This article is what we Malaysians born in the 80’s of various belief and races have in common.

English Version (Malay version is at the bottom):

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!!!
Malay Version:
Rindu nyer kat zaman kecik2 dulu…..
Happy je memanjang….main je ngan kwn2 24hrs….hehehe

untuk bacaan pada masa lapang…
enjoy…sure korang teringat balik zaman2 skolah dulu…

tanda-tanda anda bayi tahun 80-an:

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.

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…

internet? email? mendalah ape tu?

CD? ape tu? kaset tape penah laa dgr. tiket wayang pun 5 inggit je.

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!!