24: About your childhood
The 30 Day Blog Challenge
Day 24 - About your childhood
Remember this?
You know you're an 80's kid if...
1. You have scars on your knees and elbows --YES
2. You owned a bike --YES
3. You had a barkada around your neighborhood (all of you had bikes) --YES
4. You loved climbing on your house's roof (and your neighbor's roof as well) --YES
5. You went inside an abandoned house in your neighborhood just to see what it looks like inside --YES
6. You ate all the aratilis in your neighborhood --No, I ate makopa
7. You plucked all the gumamelas in the area for soap bubbles --YES, learned the formula from Batibot
8. Your parents forced you to take afternoon siestas with the threat that you will not be allowed to play outside --No, I didn't take naps so I didn't grow much. Nyahaha.
9. You are never found in your house in the afternoon. You are often found playing in the street with your neighborhood friends. --YES
10. You loved exploring vacant lots for hidden knick-knacks --YES
11. You just can't resist jumping in a sandpile --YES
12. You know all the street games (patintero, agawan base, langit-lupa, etc., etc.) --YES
13. You owned a family computer. --YES
14. Your hand-to-eye coordination is terrific due to family computer. --Yes-ish
15. You'd rather go outdoors in the afternoon than play family computer. --YES
16. You gleefully boast that games today are so easy because of the character's life bar (remember when we used to play Mario? we died the minute a goomba hit us) --No, I don't boast.
17. You know this code by heart UP-UP-DOWN-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT-B-A-B-A-START (select-start for 2 players) --I remember the code, but not what it was for.
18. You owned a superhero costume (especially a superman costume) --No
19. For the girls: You dressed up like Punky Brewster, Madonna and Debbie Gibson. For the boys: You dressed up like David Hasselhoff's knight rider, David Bowie or had Clarke Kent's little bangs. And now you think that the 80's had the suckiest dress sense. --The 80's did have the suckiest dress sense
20. You had a denim jacket --YES
21. You had a sticker book especially that Age of Dinosaurs sticker book. --my trade was stationery, not stickers
22. You were addicted to rainbow brite, carebears, my little pony, thundercats, bioman, voltes v, mazinger z, daimos, etc., etc. --YES
23. You played pc games like tapper, moonbugs, alley cat and prince of persia. --PC games like Rattler Race, Dune, Chips' Challenge, etc.
24. MS Word did not exist in your vocabulary but Wordstar did! --Tried Wordstar, then Winword
25. You love 80's music even if you don't want to admit it. --not all
26. You've climbed up mango trees to catch salagubang, tie a sting around its neck and let it fly around in frenzy --YES
27. You've spent hours in the afternoon catching tutubi... yellow-green was the easiest to catch, blue being finicky, and red being a rare breed... --YES
28. You used to take Flinstones vitamins (which you didn't mind 'cause it was yummy) and cott's liver oil --YES, to Flinstones
29. You know the cartoon show, Beverly Hills Teens --YES
30. You know Kuya Bodgie from Batibot --YES
31. You watch Uncle Bob's Lucky Seven Club --NO
32. You used AQUA NET to fashion ur 4-inch-high bangs. --No
33. Your blouses had paddings. --Some
34. You owned wide studded colorful belts. --YES
35. You watched some of your favorite shows on betamax or even UHF 17 (the channel from Clarke Air Base - or was it Subic?) --YES
36. You collected and "swapped" perfumed stationeries with your classmates and friends, but followed the unwritten rule that you never write on them. --YES
37. The only place you go to for summer vacation is BAGUIO! --No, but still went to the Ilocos region
38. On that note, camp john hay served BEST ice cream --I wouldn't know. :)
39. Most of us were brought to the EDSA revolution --No
40. You remember what Ricky Martin used to look like back then --No, I onlr remember that he was in Menudo
41. ...when you think that Julie Vega is a better actress that Judy Ann --I have no thoughts on this...
42. You get confused playing playstation because of all the buttons on the keypad (nintendo only had the direction pad, a & b buttons and the start & select keys ) --NO
43. You know all the Bagets and Ninja Kids --No, but I know those groups.
44. You got to ride the train ride at greenhills shopping center --I rode something but I can't remember if it was in GH
45. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were the players at the time --YES
46. ...when you know more 80's music than the song "Buttercup" --YES
47. You were allowed to bathe in the rain --YES
48. You were taught to comb your hair one-sided --Yes, I think
49. You've collected matangpusa and mongo beans so you can have ammunition for sumpit --I did not take part in this sport
50. You knew who madam bola and sitsiritsit and alibangbang was. --YES
51. Every Christmas you anticipate going to BIG Bang sa Alabang- with the giant slide. --YES!!!
52. You know the Ewoks --YES
53. You had Mighty Kid shoes and Greg shoes. --YES
54. You know what Time Space Warp means (and you know who Fuma Lae-Ar is) --YES
55. You and your barkada had a specific Bioman name. --YES, sort of
56. You sucked all the nectar from the santan plant hence your mother got really pissed at you for destroying the santan plant. --YES
57. You played with marbles and text (yung cards ha!!!) And you count cards like this: I-SA, DALA-WA, TAT-LO, A-PAT... walo na iyon! --No, the boys did
58. For girls: You wore denim miniskirts with rubber shoes. For guys: You had those bitin na pantalon which you wore with high-top rubber shoes!!! --YES
59. You loved cheezels and chicakdees because of the great prizes it had! (remember sticky hands, bear popups, and the stick on tattoos which were "banned" due to drugs daw?) --YES
60. Puffy cone still existed!!! --What's puffy cone?
61. Sosy ka if you bought a Magnolia drumstick --YES
62. Twin Popsies were meant to be shared with a friend. --YES
63. Ice Drop was the cheapest treat. --YES
64. You have those Disney bow biters for your rubber shoes --No, my classmates did
65. You know who Alf is. --YES
66. You're familiar with the show "Perfect Strangers". --YES
67. Idol mo si McGyver. --YES
68. Thats Entertainment" ang "the bomb" nung mga panahon na yun. --YES
69. Sikat ka kapag alam mo ang wordstar at lotus 1,2,3
70. Six digits lang ang telephone number niyo dati. --No. Too ancient for me.
71. Tatlong 25 cents lang eh makakatawag ka na sa pay-phone. --YES
72. Cute pa si Aiza non sa Eat Bulaga. --YES
73. Si Amado Pineda pa ang nagbabalita ng panahon --Who?
74. You drank Chocolate milk from the Magnolia glass bottle which you kept for holding water in your ref. --YES, good times.
75. Brown Cow tasted better than Hersheys! --YES
76. Shake Rattle and Roll 1 was the most horrifying movie for you then. --YES
77. The most comfortable shoes for you is still Sperry Topsiders. --No
78. Dress shoes mo eh loafers pa rin. --What?
79. The best movies of all time are pretty in pink, breakfast club, 16 candles and some kind of wonderful --No, I started getting into movies in the 90s
80. You show off your pencil case which have hidden compartments that pop-out at the press of a button... --No, I never owned one of those. :(
81. You have Bensia pencils which are refillable... --No
82. Fiesta carnival was the place to be (kumbaga enchanted kingdom sya ng 90's) --YES
83. Takot kang mag-year 2000 ksi baka magunaw ang mundo. --Ah, the Y2K scare...
84. Masarap ang Goya and Serg's. --YES
85. Nakakasakay ka pa sa kotseng walang aircon. --YES
86. You know the lyrics ng "Tinapang Bangus" at "Alagang-alaga namin si Puti" ng Batibot. --Vaguely
87. You know these commercials:
a. YCBIKINIBRIEF --YES
b. RA Homevision --YES
c. Arthur's Legaspi Towers --No
d. La Germania Mama Mia commercials --YES
88. Bumibili ka ng caramel candy, texas or bazooka bubblegum, tira-tira at tootsie roll sa tindahan --YES
89. Naabutan mo pa na korteng flower ang singko --YES
90. You're familiar with this song: si nena ay bata pa, kaya ang sabi niya ay um-ah-um-ah-ah. hanggang patanda siya nang patanda at pabastos ng pabastos hehehe! --Vaguely
Kids back then were built pretty tough and it was a great time to be young. None of these environmental scares with lead paints, dengue, and what-not. I spent time outside. I think that's the most important bit of all.
Day 24 - About your childhood
Remember this?
You know you're an 80's kid if...
1. You have scars on your knees and elbows --YES
2. You owned a bike --YES
3. You had a barkada around your neighborhood (all of you had bikes) --YES
4. You loved climbing on your house's roof (and your neighbor's roof as well) --YES
5. You went inside an abandoned house in your neighborhood just to see what it looks like inside --YES
6. You ate all the aratilis in your neighborhood --No, I ate makopa
7. You plucked all the gumamelas in the area for soap bubbles --YES, learned the formula from Batibot
8. Your parents forced you to take afternoon siestas with the threat that you will not be allowed to play outside --No, I didn't take naps so I didn't grow much. Nyahaha.
9. You are never found in your house in the afternoon. You are often found playing in the street with your neighborhood friends. --YES
10. You loved exploring vacant lots for hidden knick-knacks --YES
11. You just can't resist jumping in a sandpile --YES
12. You know all the street games (patintero, agawan base, langit-lupa, etc., etc.) --YES
13. You owned a family computer. --YES
14. Your hand-to-eye coordination is terrific due to family computer. --Yes-ish
15. You'd rather go outdoors in the afternoon than play family computer. --YES
16. You gleefully boast that games today are so easy because of the character's life bar (remember when we used to play Mario? we died the minute a goomba hit us) --No, I don't boast.
17. You know this code by heart UP-UP-DOWN-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT-B-A-B-A-START (select-start for 2 players) --I remember the code, but not what it was for.
18. You owned a superhero costume (especially a superman costume) --No
19. For the girls: You dressed up like Punky Brewster, Madonna and Debbie Gibson. For the boys: You dressed up like David Hasselhoff's knight rider, David Bowie or had Clarke Kent's little bangs. And now you think that the 80's had the suckiest dress sense. --The 80's did have the suckiest dress sense
20. You had a denim jacket --YES
21. You had a sticker book especially that Age of Dinosaurs sticker book. --my trade was stationery, not stickers
22. You were addicted to rainbow brite, carebears, my little pony, thundercats, bioman, voltes v, mazinger z, daimos, etc., etc. --YES
23. You played pc games like tapper, moonbugs, alley cat and prince of persia. --PC games like Rattler Race, Dune, Chips' Challenge, etc.
24. MS Word did not exist in your vocabulary but Wordstar did! --Tried Wordstar, then Winword
25. You love 80's music even if you don't want to admit it. --not all
26. You've climbed up mango trees to catch salagubang, tie a sting around its neck and let it fly around in frenzy --YES
27. You've spent hours in the afternoon catching tutubi... yellow-green was the easiest to catch, blue being finicky, and red being a rare breed... --YES
28. You used to take Flinstones vitamins (which you didn't mind 'cause it was yummy) and cott's liver oil --YES, to Flinstones
29. You know the cartoon show, Beverly Hills Teens --YES
30. You know Kuya Bodgie from Batibot --YES
31. You watch Uncle Bob's Lucky Seven Club --NO
32. You used AQUA NET to fashion ur 4-inch-high bangs. --No
33. Your blouses had paddings. --Some
34. You owned wide studded colorful belts. --YES
35. You watched some of your favorite shows on betamax or even UHF 17 (the channel from Clarke Air Base - or was it Subic?) --YES
36. You collected and "swapped" perfumed stationeries with your classmates and friends, but followed the unwritten rule that you never write on them. --YES
37. The only place you go to for summer vacation is BAGUIO! --No, but still went to the Ilocos region
38. On that note, camp john hay served BEST ice cream --I wouldn't know. :)
39. Most of us were brought to the EDSA revolution --No
40. You remember what Ricky Martin used to look like back then --No, I onlr remember that he was in Menudo
41. ...when you think that Julie Vega is a better actress that Judy Ann --I have no thoughts on this...
42. You get confused playing playstation because of all the buttons on the keypad (nintendo only had the direction pad, a & b buttons and the start & select keys ) --NO
43. You know all the Bagets and Ninja Kids --No, but I know those groups.
44. You got to ride the train ride at greenhills shopping center --I rode something but I can't remember if it was in GH
45. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were the players at the time --YES
46. ...when you know more 80's music than the song "Buttercup" --YES
47. You were allowed to bathe in the rain --YES
48. You were taught to comb your hair one-sided --Yes, I think
49. You've collected matangpusa and mongo beans so you can have ammunition for sumpit --I did not take part in this sport
50. You knew who madam bola and sitsiritsit and alibangbang was. --YES
51. Every Christmas you anticipate going to BIG Bang sa Alabang- with the giant slide. --YES!!!
52. You know the Ewoks --YES
53. You had Mighty Kid shoes and Greg shoes. --YES
54. You know what Time Space Warp means (and you know who Fuma Lae-Ar is) --YES
55. You and your barkada had a specific Bioman name. --YES, sort of
56. You sucked all the nectar from the santan plant hence your mother got really pissed at you for destroying the santan plant. --YES
57. You played with marbles and text (yung cards ha!!!) And you count cards like this: I-SA, DALA-WA, TAT-LO, A-PAT... walo na iyon! --No, the boys did
58. For girls: You wore denim miniskirts with rubber shoes. For guys: You had those bitin na pantalon which you wore with high-top rubber shoes!!! --YES
59. You loved cheezels and chicakdees because of the great prizes it had! (remember sticky hands, bear popups, and the stick on tattoos which were "banned" due to drugs daw?) --YES
60. Puffy cone still existed!!! --What's puffy cone?
61. Sosy ka if you bought a Magnolia drumstick --YES
62. Twin Popsies were meant to be shared with a friend. --YES
63. Ice Drop was the cheapest treat. --YES
64. You have those Disney bow biters for your rubber shoes --No, my classmates did
65. You know who Alf is. --YES
66. You're familiar with the show "Perfect Strangers". --YES
67. Idol mo si McGyver. --YES
68. Thats Entertainment" ang "the bomb" nung mga panahon na yun. --YES
69. Sikat ka kapag alam mo ang wordstar at lotus 1,2,3
70. Six digits lang ang telephone number niyo dati. --No. Too ancient for me.
71. Tatlong 25 cents lang eh makakatawag ka na sa pay-phone. --YES
72. Cute pa si Aiza non sa Eat Bulaga. --YES
73. Si Amado Pineda pa ang nagbabalita ng panahon --Who?
74. You drank Chocolate milk from the Magnolia glass bottle which you kept for holding water in your ref. --YES, good times.
75. Brown Cow tasted better than Hersheys! --YES
76. Shake Rattle and Roll 1 was the most horrifying movie for you then. --YES
77. The most comfortable shoes for you is still Sperry Topsiders. --No
78. Dress shoes mo eh loafers pa rin. --What?
79. The best movies of all time are pretty in pink, breakfast club, 16 candles and some kind of wonderful --No, I started getting into movies in the 90s
80. You show off your pencil case which have hidden compartments that pop-out at the press of a button... --No, I never owned one of those. :(
81. You have Bensia pencils which are refillable... --No
82. Fiesta carnival was the place to be (kumbaga enchanted kingdom sya ng 90's) --YES
83. Takot kang mag-year 2000 ksi baka magunaw ang mundo. --Ah, the Y2K scare...
84. Masarap ang Goya and Serg's. --YES
85. Nakakasakay ka pa sa kotseng walang aircon. --YES
86. You know the lyrics ng "Tinapang Bangus" at "Alagang-alaga namin si Puti" ng Batibot. --Vaguely
87. You know these commercials:
a. YCBIKINIBRIEF --YES
b. RA Homevision --YES
c. Arthur's Legaspi Towers --No
d. La Germania Mama Mia commercials --YES
88. Bumibili ka ng caramel candy, texas or bazooka bubblegum, tira-tira at tootsie roll sa tindahan --YES
89. Naabutan mo pa na korteng flower ang singko --YES
90. You're familiar with this song: si nena ay bata pa, kaya ang sabi niya ay um-ah-um-ah-ah. hanggang patanda siya nang patanda at pabastos ng pabastos hehehe! --Vaguely
Kids back then were built pretty tough and it was a great time to be young. None of these environmental scares with lead paints, dengue, and what-not. I spent time outside. I think that's the most important bit of all.