You know you grew up in Pakistan in the 90's when

[Hyde]

The best thread of this forum

always reminds me my good old days

 

[Capt.Popeye]

You know you grew up in Pakistan in the 90's when:

Do Pakistanis here remember all of this????

While i didn't grow up in the 90s, nor did i grow up in Pakistan: all this does seem familiar and strikes a chord.
Many things have always remained the same- 70s, 80s or 90s. Thank God for that and yet some things were different; the only terrorist i knew was my Math. teacher!!
There used to be a song in Hindi films "bachpan ke din, woh kya din thay".
Thanks, EmO GiRl

 

[Capt.Popeye]

I have memories more than u ALL combined, i wan to go BACK, BACK

Hey EmO GiRl, can understand that, but don't take all of you back to the past, leave some part of yourself in the present. After all, who's going to swim against the tide?
Not many of us can do that.

 

[Kompromat]

I was the best cheat amongst my cousins in Ludo.

Dhuwan - who else misses it still

Sesame street

I used to watch the beast wars all the time.

OMG !! Gulii danda !!

* I received treatment from mum many times for spoiling my dress while playing gulli danda with mates

 

[Kompromat]

Shahnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[T-Faz]

Add all this too.

Who here remembers hindi dubbed Aladdin and Disney Time on Zee TV, Mithun released a few films every-week. Put me off that channel and Indian films for life.

STN used t show great stuff, I really miss those days. I just cannot express how much I want to go back and revisit those time.

Also do remember WWF, when it was very good. Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold, The Rock, Razor Ramon.

Before I get something in my eye that makes me shed a few tears, I will leave with dignity.

 

[dexter]

 

[T-Faz]

A few more:

• "Backstreets Back", "Get Down" and "Quit Playing Games With My Heart” were the first English songs you became madly obsessed with

• We had the best team ever playing at the 1999 Cricket World Cup with Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis bowling

• You we're amazed when Pakistan reached the Finals of the 99 World Cup against Australia (only for them to screw it up in the end)

• You picked out only the chips from your mum’s Nimco

• You grew up watching wresters like Bret The Hitman Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior

• You also remember WWF being interesting to watch (it sucks now and it's called WWE)

• Walls wasn't as good as the Challi Walla (end there were rumors that people loved them so much because there was chars in the masala)

• It's copy, rubber and dustbin. Or rather, "duss-bin". And desk was once "dex"

• There was NO GEO TV or GEO NEWS to ruin your day

• You were on the top of the food chain if you were made monitor (and you very easily abused the power too, by chucking chalk and dusters at people)

• Sit, Stand, Murghi and sitting in the Bad-Kid Section was the usual punishment. And the good girls would sit with the bad boys in a vain attempt to civilize them

• You remember when Pizza Hut, McDonalds and KFC opened in Pakistan and would dress up extra nice to go eat there

• You were cool if you could finish a whole pack of Crunchies or Slanties without showing any signs of weakness, including drinking water afterwards

• You drank Frost juice with Super Crisp chips. And then when you were done, you’d chuck the juice box on the floor and jump on it to burst it

• You remember the movie Titanic being released out and how the song "My Heart Will Go On" became a cult hit (it still is)

 

[Manticore]

^^ bret heart, lex lugar

wise guy, miami vice, a-team,fresh prince ,transformers [1st gen] , M.A.S.K[Mobile Armored Strike Kommand] , captain power, auto-man , manimal, street hawk, garison's gorillas , smurfs, earth2, misfits of science, guest house , thunder cats, Silver hawks, Bionic 6,

bands- milestones, sajjad ali, vital signs, metallica, yatagan, arid zone , fringe benifits----------

cocacola --hidden loot items under the bottle cap

A-HAMEED novels , umr ayaar novels , english childrens classics , archie comics

 

[Pukhtoon]

what?kabadi and kushti?
btw staapu is also called pithoo...

In Pakistan we also called it Pittho Garam lolzz

BTW came through 15 pages and it is strange that nobody mention FULL HOUSE and AIR WOLF

 

[53fd]

I believe this thread needs to be restarted again, which I am doing right now.

 

[53fd]

My favorite game:

Another one of my favorites:

 

[American Pakistani]

You know you grew up in Pakistan in the 90's when:

• Evenings on STN/NTM were the highlight of your day.

• The Jetsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Captain Planet were dubbed in Urdu.

• If you were lucky, you had a dish, and you’d watch Disney Hour dubbed in Hindi on Zee TV. And you never missed 'Hum Paanch' or 'Tu Tu Main Main' either.

• You played “Kings” in school.

• Playground feminism took form in the shape of “Queens” and “Kish”.

• Guys only ever played cricket and football, depending on what World Cup was going on at the time.

• The only co-ed sport that was ever played was DodgeBall (called Dodge the Ball) and girls were actually pretty good at it.

• You played Dark Room, Tilo-Express, Oonch Neech, Chor-Sipahi and Chupan Chupai.

• You decided conflicts not by Rock-Paper-Scissors, but by Pugan-Pugaai, In-Pin-Safety-Pin, or Akar-Bakar-Bambay-Bo.

• 5 words: Yasoo-Panjoo-Haar-Kabootar-Doli.

• Anyone owning a real Barbie or Hot Wheels was a source of envy and admiration.

• “Bil Patori naasan chori aadhi mithi aadhi kori I’m sorry I’m sorry” means something to you. As does “ZAAAAAYYYMEEENAAAA!!!.”

• You drank Frost juice with Super Crisp chips. And then when you were done, you’d chuck the juice box on the floor and jump on it to burst it.

• There was never a line at the canteen. Instead everyone drove the canteen wala mad by screaming at the top of their lungs.

• You picked out only the chips from your mum’s Nimco.

• You remember RC Cola and how no one liked it.

• It was taboo for guys to drink Mirinda/Fanta because it was a GIRL’s drink. lol

• You idolized Imran Khan even though he was retired when you were 2 or 3, and wiped your face with your Pepsi bottle or Frost juice because he did it in that ad.

• Wasim Akram's 'Mein cigarette nahi peeta' ad made half your generation vow to never smoke (the other half just missed out on good stuff).

• You had to ask “Ma’am/Miss may I come in” before entering a class, and you had to stand up to answer questions during a lesson.

• Cordless phones were the coolest things.

• You went crazy when your dad bought his first ever mobile, and you wouldn’t shut up about it to your friends.

• You begged your parents for a walkman and then bought tapes of Junaid Jamshed, or if you were really cool, Junoon.

• You went to a Junaid Jamshed concert in a PAF building or a Junoon concert in PC.

• You remember Fakhr-e-Alam hosting the Top Ten on NTM and his “Bhangra Rap” was always #1.

• #2 was “Jaadoo Ka Charagh” by Awaz, #3 was “Dohlna” by Shehzad Roy and #4 was “Mann de Mauj” by Hadiqa Kayani, the only cool female-singer in Pakistani.

• You were really sad when Awaz split up. And later you took sides between Haroon and Fakhir, and if you liked one you had to hate the other.

• You remember waking up early in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays to watch English cartoons on Star Plus (before it got taken over by the Indians).

• You still hold a grudge against the Indianization of Star Plus after all those years.

• You remember celebrating when they changed the weekends to Saturday and Sunday because it meant Friday was a half-day.

• You played Sega-Mega Drive, Atari and Super Nintendo.

• You played Mario Brothers like there was no tomorrow. YESSSS

• You remember the Nintendo game where you had to shoot ducks with an actual gun-shaped joystick and thought it was the most amazing thing ever. (YUPIEEE. i never lost in it)

• Your life was never the same again when your first Windows 95 was set up in your house.

• You played Dave 1 and thought level three was the hardest thing in the world. Then you upgraded to Lion King (probably from a Power Games CD bought out in the street).

• You shafted Polka Ice Cream when Walls became popular. And yes, admit it, you used to wait for the Ice Cream wala in the afternoon and bought Paddle Pops from him. ( I miss Polka)

• Walls wasn't as good as the Challi Walla.( hmmmmmmm)

• Cartoon Network showed good stuff like Johnny Bravo and Johnny Quest before crap like Cow and Chicken ruined everything.

• You had 'kutti' (pinkie finger) with your enemies and 'dosti' (index+middle finger) with your friends.

• 'Dustbin' was 'duss-bin' and 'desk' was once 'dex.'

• Your childhood was over when they made you stop using pencils and start using fountain pens. And you always made a mess filling the ink.

• You watched Small Wonder, even after it was dubbed in Hindi by Star Plus.

• You wanted to be on the Crystal Maze, The Legends of the Hidden Temple and such game shows.

• The coolest clapping games were 'Cham Cham Cham,' 'O Pillar,' 'Zig Zag Zoo.'

• You were on the top of the food chain if you were made monitor (and you very easily abused the power too, by chucking chalk and dusters at people).


Do Pakistanis here remember all of this????

Aaah, pleasurable life back in those days, each n every thing mentioned here, i used to do. That was the life free of any worries busy in our own children world. Wish someone invent a time machine, will remain in my 90's forever.

I pick peanuts too.

 

[American Pakistani]

In Pakistan we also called it Pittho Garam lolzz

BTW came through 15 pages and it is strange that nobody mention FULL HOUSE and AIR WOLF

Oh yes how can i forget "Pitthu Garam" saturday evenings with all neighbourhood friends.
Where is that life disappear?

Air Wolf's music was enough for me to attract me to living room.

There was some more movies "tremores", "A1 team", "Amazing stories", "Alice in Wonderland","honey bee"

I hope i name them correctly.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

''mera gaon mein bijli aayi hai, mera gaon mein bijli aayi hai''