I am old...I am old enough to remember when Plaza Sing was old and unhip.
I am old enough to remember when Far East Plaza had Metro and Mcdonald's.
I am old enough to remember Yaohan at Marina Square and Sogo at Raffles City. (and come to think of it, Metro at Marina Square as well!)
I am old enough to remember that Marina Square had a fountain, and a huge arcade above the foodcourt which had famous chicken rice, and the foodcourt was on the first floor near KFC.
I am old enough to remember when IMM had IMM MegaMart (with white plastic bags and blue words) instead of Giant.
I am old enough to remember when 187 was under SBS and not SMRT.
I am old enough to remember the appearance of the first double-decker bus. (Bus 7, in case you're wondering)
I am old enough to remember a time without LRT and NEL.
I am old enough to remember when Singapore movies meant Army Daze and not Jack Neo or Royston Tan.
I am old enough to remember when Mediacorp was not called Mediacorp but SBC and TCS.
I am old enough to remember where Haw Par Villa was still open and I was playing the log (flume) ride thingy.
I am old enough to remember asking Dad to buy Polly Pocket (tiny plastic dolls) for me.
I am old enough to remember when Neopets was as popular as Facebook is today.
I am old enough to remember when Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, N'Sync and A1 just started out, and Backstreet Boys and Westlife were popular.
I am old enough to remember the ORIGINAL Power Rangers which was called Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Red Ranger was called Jason and Pink Ranger was called Kimberly - based on memory!!)
I am old enough to remember the red-bricked National Library.
I am old enough to remember when both Macau and Hong Kong weren't part of China.
I am old enough to remember the 3 1/2 inch floppy disk (A: drive!) being used to transfer data.
I am old enough to remember using LDs (laser disc?) to watch movies like The Land Before Time 1-4. (which is damn nice by the way)
I am old enough to remember using a typewriter in my house.
I am old enough to remember when Gao Xiao Xing Dong, Liang Si Mei and Liang Popo were damn popular.
I am old enough to remember a show called Cheng Ren Za Zhi (City Beat) and was hosted by Huang Sufang, Bryan Wong, Kym Ng (Ms Tan) and Sharon Au (Ah Hao).
I am old enough to remember a time without Kbox, Sweetalk and BreadTalk.
I am old enough to remember IRC and ICQ.
I am old enough to remember when Kinokuniya first opened in Ngee Ann City.
I am old enough to remember that WALKMAN actually meant a portable casette player with/without FM radio.
I am old enough to remember a time where handphones didn't exist!
Hmm. These days, the only constant thing is change.
(ps: if you remember stuff I don't, please tag!)
