Memoirs of a Kampung Boy

We grew up watching Transformers, Thundercats, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks, Mickey Mouse, Jem, Mask, Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Baja Hitam and Ultraman.

Had to brush our teeth during recess at primary school?
Had to hold plastic cups, line up with your classmates side
by side and start brushing our teeth at some open area...
or maybe near some drain??

Do you still remember that we had 'dentist' rooms
Where we had to have our teeth checked?

Not to forget our 'program minum susu' in primary school...
everybody is suppose to buy like cartons of milk that cost 30 cents...
and you would see everyone drinking it everyday...
Do u remember the Milo van that served the most delicious Milo ever!!??

The teachers who would want to punish us
Must use the huge yellow rulers to hit us on our palms??
Or the ever famous 'rotan' with chicken feathers!!!

That a bowl of mihun soup or mee soup
Only cost 50 cents at the school canteen...

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 with some toys in it,
'Ti Kam' and ice-cream
And we would play games like Monopoly (Saidina??), Uno, Old Maid...
and all other card games like that.

Another fun time would be during Pendidikan Jasmani.
The boys would play football while the girls would play netball...
And it would be like we were playing in the World Cup...

But of course, the best would be:
main guli, batu seremban, bottlecaps, ice-cream sticks, 'Pepsi Cola one-two-three',
Polis dan Pencuri, main kejar-kejar-duduk...
When was the last time you heard "Zero Girl" or "Zero Boy"??

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...

Do you remember the ice-cream tubes
which were actually only ice and colouring
that were sold for 10 to 20 cents..
the colourful ones..
where you usually bite off the top to glup it down...

What about days when we felt like doing naughty things such as folding papers
so small to make 'lastik' and shoot each other... and even teachers!
How about throwing chalks??

Back then, Micheal Jackson was just turning white...
and still had mega-hit albums coming out..
compared to CD's, we were listening to cassette tapes that were sold for RM9.90...

In computer class, we were still using black and white computer moniters..
Played 'Atari'... maybe SEGA or NINTENDO...


Well, are we all getting older or what?


If you understand what you have read and you are smiling:

You have friends from school that are already married...

You shake your heads every time you see high school students fussing about their handphones in school..

You don't hang on phone with your friends for hours a day talking about nothing...

When you meet back with your friends from time to time, you feel excited and happy talking about old times, the funny 'adventures' or stories that you guys experienced as a kid..

Last but not least, that when you read this, you would think of all the happy & sad memories that you have experienced when you were still a kid and cherish the moments that have passed you by within a blink of an eye...