This is more of a spiritual sequel to my other journal entry You Know You're Getting Old When...

For Those Born in the Year 1973-1984 (Most applicable to Malaysians)

1. We grew up watching G-Force, Transformers, Thundercats, SilverHawk, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Mask, Smurfs and Voltron, oh, and also Gaban.

2. In primary school where they impliment brushing your teeth after recess, and we get to see colourful cups and squat around near the drain together with our friends

3. We have a dentist just right beside our class, and you get to to do all the hullabaloo involved in dentistry for free and you can hear their teeth be drilled or cemented or plucked just right next door

4. The Drink Milk Program was still popular back then when the teachers would as those in charge of milk for the week to bring in free cold milk packets into the class during recess of the lovely memorable flavour of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla, just to promote milk-drinking among us young kids, and for the school, it only costs 30 Malaysian cents per pack.

5. When the teachers punish you, they are bound to use the yellow long ruler to whack your palms

6. A bowl of soup noodles costs only 50 Malaysian cents in the canteen

7. During high school we often buy shoes of Bata BM Turbo or Pallas Jazz brand. Some like the high-cut shoes made in China and loves nice thick socks

8. Internet? Email? What the hell are those?

9. CD? WTF are those? If you're talking about music casettes...

10. Movie tickets only cost 5 Malaysian dollars

11. When we go to sundry shops, we buy Chickerdis, Mamee , Kum Kum, UFO, O-Ya, Ding Dang chocolate balls that comes with a free toy, hard colourful 'eggs', chewing gum 'cigarettes', KIKI Bubble Gum. Not to mention 'TiKam'.

12. When exams are over, we play Monopoly, Donkey, Happy Family or whatever in class.

13. The school bell ringing is the best, especially when you get to buy ice-cream from the old uncle outside the school...

14. During recess, all school work can throw out of the window, let's eat!Kids who are involved in Rancangan Makanan Tambahan (RMT), or Extra Meals Program in English, are bound to leave early

15. During PE, we get to play ball, rounders and the like

16. Favourite game: Marbles, 'Batu Seremban', bottle caps, ice-cream sticks, 'epsi Cola one-two-three' , 'olice & Sentry', game of tag

17. We sooth our thirst by eating the 10 cents popsicle. You know, the one that comes in tubes and with plenty of colours and you need to break it in half through the middle to get to the popsicle

18. Fold papers into small bits and fit them in rubber bands or get yourselves pieces of broken chalk and you'll have yourselves a ball in class.

19. Kids nowadays never heard of the song 'We Are the World' and they assume the founder and singer of 'Uptown Girl' is by Westlife, not Billy Joel

20. To them, there is only one German and one Vietnam in this world
AIDS existed from the time they were born

21. CDs also existed from the time they were born
Michael Jackson was already white from the time they were born.

22. They assume Spiderman and Incredible Hulk were new films.

23. They cannot imagine a black and white screen for a computer.

24. They never knew 'Atari' and 'Game & Watch' exist.

25. They cannot believe there was once a black and white TV and they can't switch on a TV without a remote control to save their own life

26. They cannot and will not understand how we survive without cellphones in university back then

27. Most of you who read this (Malaysians mostly) will remember things mentioned above and surely will smile

28. Most of your high school friends have already married

29. You're sure to see kids these days not even older than 12 playing the computer games as if it's nobody's fucking business

30. We shake our heads when we see high school kids using handphones

31. We don't talk on regular phones with friends like we used to everyday

32. When we see old friends from time to time, we love to talk about old sentimental and funny stories we've been through when we were kids

Time passes so fast, doesn't it?
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