Long time, no write! ...at least hindi no read, no write! joke!

Hay, it's been a while since I last posted a piece of my mind on this blog.  I miss it though.  A lot of things happened and thinking about those things amazes me.  I went through almost dying to now doing better and trying to live life (again) to the best of my abilities.   80's Pinas.. 80's nostalgic... nostalgia kicks in nanaman! ;)

First and foremost, I would like to thank ALL OF YOU who cared enough to read and graciously leave a comment on my posts.  It was heartwarming to hear from you that you appreciate my thoughts and memories of the past, that it somehow brings back your good memories as well, and that it entertained you somehow.  I decided to make this blog (and forgive me for lots of grammatical errors, misspellings and shallow topics) to serve as my outlet, and hopefully also for those who wish to relive the beautiful years (80's and so on) that we used to enjoy before.  THANK YOU for sharing with my sentiments as well.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OTHERS WHO WISH TO WRITE OR CONTRIBUTE IN MY BLOG AS WELL.  It would be more than a privilege and honor to read some of your thoughts, too.  Please feel free to contact me thru this blog.  I am so excited to hear from you! ;)

And with all these, I am now getting the 80's fever back in my nerves.  Yes, that means I would allot a big portion of my time to blogging again.  I know I am not a famous blogger or some sort but allow me to say that I do enjoy it a lot.  Blogging is my time machine, it can bring me anywhere and in any time I want.

Rest assure that in the days to come you'll see me posting again.  AS FOR MAKING MY BLOG MOBILE FRIENDLY, I'm working on it! ;)  Not that I am making an excuse but my knowledge in technology is not yet that wide but because I am assured that there are some readers who even patronize me via their mobile phones, I will try my best to make my blog and posts more accessible to you! :D

Hope you enjoy my blog and my posts in the days to come! :)))))

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shout out to
BEYEE & ARLET!!!

THANKS FOR THE COMMENT!
HOPE YOU ENJOYED BROWSING THROUGH MY
BLOG!
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Gimik!

Hay! It's been quite a while when I last wrote in this blog. I have to make up for it and so I did. It has been several months already when I declared Gimik Month for 80's Warpback and here it is!

Watch some episodes of Gimik and relive the 90's and your teenage years! Thanks to TFCrock and daomingcai for uploading them online.

Enjoy!

(links are on the left side of this page!)

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Thanks, but please...

We thank you, readers (though you are not a lot), for appreciating the contents of this blog. It is my utmost desire to somehow help other nostalgic people like me to reminisce the past thru pictures, videos and personal entries. But to my dismay, I found out today, that some of my entries and even the 80's Pinas Logo were being used by other people without crediting or putting our blog's link. If you may notice, I am trying my best to give due credit to people whenever I use some of their articles or pictures and I even put links so that my blog readers can go and check out the website where I obtain the information. I believe that it is expected from a 'responsbile' blogger, or at the least, from a 'responsible' person. I hope people will be more responsible and CONSIDERATE of others as much as possible. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy browsing through my blogsite. I'll put up some new entries soon.

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Bazooka Joe

Aba eh sino ba naman ang hindi naadkik mangolekta ng comic strip sa na kasama ng Bazooka noong araw??? As far as I can remember, talagang ito ang bubble gum ng bayan noon. Actually, marereveal ang aking real age if I say this pero inabutan ko pa na apat-piso ang bentahan ng bazooka. In short, 25cents lang ang isa nito.

Kaya naman usong-uso ang sari-sari store noong panahon. Naaalala nyo pa ba ang famous commercial ng Royal Tru Orange na kung saan bida si "Joey"?!? Tulad niya, typical noong 80's ang inuutusan ang anak na bumili ng patis o di kaya toyo, mantika, kalamansi, sibuyas, asukal, itlog o kahit ano pang kailangan ni nanay sa kusina na nakalimutang bilhin sa palengke. At bilang isang batang 80's, masaya ako tuwing mauutusang bumili sa tindahan. Paano kasi makakabili ako ng gusto kong chichira o kaya ang aking paborito sa lahat--BUBBLEGUM!!! Naaalala ko pa tiglilimang piso ang binibili ko na bubble gum noon. Bukod nga sa Bazooka eh meron ding mga tinitindang walang brand na bubble gum noon, tulad nung mga malilit na bilog na pulang bubble gum at maliliit na technicolor na parang bulitas na gums na nasa straw. At dahil sa katakawan ko sa bazooka, ilang beses na akong

gumising na may nakadikit na bubble gum sa buhok. Ewan ko ha pero sa tingin ko noong 80's usung-uso ang mga home remedies at ang home remedy na ginagawa sa akin sa ganitong mga pangyayari ay GAAS. Yep, lalagyan ng gaas ang buhok ko at saka hihimayin ang gum mula sa aking buhok! The best! Parang pwede ka nang sumakabilang buhay sa tindi ng amoy ng gaas habang kinukuha ang gum sa ulo ko!

At dahil ang bazooka ang pinakacommon na bubble gum noong araw, naging obsession din ng mga teen agers ang pangongolekta ng comic strip ng bazooka para gawing wrapper ng notebook. Yung iba talagang umaasang mabubuo nila ang istorya nung comics. Ako nga nag give up diyan eh, paano ba naman ilang libong bazooka bums na ang nabibili ko eh halos pare-pareho lang ang comic strip na nakukuha ko!

Ngayon sobrang lawak na ng variety ng sweets na maaaring pagpiliian ng mga bata. Bukod sa, sadly, phased out na ang mga sari-sari stores hindi na rin mahirap bumili ng mga imported sweets mula sa mga groceries. Yun nga lang masarap balik balikan ang simplicity ng buhay noong 80's. Simple yet interesting sila!

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Pendong Peace!!! =D

<----- PENDONG! PEACE! Ang tagal ko nang hindi naririnig ang mga katagang ito. Palibhasa, dahil kabilang ang popular na kasabihang ito sa panahong nakalipas, madalang ko na nga talagang maririnig ito sa kasalukuyan. Sino nga ba si Mang Pendong at talaga namang naging suki ng bawat dila ng mga batang 80's ang pangalan niya? Kalbo ba si Mang Pendong? Di kaya ang mas matinong tanong ay "kung tao nga ba si Pendong"??? Ano o sino ba si Pendong... Tandang tanda ko pa noong unang mauso sa aming street ang mga katagang ito. Asar na asar ako dahil hindi ko makita ang "sense" kung bakit ito sinasabi at ginagawa. Biruin mong wala akong kamuwang-muwang eh bigla na lang akong nabatukan ng kuya ko habang sinasabi niya ang salitang "PENDONG" at sabay sabi ng "PEACE" habang naka-peace sign! Muntikan kong gulpihin ang kuya ko sa inis at siya naman, di na makahinga sa kakatawa dahil sa gulat at pagtatakang nakita niya sa mukha ko. Simula noon, hindi ko kailan man masakyan ang joke/pang-asar na Pendong-Peace.

(image from video48)

Noong dekada otsenta (at sa paniniwala ko'y hanggang sa dekada nobenta) nauso ang mga pelikula may tema ng mahika. Sikat na sikat noon si Herbie (the takling beetle) at dito sa Pilipinas ipinakilala ang ganitong karakter sa pelikulang Family Tree na pinagbidahan nila Luis Gonzalo, Nida Blanca, Francis Magalona at Nadia Montenegro. Isang nagsasalitang volkswagen na may kakaibang kapangyarihan ang isa sa mga naging highlight ng nasabing pelikula.

At noong mga panahong iyon nagmamay-ari kami ng isang blue na volkswagen. Sabi ng mama ko nabili lang daw namin ang kotseng ito sa halagang 40,000 pesos mula sa kanyang tiyo. Ito ang ginagamit naming pamilya tuwing papasok sa eskwela at opisina, mamasyal at mamimili. Kaya naman natutuwa ako kapag nakakakita ako ng volkswagen sa mga pelikula. Madalas kasing ipagmalaki sa amin ng aming papa na ang kotseng ito ay bukod sa napakatipid sa gasolina ay napakainam daw imaneho.

Isang araw, habang kami ay papauwi galing sa bahay ng aming lola napansin ko na lang na karamihan ng mga batang aming nadadaanan ay nagtatawanan. Noong una akala ko may pinagtatawan lang talaga sila hanggang sa marinig ko ang isa na sumigaw ng "Pendong! Peace!" Matapos nito ay naghalakhakan silang magkakasama habang naka-peace sign ang ilan para hindi mabatukan. Hindi lang pala tuwing may makikita kang kalbo saka magpependong, pati volswagen pala! Hay naku, as usual, inis na inis ako tuwing makakakita ako ng gumagawa nito sa tuwing kami ay dumadaan. "Pendong peace pala ah!"

Hay, pag bata talaga... maiinis ka kahit sa walang kakwenta-kwentang bagay. Ngayon, namimiss ko ang mga panahong uso ang pendong peace. Matagal na rin nang huling marinig ko ang mga ito.

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Ako nga si Pink 5!!!

Ang IBC 13 noong araw, para sa aking pananaw, ang may pinaka magagandang palabas na pambata. Hindi ganoon kasikat ang ABS CBN maging ang GMA 7. Wala pa sa ere ang ABC 5 o mas kilala na ngayon sa tawag na TV5. Kabilang sa mga palabas ng IBC 13 noon ang Ora Engkantada, Mongolian Barbecue, Sic O' Clock News, 13 14 15, Ula, X.O., Islaw Kalabaw, Ang Manok ni San Pedro, Ang Boyfriend Kong Mamaw at marami pang iba. Ang lahat ng aking mga nabanggit ay ang ilan sa mga di ko malilimutang palabas dahil bukod sa paborito ko ang ilan, puno ang mga ito ng di matatawarang alaala ng aking pagkabata.

Hindi lang mga local na palabas ang pumatok sa channel 13 noon. Siyempre, sino ba naman ang hindi makakaalala ng mga japanese tv shows tulad ng Volton, Daimos, Voltes 5, Shaider at siyempre ang paborito naming magpipinsan--BIOMAN.

Tuwing alas kwatro ng hapon at sinuswerteng payagan lumabas para maglaro sa playground, namin ginagagawa ang aming pagtatransform. Mayroon kasing slides doon sa playground at noong kami ay mga bata pa, extra challenge ang makapagslide ka sa malaking slide. At dito sa malaking slide na ito kami tinatawag ng mundo upang sagipin ang mga naaapi.

Talaga namang pinagtigitigisahan namin ang mga miyembro ng Bioman. Dahil aapat pa lang kami noon at iisa lang si Kuya na lalaki, inassume niya ang role nina Red 1, Green 2 at Blue 3... Ang problema, tatlo kaming babae. =( Si Chin, ang kaedad kong pinsan ang naging si Yellow 4. Siyempre ano pa ba ang basehan ng pagpili ng kung aling Bioman member ka kundi ayon sa paborito mong kulay. Paboritong kulay ni Chin ang dilaw kaya masaya siyang nagpapakasasa sa role na Yellow 4. Pero paano ang role na Pink 5???

Talagang pinag-agawan namin ng ate ko (pinsan) kung sino nga ba ang magiging Pink 5. Paano ibig sabihin noon kung sino si Pink 5 eh siya rin ang may karapatang sabihing sa kanya at siya TALAGA ay may paboritong kulay na Pink. Eh dahil napakacompetitive ko noong bata ayaw kong ipaubaya na lang ang role na yon sa kanya. Kaya naman nagpabonggahan na lang kami sa pagsigaw at pagpose ng "PINK 5!" bago magslide. At kahit takot na takot dahil sa mabilis na pagragasa pababa ng slide, kunwari di ako natatakot na baka tumilapon ako mula sa slide mapasakamay ko lang ang role na ito!

Eh sino nga ba itong si Pink 5 at sobrang naging most coveted role siya noong 80's sa aming magpipinsan???

Ito ang aking munting impormasyong nakuha tungkol sa aming pinakamamahal na si Pink 5:

Actress: Michiko Makino
Role: Katsuragi Hikaru
Age: 20 years old
Weapons:Super Electron Beamlight, Pink Barrier and Laser Sword
Attacks: Pink Flash and Spin Chop
Birthday: October 3, 1964

Hindi ko na makita kung ano na ang ginagawa ni Pink 5 ngayon matapos ang kanyang Bioman days pero ang masasabi ko kaming magpinsan minsang nag-agawan kay Pink 5 ay pareho pa ring mahilig sa Pink at hindi na namin ito pinagtatagisan pa ng galing. Si ate ay nasa States na ever since 1991 at mayron na siyang sariling pamilya at may tatlong anak. At ako naman ngayon ay isa nang preschool teacher.
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Usapang Cartoons

80's... Natural, hindi mawawala sa usapan tuwing nagbabalik tanaw ang mga batang 80's ang mga kinagisnan at paboritong cartoons noong mga panahong iyon. Napaisip tuloy ako kung ano pa nga ba ang mga naaalala kong mga cartoons na pinanonood ng kuya ko noon.

Ito ang ilan sa mga palabas, na sa aking palagay at sa abot ng aking naaalala, ay mga paboritong panoorin ng mga batang 80's ng walang humpay at walang palaya.

THUNDERCATS
link: Click to Watch opening theme, Thundercats The Beginning

HEMAN link: Click to Watch opening theme,

SMURFS
link: Click to Watch Intro 1973, Cave Smurfs (episode), Supersmurf (episode), King Smurf (episode)
THE ADVENTURES OF TEDDY RUXPIN
link: Click to Watch opening theme

RAINBOW BRITE
link: Click to watch opening theme, closing, The Beginning of Rainbowland

CAREBEARS
link: Click to Watch opening theme

THE FLYING HOUSE link: Click to Watch opening theme

GARFIELD link: Click to Watch opening theme SNOOPY
link: Click to Watch Lucy is the Boss, Snoopy Come Home, Play It Again, Charlie Brown
ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
link: Click to Watch opening theme,Dreamlighting (episode), Food For Thought (episode), The Wall (episode)

CHIP N' DALE link: Click to Watch opening theme

DENNIS THE MENACE
link: Click to Watch opening theme, Dennis of the Jungle (episode), A Visitor from Outerspace(episode)

INSPECTOR GADGET
link: Click to Watch opening theme, Monster Lake (episode), Down on the Farm (episode), The Ruby (episode)

DAIMOS
link: Click to Watch opening theme, Daimos Battle Scene in English, Episode 1, Episode 2 (subbed), Episode 3 (subbed)

VOLTES V
link: Click to Watch VOLTRON
link: Click to Watch opening theme, Closing ThemeThe Final Victory, Zarkon Becomes A Robeast, Lotor the King

Ilan lang ang mga ito sa mga naalala ko ngayon habang ako'y nagsusulat ng akdang ito. Bihado marami pa kayong alam na mga cartoons na talaga namang pumatok noong 80's. Ano pa ang mga naaalala mo? =))

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The Master of the Universe

I am... HEMAN!

Hay, eighties nga naman! Ang tagal ko na ring hindi nagblog dito dahil sa dami na rin ng ginagawa ko sa pang-araw araw..pero hindi ko talaga mapipigilang maging nostalgic dahil sa nitong mga nakaraang araw ay binibisita tayo ng ulan. Paano kasi , maraming magagandang alaala ang meron ako tungkol sa ulan. Ito ang panahon na, noong bata ako, ay labis kong kinaiisan (dahil hindi ako makapaglalaro sa labas) pero labis ko ring kipinananabikan. Bakit??? Ito ang panahon kung saan feeling ko ang mga mahal ko sa buhay ay ang pinakamalapit sa akin. Nahiligan ng kuya at papa ko na magbukas ng lata ng sardinas, pipigaan ito ng kalamansi at saka kakainin. Ito rin ang panahon na hihiga lang ako sa kandungan ng mama ko at saka matutulog. Ito rin ang panahon na hihiga kami ng kuya ko sa iisang kama sa aming kwarto at magkwekwentuhan kami ng kung anu-anong makabuluhan at mga walang kabuluhang bagay. Naging ugali namin ang magdugtungan ng kwento na puro imbento at barbero lang hanggang sa mauuwi na kami sa kung anu-anong mga kalokohang maiiyak na lang kami sa kakatawa.

Speaking of my brother, ito ang isa sa mga pinakapaborito niyang palabas sa tv noong bata pa kami. Feeling ko, tulad ng nakararaming 80's child, Cartoon maniac din sila tulad ni Kuya. Namimiss ko tuloy yung routine namin noong bata pa kami. Eskwela, bahay, tv, family computer at laro lang ang inaatupag namin--at WALA NG IBA. "HEMAN, the master of the Universe"! Hearing and saying that makes me laugh now. Corny siya pero super nostalgic. Kamusta naman sa mala-bunot na blondie hair ni Heman??? Pausong look! Buti hindi ginaya ng kuya ko ang hairstyle niya. =)



At siyempre, ang mama ko, tulad ng mga conventional mothers noong 80's, ay obsessed sa pagcacategorized ng everything that are only for girls and forb oys. Sa boys ang mga tshirt na may Heman tapos ang sa girls siyempre--SHERA! Haha, i remember ang craze noon for PANINI STICKERS & STICKER ALBUMS!



Naaalala ko pa, ibinili kami ng parents namin niyan. I had Barbie and my brother had Thundercats. Tapos bawi na lang sila sa mga Heman at Shera na coloring book. Good thing, we have a few relatives from the States at pinadadalhan nila kami ng mga stickers and coloring books na hindi mabibili dito sa Pinas.



Who would forget Skeletor and his evil followers??? Hanggang ngayon nga, memorable siya sa amin to the point na ginagamit namin ang kanyang name to describe someone. Sama no? Hehe.

Talagang nakakamiss ang past. I don't know for others, maybe they are not that much into reminiscing and revisitng the past, pero ako I truly love doing that. It kinda' makes me bring out the child in me and it reminds me of the happy days that oftentimes I hardly find today. Knowing how happy and memorable my childhood days were is enough to motivate me to make the most out of today so that I could have enough happy memories to look back to when the future comes.

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Champions

link: click VIDEO for the MOVIE PLAYLIST

thanks to MightyDucksFan101 for the movie upload

Early nineties was when I first watched the movie Champions (I). Actually, a lot of people mistaken the title Mighty Ducks for the first sequel of this movie while in fact it is Champions I. I didn't see this in a cinema but you know the eighties Betamax is a child's bestfriend. No cable tv, no psp's, no internet. If you want to have fun either you go out and play with friends, go play your atari, family computer or game n' watch, or watch a betamax tape. My dad isn't a fan of going to the malls or watching movies in cinema houses. After all, as a family we had a very unpleasant experience in a cinema while watching a movie so we understood why our dad prefered to have us spend the weekends at home. To compensate for this, he never failed to bring home at least 3 betamax tapes (and most of the time more) for us to watch. My mom will cook merienda while we're watching and when finished she will serve it to us.

Allow me to boast that I saw this film way before it became famous here in the Philippines. I remember, the day after after I saw this I asked my classmates if they knew the movie about a group of peewee hockey players who at first were a bunch of losers but in the end managed to be champions. No one knew about it yet. I even proclaimed that I have a crush on one of the players named Adam Banks.

The day he went home with this, he told me that the video shop owner (since he was a very loyal suki) recommended this movie and even said that "your kids will absolutely love this!".

And we did! I really loved this film when I was a child. Since I love sports and was hoping to play for my school someday, I adored this movie like crazy. I even memorized their names and jersey numbers. I watched this movie over and over again for a month. Luckily, my dad didn't mind that he needed to pay for penalties for returning the tape late.

The first part of the movie tells the story of main character of the story, Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez, son of famous hollywood actor Martin Sheen and brother of Charlie Sheen). He used to play for the Hawks, the best recordholder of championships in the little league. The team was undefeated until Gordon missed a shot and cost the Hawks their first and only loss. Deeply hurt and affected by that event, Gordon turned away from hockey, a sport he always loved since he was a kid. He then became a district attorney but then his fate cannot be changed. Facing DUI charges, he was asked to do community service
and that is to coach a peewee team of hockey players.

Who caught my eye??? Of course, the cake eater!!! Adam Banks is the name and love is the game. Haha. I had a major crush on him. MAJOR CRUSH. He looked so fine playing hockey and playing a bad ass, spoiled, rich kid. He's so cute! And now, he looks even more fine. He now has a band and he plays the bass, i guess. I was so thrilled when Gordon Bombay found out that Banks (Vincent Larusso) should be playing for the peewee's and not for the hawks. Why??? Of course, that meant A LOT OF CAMERA EXPOSURES. At first, I thought he was just an extra. Good thing he wasn't!

But when girls my age saw this movie, they can't get enough of the cute face of Charlie's (Joshua Jackson). Conway, being the captain of the peewees sure is a fine leader! His face is really endearing, I agree. Who knows he will be the cute clown of Capeside? He made my jaw drop when I saw him with Paul Walker in The Skulls. Charlie has come a long way from the Champions.

I remember, girls in our school used to do a poll vote of who's more cuter, Charlie or Adam. I voted like a maniac!!! Ready to bite anyone who would say anything bad about him. But now, I'm cooler. They are both cute and charming little hotties. Who wouldn't fall for them???

After Champions I came Mighty Ducks (D2) and then Mighty Ducks 3 (D3). New characters were added while some characters weren't there anymore. I liked Julie "The Cat" Gaffney. She played really good as the goalkeeper. She's cute, too. Keenan Thompson appeared in D2 and was known for his "knuckle puck time". This trilogy really made an impact to us especially in our neighborhood. Back in the 80's roller skates were the it thing, but during the 90's it was roller blades. My brother and I even asked our Aunt who was in the States to send us roller blades and she did. The kids in our neighborhood played street hockey. We used a puck and we made the hockey sticks buy taping (masking tape) together. We played on the street perpendicular to ours because it always got it's asphalt replaced every once in awhile. My brothers and his friends spent hours and hours to master tricks like flips and turns (triple-d). I remember, he got a lot of wounds while practicing.
Enjoy watching this movie again and maybe you'll be reminded of some memorable days in your past!

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