Remember?

the other day, a funny out-of-the-blue thought came to me..i remember being in std/year 4 and it was break time, and we had these flights of stairs going up to our hall..and one day we just decided to jump off 'em. we did 5 steps, then 7, then 10, and pretty soon it was two flights of steps. one of the boys dared me to do 18 steps, he was kinda being an ass, and the other kids were going on and on about how it couldnt be done, how their parents say "cannot", and how headmaster might catch us. so naturally, i decided to jump. it was the best feeling in the world. it was freedom.


You grew up in the 90's if:

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets.

Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders".

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

"Pepp- See- Cohh - LAA" (why wasnt it ever coca - cola?)

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS.

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand".

You thought Brain would finally take over the world

You remember when "tali getah" was taken to a whole new level. 2 feet of rubber terror; each loop consisted of 10 rubber bands, if it hit you, you were gonna get rubber burn.


And back then:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

There was no bull shit. "DOWAN TO FRIEND YOU" was for real. and it lasted all of 10 minutes.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do again lah!'

'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

Being old referred to anyone over 20.


so i dont really have a cool summation, i just figured it'd be nice to sorta take stock of what we were and what we've become, since Merdeka is coming and all..have we become wiser? less petty? more independant than our 10 year old selves?

maybe if we just did one thing to make us feel free this independence day, we'd learn something. or we'd at least feel something. i'm gonna go look for a flight of stairs...