So now is my childhood in primary school
I grew up watching He-man, Transformers, Mickey Mouse, Sesame Street . Not to forget, Ninja turtles and Smurfs too.
I lived near Outram...actually Jalan Kukoh to be exact and the block back then look like this.
I grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. I will squat by a drain with all my classmates. The teachers said I must brush each side 10 times too.
Water bottles were slung around my neck and a must everywhere I go.
In class, we fight rubber to see how my rubber go on top the other.
I still remember there's this electronic hand-held game called "Octopus" which I always played.
I freak out when the teacher tells me to line up according to height and hold hands with the girl.
Near my house, market look like this
I get the option to have 1 packet of milk everyday in school and my parents gives me money weekly to pay for the milk.
My mum used to bring us to Van Kleef Aquarium very often. This place never fail to light me up.
(Entrance fees were 30 cents for adults and 20 cents for children)
We played skipping ropes; zero-point, catching and bean bags during PE lessons.
I buy ice bag with favor like 10 cents each at provision store below my house. Just bite and twist.
My playground got rope to climb above, got sand, got swings, got see-saw, got merry-go-round, got a dragon thingy with roll of steps for me to climb up.
I lived near Singapore river and remember the scene exactly like the picture below.
I buy tidbits called Kaka (20 cents per pack) and that had a toy in it and it changes every week.
Handkerchiefs back then were a must for both genders
Apart from Van Kleef Aquarium, mum loves to bring her children to National Theatre for a visit.
My childhood in secondary school
I have pager, wor! Beep..beep. Who pages for Nick?
SBS buses used to be non-air conditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red! The big red bell gives a loud BEEP when pressed. There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole on the ticket.
Bus stop look like this
Watch my first movie at cinema was only $2.50, circle seat(upstair) was $3.50. Watch movie like Breakdance or Ghostbuster at below cinema.
(Capitol cinema)
(Lido cinema)
(Cathay cinema)I read Hardy Boys, The Three Investigators and the Famous Five story books.
I catch fishes in the drain.
KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates and let me use metal forks and knives.
Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch, Friends like you, hard to forget".
Famous Chinese singers were only Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung
Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk some more, I write your name ah!"
I brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.
Clifford piers look like this.
Some of the well known streets look like this
What fond memories!
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