word for Tammy... Suay... And one word for one spreading the video.. Vicious... What is she/he thinking sia? Even take revenge also no need like that... Dunno how Tammy is going to face the world now.. Hope people will forget abt this incident over the time...

The world is getting uglier and uglier...