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16 Things You Definitely Did At Home As A 90's Kid In Malaysia

"Get off the Internet, I need to use the phone!"

By Laila Zain

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1. You memorised your best friends' home numbers and would call to gossip for hours

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Image via Giphy

2. Record your favourite songs from the radio using your trusty cassette tape

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Image via Comedy Central

And you would have to do it all over again when the DJ started talking before the song was over!

3. Shout at the 'roti man' from your bedroom window, then hide when he stopped his bike

You gotta love them roti bun.

4. Play badminton in the evening using your house gate as the net

5. Ride your bike in the house compound, round and round in a circle, around the car

6. Visit the kedai runcit to buy snacks without your parents' knowledge

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Image via TallyPress

7. Then feasting on these treats in your bedroom

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Image via TallyPress
Image from TallyPress
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Image from TallyPress
Image via TallyPress
Image from TallyPress
Image via TallyPress

8. And playing with these weird bubble things

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Image via eBay

9. If you were lucky enough to have a Gameboy...

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Image via oonai5000

10. Blowing inside the game cartridges before starting up your Nintendo

11. Spending hours jumping through fire hoops and over monkeys

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Image via Sepia MtAnoia

Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, PAC-MAN, Galaga... :')

12. Then you upgraded to a Playstation or Nintendo 64

Remember this..? Listen with the sound ON!

13. You had a VHS collection of movies you watched over and over again

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Image via forkerball

14. Singing along to the Internet dial-up

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Image via Reddit

"Pshhhkkkkkkrrrr-​ka-king-ka-king-ka-king-tsh​chchchchchchchcch​-ding-ding-ding..."

15. Three words: Internet chat rooms

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Image via Buzzfeed

AnD wE uSeD tO tYpE LiKe tHiS bEcAuSe iT wAs sO cOoL!

16. Three letters: A / S / L

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Image via FanForum

Did you know that people who were born in 1990 are now 30 years old?

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Image via Mommyish

Well, it's true! And we sure racked up some amazing memories while #growingupinMalaysia :)

How else did you entertain yourself at home as a 90's kid? Let us know in the comments below!

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