Club Senior Boys and Girls

[Funx3]

Original Title: To All those Born in the 50's , 60's & early '70s


The article below was written by Patrick Teoh in his blog \"Niamah!!\".

To All those Born in the 40's, 50's , 60's & early '70s...
First, we survived with mothers who had no maids. They cooked /cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.
They took aspirin, candies floss,fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrups and diabetes were rare. Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedy for fever.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
As children, we would ride with our parents on bicycles/ motorcycles for 2 or 3. Richer ones in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a private taxi was a special treat.
We drank water from the tap and NOT from a bottle.
We would spend hours on the fields under bright sunlight flying our kites, without worrying about the UV ray which never seem to affect us.
We go to jungle to catch spiders without worries of Aedes mosquitoes.
With mere 5 pebbles (stones) would be a endless game. With a ball (tennis ball best) we boys would ran like crazy for hours.
We catch guppy in drains / canals and when it rain we swim there.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually worry about being unhygenic.

We ate salty, very sweet & oily food, candies,bread and real butter and drank very sweet soft sweet coffee/ tea, ice kacang, but we weren't overweight because.......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, till streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. AND WE DONT HAVE HANDPHONE S TO BUG US. And we were O.K. AND WE ARE SAFE.
We would spend hours repairing our old bicycles and wooden scooters out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem .
We did no t have Playstations, X-boxes, Nintendo's, multiple channels on cable TV, DVD movies, no surround sound, no phones, no personal computers, no Internet. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and we still continued the stunts.
We never had birthdays parties till we are 21
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and just yelled for them!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
Yet this generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 40 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

PS: -The big type is because Long-sightedness or hyperopia at your age. he... he....
~ Patrick Teoh

I Couldn't Help but Compare our Childhood with that of our Kids ....
And Felt Blessed for what we Managed to Get By Without ....
And What Our Kids \"MUST\" Have to Get By in this Era ....

[jtoh]

I can relate to this. Simple life, simple pleasures.

[ChiefKiasu]

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The article below was written by Patrick Teoh in his blog \"Niamah!!\".

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To All those Born in the 40's, 50's , 60's & early '70s...
First, we survived with mothers who had no maids. They cooked /cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.
They took aspirin, candies floss,fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrups and diabetes were rare. Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedy for fever....

Excellent post! :celebrate:

[autumnbronze]

jtoh:

I can relate to this. Simple life, simple pleasures.

:hi5:

ps: ooooooops did I just reveal my age :evil: :lol:

[Funx3]

ChiefKiasu:

Funx3:

The article below was written by Patrick Teoh in his blog \"Niamah!!\".

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To All those Born in the 40's, 50's , 60's & early '70s...
First, we survived with mothers who had no maids. They cooked /cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.
They took aspirin, candies floss,fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrups and diabetes were rare. Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedy for fever....

Excellent post! :celebrate:

Yeah I Really wish at Times that our Kids can sample SIMPLE pleasures Derived from Everyday Life ....
And Less Man-Made Pressure ....
:celebrate:

[Funx3]

autumnbronze:

jtoh:

I can relate to this. Simple life, simple pleasures.

:hi5:

[size=50]ps: ooooooops did I just reveal my age :evil: :lol:
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Ha Ha ....
Can't Read, So I En-\"HUGE\" the Fonts ....
Errrrrrrrr ....
Let Me Guess ....
So U R Bet' 61 to 37!
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[autumnbronze]

Funx3:

autumnbronze:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]I can relate to this. Simple life, simple pleasures.

:hi5:

[size=50]ps: ooooooops did I just reveal my age :evil: :lol:
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Ha Ha ....
Can't Read, So I En-\"HUGE\" the Fonts ....
Errrrrrrrr ....
Let Me Guess ....
So U R Bet' 61 to 37!
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:[/quote]Not telling, friend :razz:

Actually I am forever 21, if you really must know :laugh:

[daisyt]

Now, in the 20xx, we have kids

- Comparing how frequent and where u go for holidays.
- What type of house you stay?
- What profession your parents are?
- What education level your parents have?
- Who you inherit your \"not so smart\" gene from?
- Without handphone or ps3, is like telling them to :stupid:
- Anytime blar out ISA :nailbite:

I seriously thinking, whats wrong with this society now? Are we having more kate spade and lesser nonay kueh?

[Funx3]

autumnbronze:

Funx3:

Ha Ha ....
Can't Read, So I En-\"HUGE\" the Fonts ....
Errrrrrrrr ....
Let Me Guess ....
So U R Bet' 61 to 37!
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Not telling, friend :razz:

Actually I am forever 21, if you really must know :laugh:

Fren, If U Forever 21 ....
I Forever 16+++ ....
:boogie: :boogie:

And I Think I'm Right ....
Both Mathematically and Logically ....
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Funx3]

daisyt:

Now, in the 20xx, we have kids

- Comparing how frequent and where u go for holidays.
- What type of house you stay?
- What profession your parents are?
- What education level your parents have?
- Who you inherit your \"not so smart\" gene from?
- Without handphone or ps3, is like telling them to :stupid:
- Anytime blar out ISA :nailbite:

I seriously thinking, whats wrong with this society now? Are we having more kate spade and lesser nonay kueh?

Guess Nonya Kueh is What we get as Treats when we R Good When we R Young ....
And Kate Spate is What our Kids Get When They R Good?
:imanangel: :imanangel: