20 Things Filipino Kids Did Before The Internet Existed

    Who needs Wi-Fi when you have Rambo tsinelas and bouncing butterfly hairclips?

    1. Remember when we actually played outdoors? Like a game of patintero with friends?

    2. Or when we begged nanay to buy us Rambo tsinelas so we can beat everyone in tumbang preso?

    3. OMG, remember how high we jumped whenever we play luksong tinik or luksong baka?

    4. Or that time we stole the garter from lola's sewing box* so we can play Chinese garter?

    *Danish cookie cans, of course.

    5. Remember when we almost lost our shit during an intense game of tagu-taguan?

    6. Or when we tried against all odds to look for an elevated space for langit lupa?

    7. Remember when we were too busy mastering our flicking skills for pitik bulag?

    @RX931 #TheMorningRush #AdultLessonsFromKidGames Pitik Bulag... You'll never know what life will bring. Just enjoy

    8. Or too preoccupied looking for the perfect pambato for piko to care about technology?

    9. Remember how many birds we tried (and failed) to shoot with our handmade tirador?

    10. Our parents didn't even care if we watch TV for hours as long as it's on Hiraya Manawari or Sineskwela.

    "@imhanselbiscuit: Sino naabutan to? ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฟ " OMG ELEMENTARY DAYS HIRAYA MANAWARI MY FAAAAVE OMGGG! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜

    Suck it, Google. We have Ugat Puno, Kiko Matsing, and Kuya Bodjie!

    11. Remember how we rushed home from school so we can watch Eugene, Goku, Sakuragi and the others?

    tapos mahibi gid ko ya kung di ko kaabot ghost fighter

    And how we turn into Taguro's isang daang porsyento when we find out it's the end credits already.

    12. And how crazy was it when the Tagalog version of Voltes V went "viral" without the help of the internet??

    13. Remember how many friends we lost because we didn't want to trade our teks?

    Hindi lang Teks, Pogs pa.. HAHAHA ๐Ÿ˜‚ meron din ako nyan noon ๐Ÿ˜ mga 2 balot ng plastic.

    14. We dug holes from the soil to play jolens and didn't care about worms and shit.

    15. Speaking of Jolens, remember how amazed we were about these bouncing butterfly hairpins?

    16. Who cares about harmful chemicals we might inhale or ingest? Plastic balloon is life!

    17. Plus, no one ever told us not to taste santan's nectar, so why the hell not?

    18. We were too swamped making bubbles from gumamela flowers to deal with this "internet" business.

    19. Waiting for kisses to procreate is more exciting than waiting for dial-up internet to connect, anyway.

    #kisses nilalagay sa pencil case alagang mabuti nanganganak dw nauubos pera ko dito noon haha #throwbackthursday

    20. And we were saved from the heartbreak of being "seen-zoned" because we always had F.L.A.M.E.S.