Memories of the late 70's and 80's baby

If you are late 70’s and early 80’s Malaysian baby, please read through this and you will smile and think back of the old memories. I don’t know who wrote this article which was circulated through the email, but it was an interesting article and I decided to post it on my blog.

We grew up watching….Transformers, Thundercats, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks, Mickey Mouse, Jem, Mask,Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Baja Hitam, Ultraman and not forgetting POWER RANGERS, BUGS BUNNY, A Team, Knightrider and McGyver. Do you remember the time when we were so carefree and actually had almost everything done for us by our parents? Not to forget our 'program minum susu' in primary school. Everybody is supposed to buy like cartons of milk that costs 30 cents and you would see everyone drinking it everyday...its d UHT milk...also... our 'Vitagen program'.

The teachers who would want to punish us must use yellow ruler to hit us on our palms. 1 metre length or rub 'cili padi' on our lips or strip us off our pants(guys tau taulah). That a bowl of laksa, nasi lemak or roti canai only cost less than 50 cents at the school canteen and it tasted so damn good. We 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, Tora (with some toys in it), 'Ti Kam', and ice-cream and we would play games like monopoly, uno, old maid, and all other card games(car, train, airplanes) like that.

Another fun time would be during Pendidikan Jasmani(PJ). We would play football ... almost the whole class chasing for the ball... some barefooted...some wearing their white canvas school shoes and it would be like we were playing in the world cup. But of course, the best would be playing plastic ball, bottlecaps, ice-cream sticks, 'Gala Panjang', Police & Thief catching, 'kunda kundi' 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...(tick tack toe and many more).

Do you remember the ice-cream tubes (ASAM BOI) which are actually ice and colouring that are sold for 10 to 20 cents? The colourful ones are where you usually bite off the top to glup it down. Grapes tastes d best..(pop-ice). What about the days when we felt like doing naughty things such as folding papers so small to make 'lastik' and shoot at 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 RM5.90. Going to school is an adventure by itself. Some of us take the 'uncle bus' or 'auntie bus'. Some ride their bicycles and convoy to school while some just walk to school with friends joking, laughing and disturbing school girls along the way (siapa makan cili dia rasa pedas).

We may have already lost some of our dear friends along the way who have either passed away, migrated abroad or just missing in action. But the memories during our time will never fade and shall be remembered as long as we live.