A Date Back In Time

The Year is 2014.

I was born in the 1970s, which must be the coolest ERA of all.

That prompts me want to do an entry different from my usual food blog.

Why, you may be questioning.

That's because from the 70s to to-date, we have experienced the most changes in technology and lifestyles and perhaps, I can call this a tribute to time and perhaps all those "old" things that have ever crossed our lifes at one stage or another.

For a start, this is how our first TV set in my home looks like and best of all it was black and white.

"This is how my first TV set looks like"

The TV set must only be like 16" or no more than 18" at most but boy, but mind you, it was cutting edge technology and you can see "little" people running around in a box.

Just to add, the TV channels were also limited, you have like one channel for each of the respectively languages group - English, Mandarin, Malay and India.

The best part of all is that the TV channels will closed by 12 am midnight and on will come the Singapore national anthem, which I doubt many kids today realised since we must have over 100s of channels to choose from today as long as you are have subscribed to cable.

After the national anthem finished, you will soon be greeted by a similar screen as below with an ignoring buzzing sound.

Today, you can also have anything technologically possible on your TV.

You name it and you will have it as long as your pocket is deep enough.

"The ladies are not included in purchase of the television if you are just wondering"

From internet, 3D, LED, LCD, Plasma with the largest television as shown above at 110 inch.

If you wanted something different from your neighbours house, you can also opted to purchase the largest curve screen television.

Curved Television at 105 inch, do we need it ? But I WANT IT !!!

Next up, pager... aka mobile phone.

People in the much younger generation like those born in 1990s or 2000 onwards, probably has never seen a pager or even heard about it.

For those that has never been exposed to one, this is how it looks like.

Motorola was probably one of the most popular brands for pagers if my memory does not fails me.

One could only use your house line to page and wait for your caller to returns call at his/her conveniences of when he/she is able to locate a pay phone.

Shortly, after a few years, we had our first mobile phone which looks something like this.

Which shortly evolves to become like this.

And This,

By today standards, everyone will have a smart phone like this


 Just imagine how times and technology passes us by.

Of course, pager dead a quiet death without much people missing it or paying tribute.

Not to mentioned, mobile phones are integrated as part of us today, which we cannot live without anymore and being unconnectable is unimaginable.

Before there was laptop or tablets, we have...

For those that has been walking on this face of the earth long enough, we have Typewrtier.

Can you imagine, I used to have a typewriter that is very similar to the above and one will need to change the ribbon when its runs out of ink.

After typing out a letter, and the fastest way was to fax it across a machine that will look something like this.

But soon in the late 1980s and early 1990s, human being created what we know as PC, and for those who doesn't know, PC = Personal Computer.

Believe it or not, the PC has only one color, and that was the color green with only texts and no graphic display, if this "old" man remembers proper.

The first ever game made on a PC was something like this as shown below, 2D and it was black and white, but boy, could I spend hours on it.

Soon comes the first laptop, as people wanted to be more mobile such as the case of a mobile phone.

Today, I bet you will find these instead on the shelves.

Take a moment and reflect.

Just how far have we come to.

One wise man ever said that "Change is the only constant"

Before I end this post, there is something very close to my heart, which are toys from my generation to what is available today.

The reason is that we just welcomed a new addition to my family, our little one "Asher Tan" aka AT.

Boys from my era must have played with some of the below toys.

Don't you miss these plastic toy soliders

 Toy soldiers that cost almost nothing as compared to the toys kids buy today.

You will set up your battle ground and just imagine how the war will play out, like some will say, it is all in your HEAD and it was.

The child will have to imagine, missiles bombing, air strike, one on one combat, etc...

Next Toy was given by father earth, and it was fighting spider.

I have mine and you have yours and may the fearless battle begins.

 

 I doubt any of the children today ever attempt to keep this kampong spirit alive any more.

Before kids today have iPad, back then we have View Master... that comes in a slide show format and you can finish a movie or show in 5 minutes, tops.

Did we enjoy it, HELL YES.

At that time, this was consider cutting edge.

Toys today are mostly electronic...
 

 

 

I am glad and grateful to be born and rise in the 70s and have a childhood to remember by.

Hopefully, I too can recreate a childhood for our little AT now.

Keep well and will be back when I am back.

IT