tanda-tanda anda bayi tahun 80-an

Received through email (English version found below):

Kita membesar dgn menonton G-Force, He-man, Transformers,
Thundercats, Silver Hawk, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks and Mickey
Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Mask, Smurfs dan Voltron (hiii
aku suke.. rindu laaa cite2 ni... kekeke).

Berus gigi time waktu rehat kat skolah rendah?...hmm, mesti pegang
cawan warna-warni kan. mencangkung kat tepi parit dgn classmates
semua kat seblah...

Ingat tak, misi kat skolah masuk kelas dgn list dentist appointment.
pastu bunyi gigi member kite kene gerudi kat bilik sebelah. ada gigi
yang berlubang, kene laa tampal.

Ni sure korang igt...program minum susu di skolah. nak galakkan
budak2 time tuh minum susu. sekotak 30 sen jek beb...

Cikgu2 kalau nak denda, mesti guna pembaris panjang warna kuning tu.
pukul tapak tangan...kan?

Semangkuk mi sup ke, mihun sup ke, 30 sen jek kat kantin.

Hankyu Jaya, Yaohan - shopping complex yang popular utk meluangkan
masa dgn family. ni for those yg dok KL laa

Time skolah menengah, korang sure beli kasut skolah Bata BM Turbo
atau Pallas Jazz. ada yang suka kasut high-cut yang buatan china
tu...ada yang suka stoking tebal laaa... (hahahahah.. aku suke!)

Internet? email? mendalah ape tu?

CD? ape tu? kaset tape penah laa dgr. tiket wayang pun 5 inggit je.
(baru nak merangkak kenal internet beb... kekekek syiok..
exciting!)

Kite pegi kedai runcit, beli Chickerdis, Mamee , Kum Kum, UFO, O-Ya,
Ding Dang chocolate balls yang ada mainan kat dlm die, 'telur' keras
warna warni, 'rokok' chewing gum, KIKI Bubble Gum.

Tak dilupakan, 'Ti Kam'.

Bile dah abih exam, main Monopoly la, Donkey la, Happy Family laa dlm class.

Tapi bunyi loceng laa yang paling best skali. boleh beli aiskrim
ngan apek kat luar skola tuh...

Lagi satu loceng masa nak pegi rehat. tinggal kan keje skolah, jom
kita pegi makan. budak2 yg dpt Rancangan Makanan Tambahan (RMT) mesti
kluar awal.

Lagi satu yang seronok mase time Pendidikan Jasmani, PJ. main bola
laa, rounders laa...

Permainan kegemaran, main guli, batu seremban, penutup botol, batang
aiskrim, 'Pepsi Cola one-two-three', 'Police & Sentry', kejar2
duduk...

Kita hilangkan dahaga dgn aiskrim 10 sen. yang tube aiskrim, ada
byk2 color tu. kalau nak makan, kene patahkan kat tengah2 die!

Lipat kertas kecik2, pastuh buat lastik. hmmm..ni pun kita main dulu
ni. baling2 kapur laa.

hmm...budak2 kat university skarang, kebanyakan nye lahir thn
1987/88. skarang digelar 'remaja'. Bagi diorg, diorg mane penah dgr
lagu 'We Are the World, We Are the Children...' dan lagu 'Uptown
Girl' yang diorg tau, yg Westlife nyanyi....bkn Billy Joel nyanyi...
bagi diorg, ada satu je Jerman kat dunia ni, dan ade satu je
Vietnam.

AIDS wujud sejak diorg lahir.

CD pun wujud time diorg lahir.

Michael Jackson dah putih dah time tu.

Diorg percaya Spiderman dgn Incredible Hulk tu filem2 baru.

Diorg tak bley bayangkan skrin hitam putih utk sebuah komputer.

Diorg tak penah tau pun 'Atari' dgn 'Game & Watch'.

Diorg tak percaya penah ada TV hitam putih...dan diorg skarang tak
reti nak switch on TV kalau xde remote control.

dan diorg tak paham macam mane kite boleh survive dkt universiti
tanpa handphone...

hmm...jom kite check, kite ni dah tua ke:

1. korg paham ape yang korang baca kat atas ni, dan korg sure tersenyum

2. kebanyakan member2 skolah menengah kite dah kawin

3. korg sure pelik bile nengok bdak2 kecik main komputer, selamba je

4. kita geleng kepala bile nengok bdak2 skolah menengah guna handphone

5. kita dah tak byk sembang2 dgn member melalui telefon lagi setiap hari

6. bile jumpe member lame dari semasa ke semasa, seronok bile
bersembang pasal cerite2 lame, cerite2 kelakar yang kite alami mase
dulu time kecik2, nakal2 dulu...

7. last skali, bile dah bace email ni, korang akan terpikir utk
forwardkan dkt member2 lame korg. Sure diorg suke punye laa...hehehe

Yaa, kite pun dah semakin tua!!. Teringat zaman2 dulu kan?. Cheers
to the 80s babies!!!! :)~~

English version

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.

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.

A bowl of noodles soup cost only 30cent in primary school days.

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?

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.

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.

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"!

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

7. Lastly, having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to
some other old friends. You think they will like it too.....

Hahaha!.... Yes! We are getting old too...........

Brings back old memories huh?

Cheers to the 80s babies!!!