We’d buy Coke poured into a plastic pouch and drink it with a straw.
We’d play on the streets till sunset — tag, patintero, piko, bahay-bahayan, luksong tinik, Chinese garter, taguan.
We’d pluck out a little Santan flower, pull out the pistil and taste the sweetness of the nectar on our tongue.
We’d wake up excitedly on Saturday mornings to watch Uncle Bob’s Lucky 7 Club.
We’d turn on our TV sets at around 5 pm on weekdays to watch That’s Entertainment. No, it wasn’t so jologs in the early years. (Hail to the Wednesday group!)
We’d wear our Sunday best when going to Mass.
We’d watch “Wok with Yan” on Sunday nights and respond to Mr. Yan saying “Helloooooooo.” Or was it “Herrooooooo.”
We’d begrudgingly hit on the keys during piano lessons, hoping we could’ve been watching Beverly Hillls Teens instead.
We’d walk to the nearest video store and be awed by the wide Betamax selection. (Be kind, rewind!)
I’m a kid of the ’80s. I enjoyed my childhood. I wish I had enjoyed it more had I known growing up would’ve been so complicated.
Do you remember when you were young?
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Rach (Heart of Rachel)
January 7, 2010 at 10:43 am (14 years ago)I remember
… playing agawan base, patintero, chinese garter, piko, jackstones and chinese jackstones
… watching sesame street, smurfs, care bears, shirt tales, voltes v and more
… going to COD with my parents to watch their fascinating Christmas display
… listening to madonna, michael jackson, duran duran, depeche mode and spandau ballet
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jennie
January 7, 2010 at 11:38 am (14 years ago)ang saya! life was so simple but it was a lot of fun. i really enjoyed my childhood. thank you for reminiscing, toni
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witsandnuts
January 7, 2010 at 12:42 pm (14 years ago)I remember most of these. Nakakamiss talaga. Dati I was so excited to get old. Sana pala pinatigil ko muna yung oras. Haha. =)
Lissa
January 8, 2010 at 1:16 am (14 years ago)OMG Toni, we had similar childhood memories. On Saturday mornings, I look forward to playing the “family computer” a.k.a. Nintendo. hahaha…
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kat
January 8, 2010 at 5:45 am (14 years ago)wow! you captured it perfectly! (well, my exception would be that lucky 7 club you mentioned, don’t remember it) every sentence brought back a memory!
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cessna
January 8, 2010 at 7:33 am (14 years ago)your parents rode the daughter-must-learn-piano bandwagon huh! hahahaha!
the only piece i ever mastered (at di pa tapos) was ballade pour adeline, or the lovingly yours helen theme song. must be THE piece for every piano student back then 😀
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renin
January 8, 2010 at 7:29 pm (14 years ago)I also played the games you enjoyed. I love playing with dolls (not the orig barbie, which I luckily had as a present from the late tito jerry when I was in Gr. 6.),the “so-what-if-we’ll-have-lice-noon-escapades” I had with my girl friends (we used to wear our respective mother’s high heeled shoes, *hahaha*). Holen, teks, pog, Dr. quack-quack, sipa, tumbang-preso, etc… are the games I played with my friends’ not-so-older-brothers…
Hay, I should have played harder then…lol
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darlene
January 9, 2010 at 1:39 am (14 years ago)wow…what a good timing…i’m feeling homesick here ..miss my family back home…reading this post made me smile and teary eyed as well…im a kid of the 80s too…but i love the tuesday group hehehe..take care
Anne
January 9, 2010 at 1:25 pm (14 years ago)Yes , I miss those days!!!
I actually had post something like this too, what a coincidence!
http://mrszeus.blogspot.com/2009/12/filipinos-back-in-60s-70s-80s.html
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kat
January 11, 2010 at 2:11 pm (14 years ago)were archie comics part of the 80’s? I love reading those!
i miss playing outside with our cousins & neighbors. we enjoyed the games you mentioned-patintero, chinese garter, there was even a game called Pepsi-7up.
plus the 80s remind me of the game and watch, hologram na slippers, mga toys na freebies with cheezit & chikadees,t-shirt with folded sleeves, and kulot na bangs.:) the latter was a great beauty blunder most of the girls were guilty of, including myself. haha…
eustressor
January 11, 2010 at 8:38 pm (14 years ago)sobrang i can relate sa lahat ng sinabi mo but i do believe that the Thursday group was better =) haha!
happy new year!