Reposting:
TO ALL FOLKS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1950's, 60's, 70's and early 80's even 90's...we are the living eye witnesses (sa buhay pa ngayong 2020)
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, Linunod, balikutsa, bukayo, and didn't have to worry about diabetes. Ang tsokoleyt di pa sikat.
Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of hard wood covered with lead-based paints. Ang iba ay duyan na kumot na tinalian ng pisi na nakapulupot sa dingding ng bahay.
We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers (lampin ng General Milling na may faded picture na naka-salute), and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads, wala pang brake ang bisikleta.
As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts.
Riding on the back of a carabao on a breezy summer day was considered a treat. (ngayon; ang mga bata ayaw sa Kalabaw)
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT bottled mineral water sa Nature Spring or Viva, or Absolute Mineral water (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 contracted hepatitis.
We ate rice with star margarine, bahaw na nilagyan ng asin at mantika , drank raw eggs straight from the shell, and drank softdrinks with real sugar in it (hindi diet coke or Pepsi Max), but we weren't sick or overweight dahil.....
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. Syato, tumbam preso, moro-moro, bente-uno, Tagu-taguan, mataya taya, patintero, monkey-monkey...so many to mention.
No one was able to reach us all day (hindi pa uso ang cellphone). And yes, we were O.K.
We did not have Playstations, X-boxes, no 100 channels on cable, no DVD movies, no surround stereo, no IPOD's, no cell phones, no computers, no Internet, no chat rooms, no Friendsters and no FB........... 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?
We played marbles (jolen) in the dirt, washed our hands just a little and ate putok & monay. We were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.
We had to live with homemade guns (gawa sa kahoy, tinalian ng garter at goma), sumpit, tirador at sumpak(gawa sa bolpen o kawayan) na pwedeng makasakit, pero masaya pa rin kahit magkasakitan.
We made up games with sticks (syato), and cans (tumbam preso) and although we were told they were dangerous, walang grabeng nangyare, bukol lang naman.
We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on the door or mambato ng bubong, 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 pang mga childhood depression at damaged self esteem or ano pang kaek-ekan.
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 51 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, copy and paste it to your profile so they will know how brave you are.
#childhood
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