24
2009
Are you a child of the 80's or 90's?
Yes I know some of us may be fed-up of seeing these, but I'm curious to know which child are you…………..I'm from the 90's
If you were a child of the 80s and early 90s in Trinidad…………..
You might remember:
Giving someone and receiving a meggie
Collecting empty tic-tac containers for the smell, filling them with water then drinking it
You filled empty orchard cartons with air and jumped on it to make a popping noise to scare someone
You screamed at the faintest sound of thunder
Getting licks with a guava whip or a wooden ruler with a metal strip on the side
When push point pencils were in style
When stationery on a whole was in style, nice erasers were prized: scented and colorful, sharpeners shaped like hamburgers or mechanical pencils and pilot pens, fine-point preferably
When 'Bata' was not in style but you had to wear one anyway
Carrying ah lunch kit with a thermos flask inside
Reading Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys, Judy Blume, Sweet Dreams or Sweet Valley High.
Wearing VERY ying, very short, very tight khaki pants to school
Wearing socks with frills
Wearing panties with frills on the back
Wearing the squeaky panties
The Coca-Cola yo-yo craze
Handwriting was a big thing in primary school among girls so you wrote extremely small and extremely neat with care
At some point in time, having to ask someone or be asked: a. if
Your father is (a) glass maker (b) if you have ants in you pants (c) if you monkey glands acting up
You loved pencil cases and you wanted a nice one shaped like a giant pencil with a zip on one end
Holding hands with a another girl or boy to go somewhere on an outing (everybody, find ah partner!) meant that he/she was your good friend
You were a Brownie or a Cub Scout, Red Cross
Having your skin stained for days with iodine after you fell
Boys making guns out of paper and shooting each other
Penny cools costing 25 cents
Getting excited over the sight of three red beans sprouting on a wet piece of toilet paper in an old jar
Eating condensed milk from the can, tomato balls, paradise plums, chili bibi and planter's snacks
Wearing poppies on Poppy Day was a fashion statement
Cheese paste sandwiches with food coloring on Kiss bread cut in triangles
Playing 'in ah fine castle, do you hear my sissy-o', 'I lost my glove on a Saturday night and found it Sunday morning…'
The smell of whitening your shoes
In primary school, you methodically collected eraser shavings
Netball, Rounder, Skip and cricket was serious business!
Reciting time tables
You played catch, red-light/green-light, there's a brown girl in the ring and hand clapping games till your palms stung
A re-fashioned balloon was called ah chikey-chong
You been to Clever woods at least twice for a class outing.
Who had the most and prettiest Barbie dolls used to run things
You made those fortune telling finger toys from copy book paper
You used to recite the National pledge everyday
Having to religiously support some curry-q, bar-b-q raffle or chinee-q for the school
You owned a Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Kris Kros or Naughty by Nature T-shirt.
Singing parang in a school Christmas concert or a folk song, 'mangoes. mangoes.'
If you went to Catholic primary school: prayers, prayers and more prayers.
You knew someone who looted in the coupe
Teens of the 90s (early to mid) in Trinidad, you might remember:
Fellas got an earring too-just one
Football limes and Intercol/Soccer picnics
No matter where you went to school, Trinity College seemed so far away
Your identity was defined by your school, there were girls and then there were 'Convent girls' (be that good, bad or indifferent)
Big maxis and had their hard pong
You hoarded colored ink pens
You stressed about SBAs in Form 4 and 5
When you traveled home, you had to lime first before you got there
CXC lessons and the lessons' lime
Boys hitting school desks to start a chanting session
Maxis and maxi conductors were the scourge of Secondary school in these days, parents were always complaining about them
You knew at least one girl who was 'dealing' with a maxi-man
Knight Rider, Street Hawk and Mc Gyver
Socks were almost invisible
If you had colored sneakers you were ordered to put tape on it, whiten it or paint is with paint or a marker at school.
Everyone was excited to attend the daylight dance from 3pm to 6pm
Pull string knitted bags was a big thing
Last school day you played 'wet down' and had to walk home because the maxi would not want you wet inside.
If you remember any of these, you my friend are a child of the 80s and early 90s in sweet Trinidad
you forget michael jackson..and playboy,prints…boy george..george michael…liming on library corner late then lying to your parents about
how the teacher make you stay in late..what about waking late to see barnabas colling..going to bazaar to meet guys/girls..buying bread and chicken from the snackett..boy I have so much that you bring back a lot of memories..great ones..boy best childhood..
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I was born October 1984 :~)
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i was a child of the 90's an i remember all them ting an who could forget 2 to 8 in celebs club in gluf that was the shit den i miss them days
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you forget michael jackson..and playboy,prints…boy george..george michael…liming on library corner late then lying to your parents about
how the teacher make you stay in late..what about waking late to see barnabas colling..going to bazaar to meet guys/girls..buying bread and chicken from the snackett..boy I have so much that you bring back a lot of memories..great ones..boy best childhood..
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i real enjoy reading these girl!!!!
fed up with my teachers asking if my socks sleeping.
making sure an have gel to carry to school.
the "hot sun" school parties!!
shirt collar used to be creased directly in the middle, a whole bottle of starch on it!
memories yes…. reality still didnt hit yet..
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house party with Adrian Don Mora, Professionals …. Mona lisa parties, Concerts in de stadium, stag was in ah short bottle and was called horse pi ss, beer was $3
Doubles was $1, coconut was not in bottle, ah crew of 4 people coulda chip $20 ah head and have ah good lime.
oh and yes thanks for bringing back dat blasted song in meh head "mangoes"
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Oh gosh Curious, thais memories girl. Well l remember ALL, so yuh know what category l in.
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I was born in 1988 and i attended corpus christi college. Yes iknow about the maxi men that used to pile by the school to pick up the children, i know about 100 girls who had a maxi man or conductor and ended up getting pregnant in school, that was some good memories you bring back. I remember when i was in primary school all the girls used to have song scrap books with all the pics and lyrics from the showtime stick up in the book, my sis who is 12 does that now.
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well me ent know bout allyuh nah, but i is ah 'chile ah d '80s and ah teen of the 90s' . yes allyuh ah old. lol. allyuh remember when L.A. Gear and FUBU was a big big brand?
thanks for bringing back all dem memories eh. lol. and ps. it was girls as well as d boys hitting d desks to start a chanting session. hehehehhe.
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Well, I remember this one….. and it still does have meh cracking up….Definitely ah 80's chile! Ah remember writing uncle sam..on TV for some stickers too and Scouting for Talent and Rikki Tikki and drinking nutrament, and going south on excursion and ….school outing to de zoo and is hot dog in the lunch kit and juice in the thermus! LOL
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sweet memories. sometimes i pity the children and teen of the 21st century. they dont really have those kind of
days
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Teen of the 80's. Julien boy I remember going to the College in St. James when Stag and Carib had they beer war and you could have gotten a beer for $1. Amazon Saturday School was the t'ing 12 - 6.
Puma or Addidas with big laces
Gun mouth pants
Joe Gum
Young Scene with Ian the Goose on radio 95 from 8 pm - 9 pm week nights
Stores close half day on Thursday.
Salt fish was cheaper than Steak
Window shopping around Christmas time
Going to Telco on Independence Square to make overseas calls
Maxi taxis and them usta make style on yuh and only pick up who they want
The Foreshore was safe at night
KFC dinner was a big t'ing
Salt prunes was a big t'ing
Looking forward to new school shoes for September was a big t'ing
Those were the days
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The 80's was the greatest!!!