nostalgic nobenta

last night, i was burning lamps to study various indoor games for an upcoming event.

as i was intently reading each mechanics, i stumbled upon a group of figures–1-9-9-0.

i literally stopped reading; stared at it for about 5 seconds; and thought of what these numbers represent. they conjure something unexplainable. i had to cease my study and think of the bygone years before the millennium.

1990 - i was in kinder two. after school, my nanay would pick me up and we would always go straight to our simple home; not unless she had some errands (pay electric bills, drop by the house of our late lola mama, etc.). upon reaching our home, she would help me as i change to house clothes. then, we'd eat our lunch meal. no one was in the house during these time. my lola was a land broker, she was always out of the house most of the day. my two brothers were still in school. and my tatay was working. after brushing my teeth, that's the signal for our afternoon sleep. we would always go to sleep together. and i just love the feeling of security everytime i slept beside her. with her by my side, i knew nothing wrong would happen.  before going to sleep, she'd tell me stories (not the fairytale type, much better). in return, i'd tell her of the things that happened to me in school. she'd always remind me of how important education is. after our storytelling, while holding my pidodo (i'll explain this next time), she'd caress my back, i'd hug her. it was a somniferous moment.

basically, that's how our day revolved when i was a child. and most likely, that's the reason why i'm so attached with my nanay. those simple "bonding sessions" were so important to me, up until now.

if there's one thing i hate about afternoon sleeping, it's the trikes passing by our street. the sound of the motors are so frightening. my nanay knew about this without me telling it to her. she had a solution–to place her hand on my chest. if she had to leave me, she'd replace her hand with a pillow for me to have an unndisturbed sleep.

haaay….those were the days…

after reminiscing it, i received a text message:

"kabilang ka ba sa huling taon ng dekada otsenta at mga unang taon ng dekada nobenta?

• kilala mo ba sina shaider, bioman, at mask rider black? of course! isama mo pa si Machine Man at si Boknoy!
• alam mo ba ang jingle ng "nano-nano?" yes, yes! pero di ko man lang natikman yan!
• naglaro ka ng "10-20?" korek! plus chinese garter, jackstone, patintero, at iba pang pinoy games with the following: mon-mon, ate beth-beth, ate tonette, ate weng, ton-ton, and sumunod na lang sila judimer, ate leslie, kuya aries, ate marie, ate angie, at iba pa! haay…up to sawa sa gabi!
• nagsayaw ka ng macarena at boombastic? isama pa ang xtasi-xtano at always, running man, at iba pa!
• alam mo ang ibig sabihin ng "time first?" yes! ginagamit ito kung malapit ka na mataya ng taya. pandaya kumbaga. pero, if you want a more valid reason, it's used kung hinihika ka na or di ka na makahinga! or kung tinatawag ka na ng nanay mo para kumain. ginagamit ito sa mga laro tulad ng "monkey, monkey, anabelle," "langi't lupa," at iba pa.
• alam mo na importante ang period, at NO ERASE!? meron pa yang kasamang SAVED!
• nilalagyan mo ng pritos ring ang bawat daliri mo? aha! tapos, isa-isahing kakainin. naalala mo rin ba ang chikadees? yung may mga libreng laruan? palagi ako nito nagpapabili! eh, ang plastic balloon?
• meron kang pencil case na madaming pindutan? yep! kulay light green pa nga yung akin. grade four ako nung binilhan ako ng lola ko. linalaro namin ng seatmate ko ito. lalo na kung magtatapon ng maliliit ng basura. parang cannon ang dating. ipapatong namin ang maliit na papel, then, pipindutin. lilipad ngayon ang papel kung saan at kung kanino!
• kilala mo sila princess sarah, cedie, at remy? oo! gusto ko nga maging kaklase sila. sila becky, lavinia, lotty, ermenguard, miss minchin, at ms. amy! at ang nakakatakot na CONDE. pero, sa princess sarah ako talaga tumutok at sa peter pan!

nakakamiss no? oo no! haay…we're getting older!

*sparkles!