for those who can speak & understand BISAYA only

TO ALL FOLKS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1950's, 60' s, 70's and early 80's !!

First, some of us s urvived 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, bukayo 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 bubong.



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's 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 contracted 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 softdrinks with real sugar in it (dili diet coke or Pepsi Max), but we weren't sick or overweight kay......




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 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, gaba na!"


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 dula 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?!




PS - The big letters are because your eyes may not be able to read this if they were typed any smaller (at your age? Duh!).


NB: You had fun reading this, didn't you? Naka-relate ba?

Comments

iceah said…
this is a good post mare c: I smiled all the way while reading it c: and yes nakarelate ako c:
Masaya talaga childhood days natin no c:
iceah said…
new look mga blog natin a c: nadaanan mona Chickenheart ko? new look din c:yung blog friend ko nga lang nabura ewan ko bakit :c
Michelle said…
Hi Sheng,

I can relate with this...and I understand some of the bisaya words (because bisaya runs in my blood). Though I can't speak in bisaya manner I can understand some words if spoken slowly.

And yes, I had fun reading your post.
Anonymous said…
"Wala pa nang mga childhood depression ug damaged self esteem, ek-ek ra na"

Pulos na lang karon may "label". Waay man sina sadto, matawhay man ang pag dako kag pag mal-am ta. : )
Anonymous said…
Regarding the big letters... I guess your right. Malabo na nga ang mata ko, I type my URL on the wrong box.
Ako, indi pa malabo ang mata ko. Makabasa pa ko ug gagmayng letra :D :D :D

Maka-relate man gyod ani tanan except sa pagsakay ug kabaw kay wala man gud mi kabaw :D

Mora man ug nindot balikan ang atong kabataan, 'sa?
Anonymous said…
how i miss playing syatong and bato-lata! manguli lang mi kung mungitngit na :)
Anonymous said…
Natawa naman ako dito sheng...kakaaliw.

Though hindi ako magaling mag bisaya nakakaintindi naman kahit papaano.

Maupay na adlaw kapatid!
Anonymous said…
I hardly understand bisaya but I got the message. I think something like these (with Tagalog sentences instead) was emailed to me last year. Reading stuff like this makes me smile. =)
Gracie said…
I don't speak the dialect, but I kinda understood the whole point of it. I have to say, this is a good post. Thanks for sharing.
pamatayhomesick said…
naalala ko rin nun lampin lang ang gamit at halos mapuno ang sampayan tuwing umaga sa dami ng nilabhan.

di uso ang pampers! este! diapers pala.:)
pamatayhomesick said…
bydawey!..i already add you in my blog list!..:)
Anonymous said…
True. We all survived our childhood. I need to go climb a tree now :)
Mai da Paypay said…
i was laughing so hard! so true! so true! especially the carabao one and the we always played outside one. i wish my future kids would also experience what I experienced as a child...i love my childhood so much sometimes i feel i'm still stuck
iluvgreen said…
lol, sobrang naka relate ako sa rice with star margarine.. and true k jan, sa hilot lang nag pa anak sa mom ko and we are 5 tapos sa house lang my mom is so galing db. tapos umaakyat din ako s puno ng samapalok hahah. so sad for my pamangkin not to be able to experience what me and my siblings experienced.
ms firefly said…
as in grabe gid kadlaw ko di!!! himo ko gid na tanan ba! ang magulang ko si jake, daw nahulog pa sa karbaw gani. :)

ang bike nga waay sang brake. LOL. amo na bike namon sadto!

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