Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Eighties Kid Ka Ba? (Part One)

You know you're a kid of the 80's when...


1.) You have scars on your knees and elbows.

2.) You owned a BMX bike.

3.) You had a barkada around your neighborhood (all of you had bikes).

4.) You loved climbing on your house's roof (and your neighbor's roof as well).

Check!

5.) You went inside an abandoned house in your neighborhood just to see what it looks like inside (ghost hunting kuno).

Check! Nag-iiwan pa kami ng walis-tingting 'cause apparently, it scares ghosts!

6.) You ate all the aratilis in your neighborhood.

Sorta!

7.) You plucked all the gumamelas in the area for soap bubbles.

Swak na swak!

8.) Your parents forced you to take afternoon siestas with the threat that you will not be allowed to play outside.

9.) You are never found in your house in the afternoon. You are often found playing in the street with your neighborhood friends.

Kahit sa school absent ako! Hehehe.

10.) You loved exploring vacant lots for hidden knick-knacks.

11.) You just can't resist jumping in a sandpile

12.) You know all the street games (patintero, agawan base, langit-lupa, piko, etc.).

Korek!

13.) You owned a family computer.

Yes! Atari pa 'yun actually!

14.) Your hand-to-eye coordination is terrific due to family computer.

15.) You'd rather go outdoors in the afternoon than play family computer.

'Ndi rin!

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).

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).

18.) You owned a superhero costume (especially a superman costume).

19.) For the girls: You dressed up like Punky Brewster, Madonna and Debbie Gibson.
For the boys: You dressed up like David Hasselhoff's Knightrider, David Bowie or had Clark Kent's spit curl.

I wore Like A Prayer/Electric Youth shirts!

And now you think that the 80's had the suckiest dress sense.

20.) You had a denim jacket, and take note, hindi lang basta denim, dapat acid washed and with matching jeans!

21.) Yung acid wash na maong mo dapat garterized ang dulo or may zipper para magkasya ang paa mo tapos ternohan mo ng Ralph Lauren or Lacoste na long back polo shirt!!! with matching espadrilles!!!!

22.) Maliban sa espadrilles, nauso din ang jelly shoes and kung-fu shoes na mabibili mo sa pinakamalapit na Zenco Footstep.

23.) You had a sticker book especially that Age of Dinosaurs sticker book.

Parang. . .

24.) You were addicted to Rainbow Brite, Care Bears, My Little Pony, Thundercats, Bioman, Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Daimos, Voltron, etc.

At sy'mpre, The Smurfs!

25.) You played computer games like Tapper, Moonbugs, Alley Cat and Prince of Persia.

26.) MS Word did not exist in your vocabulary but Wordstar did!

27.) You love 80's music even if you don't want to admit it.

I have them on my fone! Ahluvit!

28.) You've climbed up mango trees to catch salagubang, tie a sting around its neck and let it fly around in frenzy

29.) 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...

True!

30.) You used to take Cetrinets, Flinstones vitamins (which you didn't mind cause it was yummy) and Scott's liver oil.

31.) You know the cartoon show, Beverly Hills Teens.

32.) You know Kuya Bojie from Batibot.

At si Ate Sienna, sy'mpre!

33.) You watch Uncle Bob's Lucky Seven Club and drooled at the cool prizes.

Totoo!

34.) You used AQUA NET to fashion ur 4-inch-high bangs.

35.) Your blouses had paddings.

36.) You owned wide studded colorful belts.

37.) You watched some of your favorite shows on betamax or even UHF 17 (the channel from Clarke Air Base - or was it Subic?).

Usong-uso pa ang kopyang-sine! As in may taong naglalakad at tabingi ang screen!

38.) You collected and swapped; perfumed stationeries with your classmates and friends, but followed the unwritten rule that you never write on them.

Hahaha! Kakahiya pero totoo! Naadik din ako rito.

39.) The only place you go to for summer vacation is BAGUIO!

40.) On that note, Camp John Hay served BEST ice cream

41.) Most of us were brought to the EDSA revolution.

Bahay lang ako nito.

42.) You remember what Ricky Martin used to look like back then.

Kay Epoy ko lang nakilala ang Menudo kasi loves na loves niya si RM noon! Nilalagay pa niya sa slumbook question na "Who is your crush: RM."

43.) ...when you think that Julie Vega is a better actress that Judy Ann.

Anna Liza fan kami noon.

44.) 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).

45.) You know all the Bagets and Ninja Kids.

Hotshots pa!

46.) You got to ride the train ride at Greenhills Shopping Center.

47.) Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were the players at the time. Sa local naman, “The Big J” Robert Jaworski and Francis Arnaiz (at may show pa silang dalawa nun!).

48.) ...when you know more 80's music than the song “Build Me Up Buttercup.”

49.) You were allowed to bathe in the rain.

Sarap nito! Try natin minsan, walang suot! Hahaha!

50.) You were taught to comb your hair one-sided (parang si Rizal).

51.) You've collected matang-pusa and mongo beans so you can have ammunition for sumpit.

52.) You knew who Madam Bola and Sitsiritsit and Alibangbang were.

Saka Pen-pen de Sarapen ni Ate Connie!

53.) Every Christmas you anticipate going to BIG Bang sa Alabang with the giant slide or the show in COD Cubao.

54.) You know the Ewoks.

Yes!

55.) You had Mighty Kid shoes and Gregg shoes.

56.) You know what Time Space Warp means (and you know who Fuma Lae-Ar is).

57.) You and your barkada had a specific Bioman name.

58.) You sucked all the nectar from the santan plant hence your mother got really pissed at you for destroying the santan plant.

Hahaha! Masustansya raw 'yun, eh.

59.) 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!

Ah, di ko nakahiligan ang text cards.

60.) For girls: You wore denim mini-skirts with rubber shoes.
For guys: You had those bitin na pantalon which you wore with high-top rubber shoes (either Converse or Grosby)!!!

Hehehe! Michael Jackson look - black bitin pants, white socks, & black leather shoes!

61.) You loved Cheezels and Chicakdees because of the great prizes it had!

Totoo!

62.) Puffy cone and Icee still existed!!!

63.) Sosy ka if you bought a Magnolia drumstick.

64.) Twin Popsies were meant to be shared with a friend.

65.) Ice Drop was the cheapest treat (at P1.00-1.50 each).

66.) You have those Disney bow biters for your rubber shoes

67.) You know who Alf is.

Si Epoy, may Alf noon! Hehehe.

68.) You're familiar with the show Perfect Strangers.

It was really funny!

69.) For the boys: Idol mo si Richard Dean Anderson ng McGyver.
For the girls: Crush na crush mo sina Richard Grieco and Johnny Depp ng 21 Jump Street.

Actually, di ako mahilig sa foreign shows noon. What can I say? Jologs ako, eh!

70.) That's Entertainment ang the bomb nung mga panahon na yun.

Hanggang ngayon pa naman, di ba? Hehehe.

71.) Sikat ka kapag alam mo ang Wordstar at Lotus 1,2,3.

72.) Six digits lang ang telephone number niyo dati.

73.) Tatlong 25 cents lang eh makakatawag ka na sa pay-phone na kulay pula.

74.) Cute pa si Aiza non sa Eat Bulaga.

75.) Si Amado Pineda pa ang nagbabalita ng panahon

76.) You drank Chocolate milk from the Magnolia glass bottle which you kept for holding water in your ref.

77.) Brown Cow tasted better than Hersheys!

78.) Shake Rattle and Roll 1 was the most horrifying movie for you then.

Haunted House ang fave ko noon. Nagro-role play pa kami noon!

79.) The most comfortable shoes for you is still Sperry Topsiders.

80.) Dress shoes mo eh loafers pa rin.

81.) The best movies of all time are Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles and Some Kind of Wonderful

Huh?! Hindi ba Puso Sa Puso, Tamis Ng Unang Halik, at Feel Na Feel?!

82.) You show off your pencil case which have hidden compartments that pop-out at the press of a button...

83.) You have Bensia pencils which are refillable...

84.) Fiesta carnival was the place to be (kumbaga enchanted kingdom sya ng '90s)

85.) Takot kang mag-year 2000 kasi baka magunaw ang mundo.

86.) Masarap ang Goya and Serg's.

Yum-yum!

87.) Nakakasakay ka pa sa kotseng walang aircon.

88.) You know the lyrics ng Tinapang Bangus at Alagang-alaga namin si Puti ng Batibot.

Yes! Sige nga, kantahin natin ng sabay-sabay!

89.) You know these commercials:
a. YC Bikini Brief - remember this one?

YC Bikini Brief / YC Bikini Brief / YC Bikini Brief / For the man who packs a wallop / YC had fashion / YC has style...

b. RA Homevision - those guys from Cash and Carry, Makati couldn't have done it better. Sports. Adventure. Cartoons. Award Winners and More, featuring the voice talent of Frankie Evangelista.

Gusto ko mag-rent dati noon dito!

c. Arthur's Legaspi Towers

d. La Germania Mama Mia commercials

e. Sunny Orange – Sunny Orange I love you…

90.) Bumibili ka ng Caramel candy, Texas or Bazooka bubblegum, tira-tira at Tootsie roll sa tindahan.

Bazooka ako! May free comic strip pa! Hehehe.

91.) Naabutan mo pa na korteng flower ang singko.

92.) The biggest Coke bottle you can buy is Family size.

93.) You know Great Space Coaster, Super Book and the Flying House.

94.) Hardcore ka na kung kilala mo si Mighty Man and Yak.

95.) Inabot mo ang Game & Watch at Atari bago ang Family Computer.

96.) Para sa mga bagets na nung '80s, hindi ka “in” kapag hindi mo napuntahan ang Rumors Disco and The Bar na gin tonic.

97.) Nag-iipon ka ng basyo ng bote para ipagpalit sa cheese curls na naka-cone sa dyaryo.

98.) You know who Niknok is.

99.) You jumped in the “Growth Ball” band wagon.


Kayo, what are you fondest '80's memories?


Taken from Amanda's World

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