Signs that you were an 80s kid.

Looking at my ex-classmates' kids, it is for sure that kids today have a vastly different childhood than we did.  Back in the day, the Internet did not exist and there were no iPads or Smart Phones, but growing up was still awesome.  Here are some dead giveaway signs you were a part of Generation X in Singapore :

YOU CAN SPEAK ONE OR MORE DIALECT FLUENTLY.

No thanks to the government policy of killing off dialects and their speak Mandarin campaign. Not many kids today can carry a proper conversation in their mother tongue.

YOU KNOW WHAT "TWIST" MEANS.
Also applicable as "chope"... an all important "time-out" hand-sign feature for most of our childhood games, especially when it comes to "Police & Thief".

TV WAS AWESOME!
Whether you understand Cantonese or not... Man In The Net was a must-watch weekly ritual back then.  And having the ability to sing TV advert jingles became a skill most of us developed.  Who can ever forgot the Kodak one?  Heck, even that stupid "Courtesy Is For Free" song was unforgettable!
 

CENTREPOINT OR FAST EAST KID?
Over the weekend, you were either a Centrepoint Kid or a Fast East Plaza Kid.  It was so legendary that it is even on WIKIPEDIA.


MUSIC SO AWESOME, IT'S STILL ALIVE TODAY.
Music from the era had individual character... whether it was campy or otherwise, each one was in a class of its own.  No two songs sounded similiar.  Radio's still playing it, and some clubs still swear by it.

THE WAY IT WAS...
You know which MRT this was before it became the labyrinth of crap it is today.

COOL STUFF
They do not make them anymore... like pencil sharpeners that came with a small vanity mirror.

COMPUTERS

Because the internet did not exist and we practically had to invent our own social games with the kids in the neighbourhood, the only time we actually used our parent's computers were to play mind numbing games like this...

 

These were just some of the things.  If we were to compile a comprehensive list of things synonymous with the era we grew up with, I truly think it would be take up the space of an entire book.  Nostalgia, something none of us will actually get over.