| Journey to my Past 141. Jeepney rides were 20 centavos. 142. Sarsi & Pop Cola were 15 centavos. 143. With P20 one can see a movie for 2 & have softdrinks & 3M pizza. 144. School bags on wheels & lunch boxes of Hardy Boys. 145. Boy's batman costume & bat mobile car or combat outfit. 144. His collection of toy soldiers & matchbox cars. 145. Mama's collection of Nescafe glasses or Tang pitchers. 146. Listening to America, James Taylor, Chicago & Seals & Crofts music. 147. Dymo tapes & exchanging them with classmates. 148. Buying "chits" at school. 149. Having Halo-halo flavored icecream & getting the bottom scoop. 150. Heartthrobs then were Mark Lester, Shaun Cassidy & Robbie Benson. 151. Hot pants, bell bottom pants, elephant pants were the fad. 152. Farrah Faucett hairdo was the hottest hairstyle. 153. Inday's collection of dried guava leaves for her tobacco. 154. Smelling katol or Raid spray. 155. Mama's patterns & catalogues to make our clothes. 156. Having boiled eggs & calamansi juice for baon. 157. Going to Manel's next to St Anthony's Church to buy some snacks. 158. Doing the long division & multiplication at school. 159. Folding our socks low to be hip. 160. Going to Paco market to buy Bantex or Spartan shoes. 161. Walking to the front of the altar to receive communion. 162. Watching all the religious movies on tv during Holy Week. 163. Taking a nap in our only airconditioned room during summer. 164. Planting in our small front yard during Imelda's Green Revolution. 165. Tying our balloon with a thread or string so it can reach the heavens. 166. Cooking in the backyard with our clay pots. 167. BBQ time with Tito Amang & family around the holidays. 168. Kris Kringle with the family & getting a banana cue. 169. With P20, I was able to buys gifts for the whole family for Xmas. 170. Fans of Nora, Tirso, Vilma or Bobot putting leis of sampaguita on them. 171. Tito Mado placed us in a batya when the house got flooded. 172. Swimming at Pope Pius or YWCA during summer. 173. Watching the Jetsons, Popeye & Hanna-Barbera cartoons. 174. Using matchsticks & cotton rolls as cotton swabs. 175. Buying Purico (lard) at Aling Ema's store. 176. Exchanging empty softdrink bottles as deposit. 177. Tearing our choconut wrappers to see what prizes we won. 178. Buying 10-30 centavos of toyo, suka, bawang, paminta at the store. 179. Buying (tumpok) of sili, luya, kamatis, calamansi at the wet market. 180. Mussels or tahong were measured by diff sizes of cans. 181. Wearing veil at church. 182. Chewing cherry chiclets to make our lips red. 183. Eating castanas (chestnuts) around the holidays. 184. Daddy's fruit extravaganza ie pineapple, melon, pakwan, mango, etc. 185. Having fruits after dinner as desserts. 186. Having cake & icecream only during someone's birthday. 187. Your treat or blow-out if it's your birthday. 189. Tito Mado & Tito Amang having beer. 190. Teasing Tito Mado to buy icecream when they come over for dinner. 191. Cooking Cosin Sam's favorite chicken curry dish. 192. Wearing Hang Ten sandals & Tshirts. home con't back |