We were once always outside playing!!

[Engineering]

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When I was a boy. 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, patentero. 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 Kawayannga 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 cellphones, 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 teamshad 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.

[kit_cebu]

^i had a clipping from a newspaper back then about the things kids do back in the 80's and early 90's that i used to keep...sadly, i lost it.......i should've framed that...

i'll readback this one unya....

[brackitz]

Sakto ka bai...

ug yeah..tanan nimu na try, ako pud ng na try...lol!! hehe..

but naa pa lang ko ubang na try nga wa nimu na mensyon.

pero thumbs up ko ani!

[kit_cebu]

if you have a link on this one TS, share daw....
if this is yours, pwede ko pa-print ani and make a poster out of it?

[danzteo]

hehehehehehehehe, nka relate jud ko sir......

mao jud na tanan ako na buhat sauna, wewwww........

[brackitz]

basta nagdako sa probensya mao nah...

[Engineering]

hehe actually nagdako man gyud ko sa city and yah kana tanan na-agian nah naku.. hehe im proud to be one of them.

[joylove]

we also played the bahay bahayan... i usually played the role as mama or ate...
luto2x using the lata as kaldero and bato sug.angan
duha ug tinda2x wala pa na uso ang play money ang kwarta kay dahon.
makalingaw sauna unlike karn mga bata sosyal naman kaau dili na kabalo mo pasingut.

[brian joshua]

When I was a boy. 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, patentero. 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 Kawayannga 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 cellphones, 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 teamshad 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.

makahilak mn sd ta ani ts hehehe daghan mahinumduman

[Engineering]

@joylove: yes, mao na gyud ang kalahi-an now adays and way back..
@kit_cebu; pm'ed you sir.
@brackitz; ishare daw sir imo experience. hehe