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       I have to dig this email i got from my niece after reading Macky's fascinating childhood stories.This is for us who were born in the 50's, 60's and 70's! Who had live in the era where there were so mush to relate to the newer generations.


*First, some of us survived being born to mothers who did not have an OB-Gyne and drank San Miguel Beer while they carried us. While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicine, ate isaw, and didn't worry about diabetes.


*Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of hard wood covered with lead-based paints, pati na yung walker natin, matigas na kahoy din at wala pang gulong.


*We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers (lampin lang), and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads , sometimes wala pang preno yung bisikleta.

*As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats (yung JD bus na pula), or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts (ngayon lahat may aircon na)

*Riding on the back of a carabao on a breezy summer day was considered a treat. (ngayon hindi na nakakakita ng kalabaw ang mga bata)

*We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle purchased from 711 ( minsan straight from the faucet or poso) We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends, and NO ONE actually died from this. Or contacted hepatitis.

*We ate rice with star margarine, drank raw eggs straight from the shell, and drank sofdrinks with real sugar in it (hindi diet coke), but we weren't sick or overweight kasi nga...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

*We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso , habulan at taguan. No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang cellphone , walang beepers ) . And yes, we were O.K.

*We would spend hours building our wooden trolleys (yung bearing ang gulong) or plywood slides out of scraps and then ride down the street , only to find out we forgot the brakes! Error! Filename not specified. After hitting the sidewalk or falling into a canal (seweage channel) a few times, we learned to solve the problem ourselves with our bare & dirty hands

*We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 100 channels on cable, no DVD movies, no surround stereo, no IPOD's, no cell phones, no computers, no Internet, no chat rooms, and no Friendsters....... ...WE HAD REAL FRIENDS and we went outside to actually talk and play with them!

*We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no stupid lawsuits from these accidents. The only rubbing we get is from our friends with the words..masakit ba ? pero pag galit yung kalaro mo,,,,ang sasabihin sa iyo..beh buti nga !

*We played marbles (jolens) in the dirt , washed our hands just a little and ate dirty ice cream & fish balls. we were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.

*We had to live with homemade guns " gawa sa kahoy, tinali ng rubberband , sumpit , tirador at kung ano ano pa na puedeng makasakitan..pero masaya pa rin ang lahat.

*We made up games with sticks ( syatong ), and cans ( tumbang preso )and although we were told they were dangerous, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay.paminsan minsan may nabubukulan lang.

*We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them to jump out the window!

*Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't pass had to learn to deal with the disappointment. Wala yang mga childhood depression at damaged self esteem ek-ek na yan. Ang pikon, talo.

*Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos lang ang mga bata, hindi para makialam at makipag-away sa ibang parents

*That generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, creative thinkers and successful professionals ever! They are the CEO's, Engineers, Doctors and Military Generals of today.

*The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

*We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned from our mistakes the hard way.

*It kind of makes you wanna go out and climb a tree, doesn't it?!

PS - The big letters are because your eyes may not be able to read this if they were typed any smaller (at your age) .


Did you regret that you were born in the past? I never did...

When we were away from home, the regular way to keep in touch with the family in the province was through letters sent by mail (which we now call snail mail) or handcarried by a returning townmate and for urgent matters, such as when we ran out of allowance before the next padala, by telegram...  The days and even weeks of waiting did not seem as eternal and did not trigger as much panic as when anybody in the family these days fails to pick up the mobile phone after ten rings, or after two or three calls.

The price of rice and other other staples occasionally went up then as now, especially during prolonged dry season or draughts. But even if we had to eat lugaw or rice mixed with milled mais, we did not feel as deprived as our children these days when they see their classmates having the latest brand of cellular phone.

Quote from: benelynne on June 13, 2008, 10:32:57 PM
When we were away from home, the regular way to keep in touch with the family in the province was through letters sent by mail (which we now call snail mail) or handcarried by a returning townmate and for urgent matters, such as when we ran out of allowance before the next padala, by telegram...  The days and even weeks of waiting did not seem as eternal and did not trigger as much panic as when anybody in the family these days fails to pick up the mobile phone after ten rings, or after two or three calls.

This is really true Benne san...I experienced this too...and my parents can just send me the money through friends and sometimes stranger who lived close by. Or by the bus conductors who happened to have the route to where i used to live...Amazing how people can be trusted before...

Quote from: benelynne on June 13, 2008, 10:49:54 PM
The price of rice and other other staples occasionally went up then as now, especially during prolonged dry season or draughts. But even if we had to eat lugaw or rice mixed with milled mais, we did not feel as deprived as our children these days when they see their classmates having the latest brand of cellular phone.

Guess what? my children complain a lot about something as if we owe them the whole world...Jeeez!

Wala jud nuon ko nagmahay nga natawo ko sa 70s, although late 70s nato.
Kay na experience nako ang mga butang, nga karon wala ma experience sa mga bag-ong tubo.

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 13, 2008, 11:56:53 PM

This is really true Benne san...I experienced this too...and my parents can just send me the money through friends and sometimes stranger who lived close by. Or by the bus conductors who happened to have the route to where i used to live...Amazing how people can be trusted before...

Bitaw no, good 'ol days jud nga ang mga tulisan murag layo pa sa katilingban. Karon, hadlok na mudala ug cash sa public transport ug lisod na musalig sa kaila lang para magpadalag kwarta...

bitaw uy mao nay giingon ang karon lahi ra gyod sa kagahapon

When we were young, we have to walk from home to school all by ourselves but now, our nieces and nephews had to be escorted every time they go to school. 

Kong mag ulan, mag share mi payong.  We had no choice but to squeeze in to fit in our single payong - a dilapidated one na kon hanginon pa mabaliktan pa tawon.  And when that happened, mangatawa pa mi!  Or some will have to use dahon sa saging or gabi to cover our head and yet simbako lang wa may nangasakit ug pneumonia tawon.

I remember when my younger brothers and sisters were still babies, my Mom supplemented her milk with Alpine.  Kaluoy sa Ginoo, di man mga buringog except for the boys na "genetically" bugoy na!

Quote from: grazie7y on June 14, 2008, 08:59:59 AM
When we were young, we have to walk from home to school all by ourselves but now, our nieces and nephews had to be escorted every time they go to school. 

Kong mag ulan, mag share mi payong.  We had no choice but to squeeze in to fit in our single payong - a dilapidated one na kon hanginon pa mabaliktan pa tawon.  And when that happened, mangatawa pa mi!  Or some will have to use dahon sa saging or gabi to cover our head and yet simbako lang wa may nangasakit ug pneumonia tawon.

I remember when my younger brothers and sisters were still babies, my Mom supplemented her milk with Alpine.  Kaluoy sa Ginoo, di man mga buringog except for the boys na "genetically" bugoy na!

Thats a very good testimony Tiya! hahaha

I love that term BORINGOG! ahahahha

and you didnt mention nga mag tiniil ug lapok kaajo kay maguba ang tsenilas! (we do)

maka sapatos lang mi ug naay sayaw sa school or promotion/graduation

Belle, I was born in 1977, na experienced nako most of it. Labina ang syato, mao nay akong paborito nga duwaan sauna. Apil natong mareng-mareng using tsinelas bitaw. Unya mamayabas pod, among itak-in and shirts para ang among mga kuha adto namo isulod sa tiyan murag mga buros ug porma inig panguli. UNya kung mamunga ang sambag, mosaka mi sa kahoy magbawon ug asin para adto nalang mi sa ibabaw mangaon.
Unya hilig kaayo ko ug sulat-sulat sa akong mga friends I met sa mga lungsod sa akong grandparents.
Unya kanang imong gihisgot nga mamalihog sa ubang taw ipadala ang money, sus akong papa magpadala ug money nako didto sa akong gibakasyonan nga lola pinaagi ra tawn to sa "Silagan" bus kay ang driver friend namo.

I can go on and on and on sa mga maanindot nga experiences without high technology and yet it was so much fun!

Daw beh, ayaw nato limtan na magpakulog ug buhok using stalks sa dahon sa balanghoy ug mag kutiks using kadtong weeds na naay lingin na liso, mang lipstik using the strawberry candy.  Mag bay-bay (play house) unya gamiton dayon ang dinukdok na dahon sa gumamela as a mock oil and the kendiment candy and uban pang candy wrappers as money. 

yes yes yes, nakasuway ko ana tanan Grace, nagkatawa ko karon remembering it.
Kanang baybay lingaw pod ko kaayo ana, moadto gud mi sa kabayanan mangahoy para itukod sa among baybay, unya mag-amot dayon mi para sa among lutoon nga paniudto.

Beth, kadumdum ko our first decent bay2x was built by our maternal grandfather. Among plato adto kay bagol na gi kis-kisan jud ug ayo aron sinaw.  Isn't it fun to remember what we were doing then?   

I love to reminisce jud oi!

nag sigi ko agik-ik diri nag basa sa injung mga kaagi!

aguy gimingaw na jud ko sa akong kabatan-on...

sa una ug mag bay bay ako jud sigi Farmacia kay lagi hubakon daghan kaajo mga tambal nga expired!

wa man mi mahilo adto oi!

ang kutex namo Tiya kay Swetes!

and Beth mas grabe nang imoha kay bitbit ug asin sa tumoy sa punoan sa kahoy!

bwahahahhahahhaha

Ang akong kutex sa una, lapis, kundili gani, papel de hapon, ipanglipstick pud wahaha

"those were the days my friend..
we thought it never ends for we were YOUNG
Yes,  those were the days."

I was 2nd year high school when this song was on the top hit. Nice and funny experiences in life, really happy and more than as precious, incomparable and I felt I was really at the Top of the World.  As child living in the barrio nga lampara ang suga, we didn't have even a flashlight but "langkay" served the purpose. Nagsinilas pa gani ko ug ligid sa trak sa dihang ning apil ko ug exam for typing and stonography  entrance, kay gikan pa kong nang-ngahoy, gadali-dali.  And I got that job. 10 centavos pay plete sa trysikol sa una sa Tagb.

hehehe, nalingaw pod ko pag-ayo oi. Ganahan gyud ko maghisgot aning mga butanga kay it will bring me back there even just for a few minutes in my own head lang.

Belle, dili lang kay asin among bawnon hasta suka nga hinumo bitaw sa tuba, amo lang tarungon ug bangan ang silupin. Ug yes, pareha ta ug gi kyutiks, sewetes hehehe

Annie, tinuod gyud ka nga on top of the world kay adtong mga panahuna, we never got scared, we always feel safe and secured all the time, mao na murag diha tay feeling of contentment bisag wala pay high technology ato. Nakanumdom pod ko anang tsinilas nga ligid, murag lig-onon baya to sya.

Happy, nakanumdom ko anang lapis pero wala ko nakauyon didto gyud kos sewetes kay pula-pula -igat gyud noh!

Di a pa di ay akong nanumdoman, kung muuwan, ang ipayong, dahon sa gabi or dahon sa saging. Unya manilong sa waiting shed nga nagtulo pod kay made of nipa man nga nangabuslot napod hehehe

hehe i was born in the 80's pero ka relate ko sa mga gi agian ninyu te.. with my cousins!!!:)

Quote from: kiamoy` on June 15, 2008, 05:08:43 AM
hehe i was born in the 80's pero ka relate ko sa mga gi agian ninyu te.. with my cousins!!!:)

OK jud ning TB, way generation gap.

Quote from: benelynne on June 15, 2008, 05:17:42 AM
OK jud ning TB, way generation gap.

korek gyud ka Manong, mao siguro ni ang sekreto sa atong dali ra magkasinabtanay dinhi.

hahaha! naa meeting of the minds ..

kiamoy mao nay giingon nga "great minds think alike"

korek!

morag makaluha man ko maghinumdum sa akong kabatan on. kun walay klase mangadto mi sa bukid, mangahoy unya manguha ug bugnay ug an-an, lipay na mi kaayo adto. pagkahapon mangadto na pod mi sa hunasan manguha ug swake ug manginhas pod. bisag pobre kay malipayon ug simply ra ang kinabuhi. motabang pa gyod magbalhin ug bunsod aron makaisda. basta magharvest na sa isda sa bunsod adto sa hunasan magtinula ug magkilaw pwerteng lab asa ang isda walay MSG suka ra asin ug panakot lami na kaayo. kaming tibuok pamilya magtinabangay mamunsod. gimingaw na noon ko sa akong papa ug mama

oy taas man basahon, ugma na lang ni nako basaha.

Ania puy aho nga sigurado ko nga daghan puy nakaagi:

mag-ugom og luwa sa baba aron ipabuto ang mga liso anang sagbot nga violet og buwak;
manaka sa kaimito, labina kung sinaw na ang bunga, bisan pa'g gabok ang sanga;
maglanlan sa liso sa ipil-ipil, nga tambal pod og bitok;
mamutol og dahon sa saging ug himuong banig ang dahon ug himuong armalite, pusil, ug palak-palak ang stalk;
magkuskus sa bani sa saging aron itambal sa samad;
manguha og kahoy sa silingan aron ipensing-pensing (human mangabali, iuli);
magluto og nilugaw sa lata og sardinas;
magsud-an og toyo, edibol,  ug asin;
mangitag bujangjang nga ibala sa luthang (pwede ra pu'g papel);
magdagan nga nagkarang;
magduwag rizal-rizal nga sudla'g bato ang bola nga hinimo sa dahon sa lubi;.... Great times!

kasuway ko ana mangugom para maka pabuto sa liso kuya!!

naa pa


kato pollen juice sa flower nga red..supsupon kay tam is!! :)hehehe

santan?

dili.. kana gane usually naa sa mga gate.. gamay kaayu na cya nga flower but they are in groups..the and iya stem mura rag dagum ka niwang

kasuway pud ko luto luto sa heart sa saging or himuon namo kwarta kwarta..
hurot ang dahon sa san francisco ni lola..hehe

- manguha ug bagon kay himoung skipping rope
- manguha ug liso sa buli kay aron i-shomoy

himuon nga skate board ang bangkito ni lolo.. (apil pa ni 50's, 60's 70's?)

BOC Bambi talked about lampara.  Mao jud na sa amo sa una!  Kana bitaw empty garapon na gamay unya ang taklot buhuan ibtang ang pabilo.  Mao nay among isuga mag study mi sa una unya ingnon pa mi ni Mommy ihunong na tuon or magdali kay usik ang kerosene!  Way tutor to, sariling paningkamot with the flicker of lampara...

Kanang gipang sulti ni Paul, na agian pod kaayo na namo! It was fun.  Mag hide and seek, mag bato lata, mag hatum, magkaon liso sa kulo or liso sa nangka na gi lung-ag!

Paul we truly are in the same generation kay mao gyud na tanan pod akong nasulayan.

Unya sauna kung mag brownout kay tagdugay mobalik ang suga, sus mag kandila intawn, lingaw pod kaayo labina ug buwanon kay magduwa ug gem-gem sa karsada. Ug di ay pa diay, magbaklay moadto sa sapa, stream, or little spring kay maligo ug maglaba. Unya kung mag-ulan mangalipay tanang bata kay maglangoy-langoy kay motaas man ang tubig.

kiamoy was it bougenvilia? not sure ko sa spelling ha, mao na imong pasabot?

One thing I remember that is so yucky even thinking about it now kadto bitaw mag "supa" ug saging ipakaon sa bata?  Imagine daghan ga supa namo adto sa saging na wa pay toothbrush!  We got to "supa" too for our younger siblings.  How unhygienic but wa man intawon nangahilo adto ba? hahahaha  Karon naa na sila'y baby food in bottle. 

Tiya para man to sa mga baby nga nag ngipon! mura man na sha ug  mo numb imong lagus!
was that the one i meant?

Dili jud Maring.  Kay di man kadulot tawon ang bata sa saging hilaw, mao among i "pre supa" aron humok na pagkaon sa bata.  Luoda kaayo pamation oi!  Kadto bitaw nangadagko nami, mag tan aw mi sa among mga katiguwangan, ga isip mi, sus, mao man ni tig supa sa atong saging unya wa ra ba jud tooth brush!  Basin wa na ninyo gi practice sa inyo pero sa amo intawon.  Ngek jud!   

Wa ko kabantay ana Tiya, pero kanumdom ko nga ug magkalinganga mi pakan-on mi ug saging tundan nga hilaw2x!

pagka pait! hahahahh

Quote from: Sigbin II on June 15, 2008, 09:32:46 PM
santan?

sorry kuya sigbin.. exacto diay kaw!!! santan.. kani!! tamis jud ni cya..hehe

kimaoy o Santan kana. Mao nay kanunay popoon namo kada mo attend mi ug flores de mayo.

Quote from: B:) on June 15, 2008, 04:48:25 AM
Happy, nakanumdom ko anang lapis pero wala ko nakauyon didto gyud kos sewetes kay pula-pula -igat gyud noh!

Gusto jud diay ka pula Ms Beth, ako ilis ilison man ang color

Quote from: kiamoy` on June 16, 2008, 11:38:06 PM


sorry kuya sigbin.. exacto diay kaw!!! santan.. kani!! tamis jud ni cya..hehe

hala mosuyop pud baya ko ana

Quote from: Happy on June 18, 2008, 01:07:47 AM
Gusto jud diay ka pula Ms Beth, ako ilis ilison man ang color

hala mosuyop pud baya ko ana

himuon man na namo ug aretes (earings) sa una kay nipis man kaajo itugsok sa lungag!
hahahha

Naa pa koy nadumduman!  Kadtong suguon mi ni Mommy maghaling sa dapog unya i kamada ang firewood (sugnod) dayon sa middle, butangan ug lukay na gi sindihan aron mo start sa fire.  Arang jud ko makadapot kon di mo siga oi nahurot na lang ang lukay busa kon wa ga tan aw si mother, bubu-an ug kerosene.  Sus, nasakpan bitaw, nalusnitan ang bugan! 

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 18, 2008, 02:08:45 AM
himuon man na namo ug aretes (earings) sa una kay nipis man kaajo itugsok sa lungag!
hahahha

nindot bitaw na himuon pud aretes kay flower na design

Pero sopsopon jud na nako oi hehe

Ang kanang supa kay mura man kuno na og vaccination pud.  In a way, they are controlled exposures of the infant to bacteria and other pathogens.  Mao nang pilion jud kung kinsay mo-supa, di lang basta kinsa.  They say it also strengthens the bond between parent and child.  Mangutana lang pud ta ni Dong Lorenzo ani.

ang among himoon icolor sa kuko kay liso sa alugbati, violet bitaw na ug sagulan ug tubig.  then ang takyang nga hinimo sa buwak sa calachuchi diay, para na sa mga baje then sa mga laki kanang takyang nga hinimo gikan sa wrapper sa matam is ipansak sa tansan.  ang among mga baligya baligya sa among baybay kay kanang mga empty wrappers sa mga candies nga gikan namo gipamunit sa basurahan sa silingan nga tindahan.

magchinese garter pod mi, lukso kinahabugan.  mag ibo ibo pod ug timpong buwanon.  inigtingsanggi ug mais, tua pod mi sa maisan kay aron mahatagan ug mais or ug mamanglin ug ube ang among silingan, motabang pod mi para mahatagan ug ube.  uso namo sauna manginhas, padaghanay sa kuha.  kanang timpong madecember, taas man kaayo ang hunasan ana, magdala mi ug bahaw sa hunasan kay manguha mi ug swake ug dapaw ug lukot ipares sa bahaw.  ug mag uwan, magpasing uwan kay aron makaligo, dayon diretso sa dagat mag ambak ambak.  ganahan pod magpasing uwan kay aron magduwa duwa sa lanaw (kalooy sa Ginoo wa man pod gipneumonia).  inig tuwak sa uwan, magduwa duwa dayon sa lapok, porma pormahon ug tao (mora bitaw ug clay).  pagkaudto timpong masabado, maminaw ug handumanan sa dyhp.  pagkadominggo, maminaw ug singing contest sa dyrd, nakalimot ko sa ngan sa singing contest.  timpong tingbayabas, mamayabas ming mga kabataan, magdala ug netbag.

kahinomdom ko aning netbag, wa man koy bag sa school, unya kay daghang libro, netbag intawn ang gisudlan, usahay cellophane pa.  ang bayabas ibaligya sa mga classmates, ushaay pabayloan ug papel.

Quote from: willmerit on June 23, 2008, 06:49:52 PM
ang among himoon icolor sa kuko kay liso sa alugbati, violet bitaw na ug sagulan ug tubig.  then ang takyang nga hinimo sa buwak sa calachuchi diay, para na sa mga baje then sa mga laki kanang takyang nga hinimo gikan sa wrapper sa matam is ipansak sa tansan.  ang among mga baligya baligya sa among baybay kay kanang mga empty wrappers sa mga candies nga gikan namo gipamunit sa basurahan sa silingan nga tindahan.

magchinese garter pod mi, lukso kinahabugan.  mag ibo ibo pod ug timpong buwanon.  inigtingsanggi ug mais, tua pod mi sa maisan kay aron mahatagan ug mais or ug mamanglin ug ube ang among silingan, motabang pod mi para mahatagan ug ube.  uso namo sauna manginhas, padaghanay sa kuha.  kanang timpong madecember, taas man kaayo ang hunasan ana, magdala mi ug bahaw sa hunasan kay manguha mi ug swake ug dapaw ug lukot ipares sa bahaw.  ug mag uwan, magpasing uwan kay aron makaligo, dayon diretso sa dagat mag ambak ambak.  ganahan pod magpasing uwan kay aron magduwa duwa sa lanaw (kalooy sa Ginoo wa man pod gipneumonia).  inig tuwak sa uwan, magduwa duwa dayon sa lapok, porma pormahon ug tao (mora bitaw ug clay).  pagkaudto timpong masabado, maminaw ug handumanan sa dyhp.  pagkadominggo, maminaw ug singing contest sa dyrd, nakalimot ko sa ngan sa singing contest.  timpong tingbayabas, mamayabas ming mga kabataan, magdala ug netbag.

kahinomdom ko aning netbag, wa man koy bag sa school, unya kay daghang libro, netbag intawn ang gisudlan, usahay cellophane pa.  ang bayabas ibaligya sa mga classmates, ushaay pabayloan ug papel.

Isnt it nice to reminisce?

mao jud Ms Dabins, wa kasuway ang mga bag ong tubo ani karon.

naa pa, magbawn ug buwad ug kan on puston sa unas sa saging.

ug mamunga na ang mangga sa silingan, tua sayo sa buntag mamuwak magbawn ug asin

Kinsa diri ang nakahinumdom sa "Daloydoy, Daloydoy, Daloydoy!  Yodyolad, Yodyolad, Yodyolad!"?   Ug sa "Kumong-kumong ka Ramini!"

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 10, 2008, 04:57:09 PM
Kinsa diri ang nakahinumdom sa "Daloydoy, Daloydoy, Daloydoy!  Yodyolad, Yodyolad, Yodyolad!"?   Ug sa "Kumong-kumong ka Ramini!"

super kanumdom ko,paul kay pagkasikat ania, amo silingan motawag na nako ug ramini instead of lumine.grrrrrrrr!

Tingali'g Hapon to siya.  "Ru-mi-ne, Ang Batang Bronse!"

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 10, 2008, 05:26:12 PM
Tingali'g Hapon to siya.  "Ru-mi-ne, Ang Batang Bronse!"

naa pod mutya saging matikaan..heheh tiban...,mu sibat gud ko sa klase kay maminaw a2 kay buntag man

Quote from: Happy on June 14, 2008, 11:45:09 PM
Ang akong kutex sa una, lapis, kundili gani, papel de hapon, ipanglipstick pud wahaha

arte na ubang bata kron di na mo skul ug wa jamuy bag...labon ako sauna netbag ra intawon...usahay mag tiniil pa...lami pod sauna kay libre snak...bulgor...hehehe

*We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso , habulan at taguan. No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang cellphone , walang beepers ) . And yes, we were O.K.

This is so true to me eto ang palagi nming nilalaro ng mga kababata ko, npagsawaan ko rin ang kabataan ko, napakasarap isipin diba?. Yes alam natin na iba na ang mga nararanasan ng mga kabataan sa ngayon dhil sa mga bgong teknolohiya at iba pa... but nasa sa atin din parin bilang magulang na meron tyong magagawang praan pra i-share sa mga anak natin ang simpleng buhay at msyang kabataan na naranasan din ntin noon.

Quote from: borobotoy on July 10, 2008, 07:17:18 PM
arte na ubang bata kron di na mo skul ug wa jamuy bag...labon ako sauna netbag ra intawon...usahay mag tiniil pa...lami pod sauna kay libre snak...bulgor...hehehe

Botoy, nakaabot diay ka sa BULGUR? bwahahahhahah

haaay buhay pero dili kabayran ang atong experience oi!

im very proud of it jud!

Quote from: aira_galope on July 10, 2008, 07:45:07 PM
*We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso , habulan at taguan. No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang cellphone , walang beepers ) . And yes, we were O.K.

This is so true to me eto ang palagi nming nilalaro ng mga kababata ko, npagsawaan ko rin ang kabataan ko, napakasarap isipin diba?. Yes alam natin na iba na ang mga nararanasan ng mga kabataan sa ngayon dhil sa mga bgong teknolohiya at iba pa... but nasa sa atin din parin bilang magulang na meron tyong magagawang praan pra i-share sa mga anak natin ang simpleng buhay at msyang kabataan na naranasan din ntin noon.

Tama ka dyan Aira.

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 10, 2008, 05:26:12 PM
Tingali'g Hapon to siya.  "Ru-mi-ne, Ang Batang Bronse!"

Ramine ug ang Engkantadang Aninipot

Quote from: ms da binsi on July 10, 2008, 09:38:53 PM


Botoy, nakaabot diay ka sa BULGUR? bwahahahhahah

haaay buhay pero dili kabayran ang atong experience oi!

im very proud of it jud!

kaabot jud ko anang bulgur, landang, quaker oats, ug yellow corn na hinabang sa US sa una. libre snacks sa mga public elem school

Quote from: slackware on July 10, 2008, 09:58:33 PM
kaabot jud ko anang bulgur, landang, quaker oats, ug yellow corn na hinabang sa US sa una. libre snacks sa mga public elem school

ako sad. lami nato para namo tawn maski hagashas ang bulgur.

gimingaw na ko sa sikwate na niluto sa akong lola.

Quote from: benelynne on June 13, 2008, 10:32:57 PM
When we were away from home, the regular way to keep in touch with the family in the province was through letters sent by mail (which we now call snail mail) or handcarried by a returning townmate and for urgent matters, such as when we ran out of allowance before the next padala, by telegram...  The days and even weeks of waiting did not seem as eternal and did not trigger as much panic as when anybody in the family these days fails to pick up the mobile phone after ten rings, or after two or three calls.

Bag-o ra  palit si misis ug mobile phone sa akong daughter nga si Raya, kay di man muundang ug pangayo. Maayo gani naay sale sa ICM. Sa una isinggit ra man ngan nato ug pangitaon sa ginikanan. Ordinary telephone was a luxury then. Now the cell phone is a must. Personally, ako pud murag wa koy kamot ug way dalang cellphone.

Quote from: benelynne on July 14, 2008, 02:05:48 PM
Bag-o ra  palit si misis ug mobile phone sa akong daughter nga si Raya, kay di man muundang ug pangayo. Maayo gani naay sale sa ICM. Sa una isinggit ra man ngan nato ug pangitaon sa ginikanan. Ordinary telephone was a luxury then. Now the cell phone is a must. Personally, ako pud murag wa koy kamot ug way dalang cellphone.

Ben mura ka ug si banana nga murag nahibilin ijang bukton ug di ma bitbit ang cellphone!

TO ALL FOLKS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1950's, 60' s,  70's  and early 80's !!

First, some of us   s urvived being born to mothers who did not have an OB-Gyne and drank San Miguel Beer while they carried us.

While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicine,  a te Linunod, balikutsa, bukhayo  and didn't worry about diabetes.






Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of hard wood covered with lead-based paints, ang uban kay duyan nga habol gihigtan ug pisi nga inigtabyog ug kusog ma pakong intawon ta sa bongbong.






We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers (lampin lang sa General Milling nga naa'y faded picture nga nag-salute), and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads, wala pa gyu'y break ang bisikleta.






As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats (Bisaya Bus nga pultahan puros ang kilid, Corominas Bus nga senimana ang brake), or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts   (karon kay Minibus na nga nindot kaayo ug sounds or Ceres Bus nga bugnaw ug aircon)






Riding on the back of a carabao  on a breezy summer day was considered a treat. (karon; ang mga bata wala na kaila ug Kabaw)






We drank water from the garden hose and NOT bottled mineral water sa Nature Spring or Viva, or Absolute Mineral water (usahay gani, straight from the faucet or poso or Tabay!)






We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends, and NO ONE actually died from this. Or contacted hepatitis.






We ate rice with star margarine, bahaw nga gibutangan ug asin ug mantika sa baboy, drank raw eggs straight from the shell,  and drank sofdrinks with real sugar in it (dili diet coke or Pepsi Max), but we weren't sick or overweight kay......






WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!






We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Syatong, Bato-Lata, Bagol, Dakop-Dakop, Tago-Tago, Ngita'g Kaka. 






No one was able to reach us all day ( wala pa'y uso ang cellphone) . And yes, we were O.K.






We would spend hours building our wooden trolleys (katong bearing ang ligid) or Karitong Kawayan nga karaang tsinilas ang giporma nga ligid and then ride down the street , wala ma'y gidungog nga naligsan atoh!  After hitting the sidewalk or falling into a canal (sewage channel) a few times, we learned to solve the problem ourselves with our bare & dirty hands .






We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 100 channels on cable, no DVD movies, no surround stereo, no IPOD's,  no cell phones, no computers, no Internet, no chat rooms, and no Friendsters. ........ ...WE HAD REAL FRIENDS and we went outside to actually talk and play with them!




We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no stupid lawsuits from these accidents. The only rubbing we get is from our friends with the words..sakit bai ? pero kung kontra gani nimo ang imong kadula,,,,singgitan lang dayon ug..Mayra,Gabaan!




We played marbles (jolen) in the dirt , washed our hands just a little and ate Pan Bahug-bahug & Bagumbayan (recycled bread man diay to kay wala mahalin!) We were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.




We had to live with homemade guns (giporma nga kahoy, gihigtan ug garter ug lastiko) , saplong , tirador ug uban pa nga pwedeng magkasakitay. Pero lingaw gihapon kaayo ang tanan.

We made up games with sticks ( syatong ), and cans ( Bato-Lata )and although we were told they were dangerous, wala man gyud to'y actual nga nabuta bah, bukol lang nuon sa agtang naa.



We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on the door or batoon ug gagmay nga bato ang bungbong, or just yelled for them to jump out the window!




Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't pass had to learn to deal with the disappointment. Wala pa nang mga childhood depression ug damaged self esteem ek-ek ra na. Ang maglagot, pildi. 




Ang mga Ginikanan naa ra sa daplin para motan-aw ra sa duwa sa mga bata, dili para manghilabot ug makig-away sa ubang parents.




That generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, creative thinkers and successful professionals ever! They are the CEO's, Engineers, Doctors and Military Generals of today. 




The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.




We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned from our mistakes the hard way.












You might want to share this with others who've had the luck to grow up as real kids. We were lucky indeed. 




And if you like, forward it to your kids too, so they will know how brave their parents were.




It kind of makes you wanna go out and climb a tree, doesn't it?!






PS - The big letters are because your eyes may not be able to read this if they were typed any smaller (at your age? Duh!).

Korek Jan !

My hands off to all the survivors. Keep on kicking guys!

YAHOO! Congratulations to all of us!

mao gyud....samot na naka tilaw tag forum... dire...

apil koani!