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Brylcreem For Everybody
BANGUN!! BANGUN!!, our mother’s voice distracting us from our sleep. It was only 5.00 in the morning but already we had to leave the bed to get ready for school. Mum had to go to work but before leaving she had to make sure we were prepared. Mum had to help us (2 of us) braid our long hair as short hair were never allowed to the girls in my family; father’s rule that was and was broken only after we got married… MERDEKA!!!
Mum dabbed a little Baby Johnson powder to our face and applied Brylcreem (hair cream of mum’s choice) on my 3 brothers’ head, a MUST whether we liked it or not; TIDYING not just STYLING. Mum would never let us did it ourselves. “Just wasting, applying more than needed”, she said. Mum was very cautious of the usage, she made sure 1 large size packed to be use for one month otherwise until mum and dad’s next pay… of course lah, those days were hard days for them. Feeling zest, smelling fresh with just the Baby Johnson powder and Brylcreem, off we went to school.
No more Brylcreem in the house though, as brothers have left and having their own family, but where ever I went and by any chance smelled the fragrance of the Brylcreem “Nostalgia struck me”…. I longed for the old days, and the smell of Brylcreem on brothers’ hair lingers on.
2:13 PM | myself |
trinity says:
hahaha… the kids wake up at 5? wow!! Brylcreem?
Because kan Trini, my parents worked as labourers in a plantation, so they have to report for mustering as early as 5.45 a.m. and the brylcreem, apart from just an advert is also our real childhood story… bestkan my short story
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:45 pm
kaDusMama says:
How about Code 10?? My bros used to use that last time. And poken..hahaha punya bau that!
Code 10 has a very strong smell kan. Mum had migraine, she could not stand the smell… pening kepala and mabuk mabuk dia cium wangi kuat.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:46 am
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May 24th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Kay Kastum says:
Wah..Gallivanter sampai sini jugak oh.
Brylcreem… My choice! During school days. I shift to Poken after I tried to score girls which did not give me good results.
Sure no good results, reason as kadusmama said “punya bau that”. You should have stick to brylcreem baru ada hong.
May 26th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Nessa says:
Kami smua perempuan (5), teda laki2 so only my dad yang pakai Brylcreem. Has been around for as long as I can remember!
But now my sons use it
Good to hear ada kawan still guna brylcreem. All 5 girls.. gaduh kah cuci piring???
I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Etavasi says:
Ni macam ketagih brylcreem nii hehehe
I want to find Brylcreem juga lah 
mmm..
Nanti ketagih juga..
How about L’Oreal 
May 27th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
chegu carol says:
I dont remember what brand my three brothers used but my dad…ndak buli lupa…POKEN! Uissshh…minta ampun oh bau dia tu…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
chegu carol says:
Hahaha…yalah juga. I wear perfume to school every day but at the end of the day, when i get back home…bau peluh budak yg byk melekat on my baju. Hahaha…
June 1st, 2008 at 8:01 pm