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

[Comet]

GOD
I miss all of it, i want to go BACK, Back in Time

 

[paritosh]

Well i don't know much about these games

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

 

[R.A.W.]

Hey listen to me, I didnt wanted to say this, but now i will , Don't try to be over smart with me, remain in ur limits

Sorry about that.... I did not meant to offend you. And yeah i did read about that flirting stuff.............. forget it.... Not interested... already engaged.......

 

[DaRk WaVe]

Sorry about that.... I did not meant to offend you. And yeah i did read about that flirting stuff.............. forget it.... Not interested... already engaged.......

I wish it was not a forum, i would have told u about great deal of things, so better shut up now...

 

[Evil Flare]

Abay Bhai yeh Larne Jhagrne ki Jaga nahi hai

 

[Captain03]

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????

somewhat true
not entirely though

 

[R.A.W.]

I wish it was not a forum, i would have told u about great deal of things, so better shut up now...

Is it lets settle scores off the forum.....

 

[arsalan667]

hi all,

You people are forgetting to mention ''NELAM GHAR" by Tariq Aziz

Tariq Aziz's used to say ''dekhti aankhon sunte kaanon aap ko Tariq Aziz ka salam ponhche' and 'Pakistan Zindabad'

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I had heard that streets used to look like desert at the time when 50/50 and NELAM GHAR was telecasted.

and also what about waiting for 9pm KHABARNAMA?

 

[Kompromat]

Beautiful flashback to my childhood ...

i have done 90% of it , i used to play with my 3 beloved Tanks with red flashing light on the gun and a weird sound i used to simulate battle with them ..

Thank you very Much Emo for handing back some nice moments ....

 

[DaRk WaVe]

I have still got those puzzles & little cars me & my late bro used to play with

its there in my Room, on my PC table & my study table & beside my Bed......

AHHH GOOD OLD DAYS............

I MISS THEM SO MUCH

 

[Kompromat]

I knew kabaddi and kushti are huge in Pak..but all these games??
it shows how old these games are...
many decades ago...our ancestors must have played together sometime somewhere...[/QUOTE]



There is another game you might not have in india , we had it in Punjab and used to play in the rain or in moon nights away from everything , in some parts it is called " Vahnjo" some new blokes call it " Body"

8 players on each side , kind of protecting a drawn field almost the size of the tennis court , they would have not to let any of the opponents go through the table and come back ..as they will win if they did so.

usually we bashed each other down , was good fun ... we won many times

 

[Barrett]

Great post Emo_girl.... thanks for reminding those golden days.... though 80's was my growing up decade but I can still relate to most of the things u've mentioned

Cheers

 

[ek_indian]

and all those times we used to sneak up to the nearest video game parlor with ek ek rupiye ke sikke...my mom used to beat me with her heavy chappal for bunking tuition to play those stupid video games...!

Wow!!....And I thought only I have beaten such (with chappals) by my mom. I still remember mario & contra and yes street fighter ofcourse.

 

[Kompromat]

The moments i sneaked out of the sight of my Mum...

i used to spend hours on Takken 3 trying to get some " Formulas" in game parlor and then tell mum that i was with friends " studying at their house "

i used to play Snooker and most of the times won against my older Cousins and friends :

i easily could be tracked on the roof when it was raining heavy lying somewhere and afterwards catching cold and flue , and Ammi jaan kay jootay or dadi jaan ka kehna " Mere massoom betay ko kuch na kahain "

And when i used a 12 gage Gun on my own for the first time when i was 12 and tried to keep it secret

when i tried to ride my Motorbike for the first time when i was 13 and didn't knew how to start it ....
didn't figured it out so dragged it ....

And when i crashed my Bike got a little injured got treated by the doctor , went to a friend's place and borrowed his dress and tried to keep it secret from mum My little bro exposed my secret after 3 days



EMO you made me homesick ....

 

[Barrett]

I still remember getting curious about how my Air gun works and wanted to see the thing that hits the pellet, opened it all the way down and then pressed the trigger, in a flash i could see birds flying around my head as the barrel came and hit right in the center of my head and a lump full 'tom & jerry' style.