A friend sent this to me
First, we survived with mothers who had no maids
They cooked and cleaned while taking care of us at the same time
We took aspirin, candy floss, fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrup and diabetes was 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 bottles
We would spend hours on the fields under bright sunlight flying our kites, without worrying about UV rays which never seem to affect us
We go into the 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 caught guppy in drains / canals and when it rained we swam 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 drinks, sweet coffee/ tea, ice kachang, 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 were O.K
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 not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, 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 birthday parties
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!
To those who who like me have had the luck to grow up as kids,
before the government regulated our lives for our own good.
