"Remember when we were kids? Even at 20, we were more interested in making the grades at uni, making friends, travelling, than sex and drugs. At 15, we didn't even know what sex was about. I hated boys then; they were noisy and stupid," my sister, Liza, laughed ruefully.

My second sister and I came of age in the late 80s and 90s. Nora, being the youngest, is a 21st century baby, wise and very with-it, compared to her two decrepit sisters.

We were young once

Like many of our peers, Liza and I grew up in a modern Malay household. Because of our East Coast roots, religion was, and still is a very important factor in our lives, but it wasn't a hindrance to our lives when we were growing up. Going to a disco as it was called back then, was something you did after final examinations or to celebrate an occasion. It wasn't a must to dance night after night in a disco, and back then, there weren't club nights like how they have now with world-class DJs flying in and out of the country.

Back then, we attended tea dances.

Only adults working and educated ones went to glamorous places like Scandals and Baze.

It was so innocent then.

If you did the sex and drugs, it meant that you were very, very bad. The most the boys did was smoke, and drank Bacardi Coke. If you went to day school, you met your crush at the bus stop or A & W in the AIA building. If you attended residential school, you wrote letters. If you did have sex with your girl/boyfriend, it was because of love and that one day you'll marry each other .