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I’m not sure if I was especially good at this sport my ego tells me I’m the best there is, the best there was, and the best there’ll ever be, but I’ve always been better with my legs than hands. I’ll kick off this list with something that is not really considered a toy, but it was all the rage in 2008, which was the year Singapore won their first medal in the Olympics since the 1960s. So sit back, join me on a trip down memory lane (urgh this is so cliche, can someone suggest an alternative), and maybe go back to your roots and play around with your old toys instead of picking up your phone or tablet out of boredom in the future, because nothing can fill you up with the joy and sweet innocence of childhood than going back to spend some time with the stuff that defined our early school days.

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In this 3-part series (or maybe more), I aim to recall the things that were really ‘over’ and dominated my wonderful primary school days (2004-2009), recall my stories and experiences with them, encourage the next generation of kids (as well as parents) to not lose touch with their childhood and that there’s life after the iPad, and hopefully spread some nostalgia and get you guys thinking about your primary school days, where getting enough sleep was undesired and nothing else really mattered in the world except pulling the ponytail of the cute girl sitting in front of you having fun.

I’m not a fan of virtual contact, because it just doesn’t connect with me you know? How can you expect to create the same kind of fun and experience derived from something that’s 3D, something that has texture, color, character, and personality, on a device where all the fun and action happens on a shiny, state-of-the-art 10″ screen that is flatter than an ironing board. Maybe it’s because of the generation I came from, but it’s kinda sad to see kids spending so much time tapping on gadgets that are bigger than their faces instead of creating adventures and exploring their imaginations with physical toys like Lego, train sets, and pull-back cars (yes kids, they actually exist).

Nowadays, most of the school children I encounter are talking about the latest app, the latest game, and the latest tips and cheats to level up their characters.

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