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#Throwback: The Games We Played When We Were Kids In Kampung

'Balik kampung' always give me sweet nostalgia of the games my cousins, siblings, friends and I used to play in the open field. This was the time before smartphones! Nonetheless, 'Diamonds Dash' and 'Angry Birds' will never beat a fun game of 'Pepsi Cola'. What were some of your favourite games when you were a kid?

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"Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola, ice cream soda!"

"Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola, ice cream soda!"

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Playing 'guli' made us lose our marbles

Guli

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'Congkak' taught us to be creative in using stones and sea shells when we ran out of guli

Congkak

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'Batu seremban' taught us hand-eye coordination

Batu seremban

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Hopscotch gave us muscle aches the next day

Hopscotch.

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'Gasing' was one skill we really wanted to master to impress our friends

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We rummaged through the rubbish bins looking for old cans to play 'baling tin'

Baling tin

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When there was no empty cans, we used slippers instead

Baling selipar

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Evenings were the best time for 'tarik upih pinang'

Tarik upih pinang

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'Sorok-sorok' taught us to be patient when we were counting back from 10

Sorok-sorok

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I always imagined I was a super-tall giant on my stilts, how about you?

And during Hari Raya, the family would gather together in the old wooden kampung house to anyam ketupat

Cara anyam ketupat.

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