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> TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
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> 1950's, 60' s, 70's and early 80's !!
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> 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.
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> While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicine, a te
> isaw, and didn't worry about diabetes.
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> Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of
> hard wood covered with lead-based paints, pati na yung
> walker natin, matigas na kahoy din at wala pang gulong.
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> We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable
> diapers (lampin lang), and when we rode our bikes, we had no
> helmets, no kneepads , sometimes wala pang preno yung
> bisikleta.
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> As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses
> with wooden seats (yung JD bus na pula), or cars with no
> airconditioning & no seat belts (ngayon lahat may
> aircon na)
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> 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)
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> We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle
> purchased from 711 (minsan straight from the faucet or poso)
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> We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends,
> and NO ONE actually died from this.
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> 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
> kasi nga......
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> WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
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> 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.
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> No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang cellphone
> , walang beepers ) . And yes, we were O.K.
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> 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 & dirty hands .
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> 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 Friendsters.
> ...... ...WE HAD REAL FRIENDS and we went outside to
> actually talk and play with them!
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> 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 !
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> We played marbles (jolens) in the dirt , washed our hands
> just a little and ate dirty ice cream & fish balls. we
> were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.
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> 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.
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> We made up games with sticks ( syatong ), and cans (
> tumbang preso )and although we were told they were
> dangerous, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay.paminsan
> minsan may nabubukulan lang.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos lang ang
> mga bata, hindi para makialam at makipag-away sa ibang
> parents.
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> 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.
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> The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and
> new ideas.
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> We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned
> from our mistakes the hard way.
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> You might want to share this with others who've had the
> luck to grow up as real kids. We were lucky indeed.
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> And if you like, forward it to your kids too, so they will
> know how brave their parents were.
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> It kind of makes you wanna go out and climb a tree,
> doesn't it?!
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> PS - The big letters are because your eyes may not be able
> to read this if they were typed any smaller (at your age).
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