Pinoy Nostalgia: Humor from the 60's, 70's and 80's

Dedicated to ALL KIDS who were born in the 60's, 70's and 80's!

Sa mga Pinoy na isinilang noong dekada sisenta, sitenta at otsenta - tiyak makaka-relate kayo nito.

Sa mga Pinoy na isinilang noong dekada nubenta hanggang siglo 2000, baka hindi kayo masyado maka-relate kaya read na lang para getz n'yo.

Blast from the past worth reminiscing. Old stuff but still bright and delightful memories!

Padalang e-mail sa akin ito ng isang kaibigan na kabilang sa dekada sitenta. Sinulat niya daw ito habang umiinom ng serbesa.


BABIES

Many of us - babies during the 60's, 70's and 80's survived being born to mothers who did not have an OB -Gyne and drank instead San Miguel Beer while our moms carried us.

While pregnant, our mothers also took cold or cough medicine, ate "isaw" and didn't worry about diabetes.

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

We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers - lampin lang!


CHILDREN

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 and no seat belts.

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).


DRINK AND EAT

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 or more 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.


GAMES

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). 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!

After hitting the sidewalk or falling into a canal (seweage channel) a few times, we learned to solve the problem ourselves with our bare and dirty hands .


PLAYING WITH NATURE

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 Friendster.

But 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 and fish balls. We were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.


ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY

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 (syato), 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!


GROWING UP

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.


BREADWINNERS

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, Military Generals and Family Breadwinners of today.

The past decades have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned from our mistakes the hard way.


TODAY'S KIDS

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?!


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