Tuesday 26 January 2010

Been there, done that..

This entry encompasses my childhood. I identify with literally every single thing on this list. See if you're familiar with any of them, ne?

By the way, credit goes to VioletEyed-Demon of FF.net ^^


Do you remember the 90's? You're a 90s kid if:

You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, Aaaaaah Real Monsters, Rocko's Modern Life, Animaniacs and Gargoyles.. You've ever ended a sentence with the word PSYCHE!".. You just can't resist finishing this: "In west Philadelphia born and raised...".. You remember Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosours, Boy Meets World.. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on Saturday to watch cartoons..

You remember reading "Goosebumps".. You still get the urge to say "NOT!" after (almost) every sentence.. everything was settled by rock-paper-scissors, bubble-gum-bubble-gum-in-a-dish, or Miss-Mary-Mack.. Kickball was a daily activity.. you used to obey your parents.. you used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time on a tape.. you remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genesis became popular.. You remember the original Gameboy.. you always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos, but never taped anything funny..

You remember watching The Magic Schoolbus, Wishbone, Reading Rainbow and Ghostwriter on PBS.. You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.. you remember those Where's Waldo books.. You remember eating Warheads and Splashers gum.. you remember watching the 1st Batman, Alladin, Ninja Turtles, Ghost Busters.. you remember Ring Pops! If you remember when everything was "Da Bomb!" then you'd remember boom boxes vs. CD players. Making those little paper fortune things, and then predicting your life with them..

You played and/or collected "Pogs".. you had at least one Tamagochi, Gigapet or Nano and brought it everywhere.. One word...... trolls.. Windows 95 was the best.. you watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Wild Thornberry's, Power Rangers and Rocket Power.. All your school supplies were the "Lisa Frank" brand.. You collected Beanie Babies.. Carebears and Lambchop's song never ends.. Silver dollars were cool to have.. everyone watched WB.. You even know what an original walkman is..

You know the Macarena by heart.. "Talk to the hand".. you went to McDonalds just to play in the Playplace.. you remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.

Before the MySpace frenzy.. before the internet and text messaging.. before Sidekicks and iPods.. before Playstation 3 or X-Box 360.. Before Spongebob.. before Tupac was shot.. when light up sneakers were cool.. when you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.. when gas was $0.95 a gallon.. when we recorded stuff on VCRs.. you had slap bracelets!

You actually played outside until it was dark! Way back. Before we realized all these wonderful things would eventually disappear...



These were my younger days exactly. Reading this made me wonder at the little things we've experienced to shape the person we are today..

6 comments:

Nurhidayati Abd Aziz said...

Funny, I was actually sitting down, laughing and crying at the pictures of my brothers and I when we were little.

I actually forgotten how small we used to be!

And then, remembering the kinds of stories which made/forced us to grow up - it's heartbreaking.

Nevertheless, we are now because of who we were before.

It's a day for reminiscing, hey?

:)

Opie said...

Yes!

It brought back soo much! I'd forgotten who I was and what I wanted to be.. Back then things were simple, and within reach.

These days, I feel like the more you grow up, the less you could achieve.. Goals get sidetracked, things get complicated for no apparent reason..

I posted this entry to sort of remind me who I really wanted to be.. :)

Kecikjer said...

Seriously,

was smilling ear to ear when i read this =D

totally got me laughing, and then it got me sad too.

soo many things have changed..

abuyusof said...

wait till i tell u all about the 70s..

Opie said...

Fufu,

I know.. each of these has significant impact on us, didn't it? Even the Lisa Frank part.. :p Those psychadelic pinks were cool!

Lambchop's contagious song:

This is a song that never ends,
It keeps on going on my friend,
And people keep on singing without knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it forever just because..

Just repeat endlessly! >D

Opie said...

Oppa,

70's.. the rebellion years! ^^

I was never part of it physically, but I grew up with the spirit nonetheless.. :)

Thank God for reminiscing parents..^^