nostalgic

11:55 PM / Posted by ND~ /







isn't it amazing how a song can bring back all memories? A song is able to capture all the feelings, images even smells, of that moment in time.


Upon hearing the song, all these feelings which were kept surpressed within , are all release in swift motion. It overcomes you , making you succumb to old memories.
Bet all of you have a collection of old songs, go on . . . wipe the dust off those cds and pop them into the player.
Its time to slow down and take a breather, take a moment and remember when it was a simpler time.




A time when cartoons like Care bears, Smurfs, Masks and Gripping TCS dramas which had you stucked to the edge of ur seat.





Playgrounds were filled with sand and had swings which could we would attempt to make the swing flip all the way around, while the rest of us played games like Five Stones and Hop scotch.





After school sessions were filled with endless sessions of playing soccer with a tennis ball or pingpong ball on a volleyball court, topped off with a couple of games of block catching. After which a seng bao to cool off,



No no no it wasn't those commercial made seng bao, you always knew which unit in which block had an auntie who would make them and sell them to kids for 30 cents a piece.





We paid 45 cents for air con buses in exchange for bus tickets which we would fold into hearts, or the lucky few which had to purchase concession stamps to paste on our student pass





Wkend shopping at Emporium and YaoHan.





When we had blackboards in the classrooms, worksheets were yellow in color and had a old musky smell, filled with people like Ahmad, Bala, Sumei, John, Mr Wally and Mr. Yakki?





Science was fun filled with experiments to earn our Young Zoologist/Botanist badges





Grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. Squating by a drain with all your classmates beside you and brush your teeth with a coloured mug. Brush each side 10 times.





You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class





Bookworm short stories were a "must read" , adventures with Smarty, Mimi , Sam Seng, Edision , Porky , Simone , Fat Ani and their Form Teacher Miss Goon. Not Forgeting Young Generation Magazines, with Vinny the Vampire and the Ever Famous Mr Kaisu





Sharity Elephant donations.





And Guys who can forget the games ? Streets of Rage , Revenge of the Shinobi , Battletoads , Contra Force , Golden Axe 1 , 2, 3 , Sonic the hedgehog Shining Force





Those were the days . . . .

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