tamad

tinatamad ako mag-blog.  i have so many kwento pa naman.  di ko pa na-upload yung pics namin nung mother’s day.  topak pa yung wifi namin sa bahay ayaw na naman gumana.  haay…

to all the kids who survived the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and the 70’s

got this from diana. 

*~credits to the author ~*

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First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, drank evaporated milk, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs made of abaca.  We didn’t have Pampers or Huggies, just the cool comfort of the “lampin”

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets,  knee pads or elbow pads; not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking  with just “tsinelas” and “sandos”. . .yet we were able to come down from the hills and mountains  

 As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or airbags.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and
NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate “tira-tira”, white bread and “mantikilya”, dirty ice cream and drank sweet sago’t gulaman from the nearby store.. but we weren’t overweight because
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.
And we were O.K.

We would spend hours riding our bikes and rode down
the hills, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms…….
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We were given “baril-barilan” for our 8th birthdays and yet we still grew up as peace-loving adults.

We played “tumbang preso”, “taguan” or “syato”..the game where sticks were flying; and although we were told we may hit our playmates, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

We look forward to summer basketball leagues in our neighborhood and although not everyone made the team, those who didn’t were able to learn to deal with disappointment.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

If YOU are one of them,

CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives

for our own good.

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.