fyi: email forwarded to me by my wife...nalingaw ko ug basa dala reminisce sa past..i hope mag enjoy pd mo and leave commments...
Mga bisayang dako sa 6o's and 70's
Dili ni akoa. Article ni nga circulating in the net and email nga na recieve
nako. I am posting this here kay murag makalipay labi na sa mga tawong
natawo sa
60's and 70's pares nako and maybe early 80's. Basa ug realize nga ang
kinabuhi
dili base sa mga butang nga temporal kundi sa mga butang that last a
lifetime.
please read... you might gain some good insight. bisaya joke, bisdak,
binisaya
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, ate Linunod, balikutsa, bukhayo and didn't worry about
diabetes.
Then after all that trauma, our baby cribs were made of hard wood covered
with
lead-based paints, ang uban kay duyan nga habol gihigtan ug pisi nga
inigtabyog
ug kusog ma pakong intawon ta sa bongbong.
We had no soft cushy cribs that play music, no disposable diapers (lampin
lang
sa General Milling nga naa'y faded picture nga nag-salute), and when we rode
our
bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads, wala pa gyu'y brake ang bisikleta.
As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats
(Bisaya Bus nga pultahan puros ang kilid, Corominas Bus nga senimana ang
brake),
or cars with no airconditioning & no seat belts (karon kay Minibus na nga
nindot
kaayo ug sounds or Ceres Bus nga bugnaw ug aircon)
Riding on the back of a carabao on a breezy summer day was considered a
treat.
(karon, ang mga bata wala na kaila ug Kabaw)
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT bottled mineral water sa Nature
Spring or Viva, or Absolute Mineral water (usahay gani, straight from the
faucet
or poso or Tabay!)
We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends, and NO ONE
actually
died from this. Or contacted hepatitis.
We ate rice with star margarine, bahaw nga gibutangan ug asin ug mantika sa
baboy, drank raw eggs straight from the shell, and drank sofdrinks with real
sugar in it (dili diet coke or Pepsi Max), but we weren't sick or overweight
kay......bisaya joke, bisdak, binisaya
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the
streetlights came on. Syatong, Bato-Lata, Bagol, Dakop-Dakop, Tago-Tago,
Ngita'g
Kaka.
No one was able to reach us all day (wala pa'y uso ang cellphone). And yes,
we
were O.K.
We would spend hours building our wooden trolleys (katong bearing ang ligid)
or
Karitong Kawayan nga karaang tsinilas ang giporma nga ligid and then ride
down
the street , wala ma'y gidungog nga naligsan atoh! After hitting the
sidewalk or
falling into a canal (sewage channel) a few times, we learned to solve the
problem ourselves with our bare & dirty hands .
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!
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..sakit bai ? pero kung kontra gani nimo ang imong
kadula,,,,singgitan
lang dayon ug..Mayra,Gabaan!
We played marbles (jolen) in the dirt , washed our hands just a little and
ate
Pan Bahug-bahug & Bagumbayan (recycled bread man diay to kay wala mahalin!)
We
were not afraid of getting germs in our stomachs.
We had to live with homemade guns (giporma nga kahoy, gihigtan ug garter ug
lastiko) , saplong , tirador ug uban pa nga pwedeng magkasakitay. Pero
lingaw
gihapon kaayo ang tanan.
We made up games with sticks ( syatong ), and cans ( Bato-Lata )and although
we
were told they were dangerous, wala man gyud to'y actual nga nabuta bah,
bukol
lang nuon sa agtang naa.
We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on
the
door or batoon ug gagmay nga bato ang bungbong, 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 pa nang mga
childhood depression ug damaged self esteem ek-ek ra na. Ang maglagot,
pildi.
Ang mga Ginikanan naa ra sa daplin para motan-aw ra sa duwa sa mga bata,
dili
para manghilabot ug makig-away sa ubang parents.
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 50 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, 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?!
Para sa mga natawo during hte 60's, 70's and 80's, KAHINUMDOM PA MO ANI? :)
Originally Posted by necrotic freak
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