  This has been e-mailed to me a long time ago, and the reason I posted it here is because it never fails to make me smile every now and then since it reminds me of how cool it was to be a kid before there was Ragnarok, Linkin Park, PS2 and all those other high tech fads around today. 1. ) You have scars on your knees and elbows. 2. ) You owned a bike. 3.
) You had a barkada around your neighborhood (all of you had bikes). 4. ) You loved climbing on your house's roof (and your neighbor's roof as well). 5. ) You went inside an abandoned house in your neighborhood just to see what it looks like inside. 6.
) You ate all the aratilis in your neighborhood. 7. ) You plucked all the gumamelas in the area for soap bubbles. 8. ) Your parents forced you to take afternoon siestas with the threat that you will not be allowed to play outside. 9.
) You are never found in your house in the afternoon. You are often found playing in the street with your neighborhood friends. 10. ) You loved exploring vacant lots for hidden knick-knacks. 11. ) You just can't resist jumping in a sandpile.
12. ) You know all the street games (patintero, agawan base, langit-lupa, etc., etc.). 13. ) You owned a Family Computer. 14. ) Your hand-to-eye coordination is terrific due to Family Computer.
15. ) You'd rather go outdoors in the afternoon than play Family Computer. 16. ) You gleefully boast that games today are so easy because of the character's life bar (remember when we used to play Mario? we died the minute a goomba hit us). 17.
) You know this code by heart: UP-UP-DOWN-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT-B-A-B-A-START (select-start for 2 players) 18. ) You owned a superhero costume (especially a Superman costume). 19. ) For the girls: You dressed up like Punky Brewster, Madonna and Debbie Gibson. For the boys: You dressed up like David Hasselhoff's Knight Rider, David Bowie or had Clarke Kent's little bang. And now you think that the 80s had the suckiest dress sense.
20. ) You had a denim jacket. 21. ) You had a sticker book especially that Age of Dinosaurs sticker book. 22. ) You were addicted to Rainbow Brite, Carebears, My Little Pony, Thundercats, Bioman, Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Daimos, etc., etc.
23. ) You played PC games like Tapper, Moonbugs, Alley Cat and Prince of Persia. 24. ) MS Word did not exist in your vocabulary but WordStar did! 25. ) You love 80s music even if you don't want to admit it.
26. ) You've climbed up mango trees to catch salagubang, tie a sting around its neck and let it fly around in frenzy. 27. ) You've spent hours in the afternoon catching tutubi...yellow-green was the easiest to catch, blue being finicky, and red being a rare breed... 28. ) You used to take Flintstones vitamins (which you didn't mind 'cause it was yummy) and Scott's Liver Oil.
29. ) You know the cartoon show, Beverly Hills Teens. 30. ) You know Kuya Bodgie from Batibot. 31. ) You watch Uncle Bob's Lucky Seven Club.
32. ) You used AQUA NET to fashion ur 4-inch-high bangs. 33. ) Your blouses had paddings. 34. ) You owned wide studded colorful belts.
35. ) You watched some of your favorite shows on betamax or even UHF 17 (the channel from Clarke Air Base - or was it Subic? ) 36. ) You collected and "swapped" perfumed stationeries with your classmates and friends, but followed the unwritten rule that you never write on them. 37. ) The only place you go to for summer vacation is BAGUIO !
38. ) On that note, camp john hay served BEST ice cream. 39. ) Most of us were brought to the EDSA revolution. 40. ) You remember what Ricky Martin used to look like back then.
41. ) ...when you think that Julie Vega is a better actress that Judy Ann Santos. 42. ) You get confused playing PlayStation because of all the buttons on the keypad (Nintendo only had the direction pad, a & b buttons and the start & select keys). 43. ) You know all the Bagets and Ninja Kids.
44. ) You got to ride the train ride at Greenhills Shopping Center. 45. ) Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were the players at the time. 46. ) ...when you know more 80s music than the song "Buttercup".
47. ) You were allowed to bathe in the rain. 48. ) You were taught to comb your hair one-sided. 49. ) You've collected matangpusa and mongo beans so you can have ammunition for sumpit 50.
) You knew who Manang Bola and Sitsiritsit and Alibangbang were. 51. ) Every Christmas you anticipate going to BIG Bang sa Alabang - with the giant slide. 52. ) You know the Ewoks. 53.
) You had Mighty Kid shoes and Greg shoes. 54. ) You know what Time Space Warp means (and you know who Fuma Lae-Ar is). 55. ) You and your barkada had a specific Bioman name. 56.
) You sucked all the nectar from the santan plant hence your mother got really pissed at you for destroying the santan plant. 57. ) You played with marbles and text (yung cards ha!!! ) And you count cards like this: I-SA, DALA-WA, TAT-LO, A-PAT... walo na iyon! 58. ) For girls: You wore denim miniskirts with rubber shoes.
For guys: You had those bitin na pantalon which you wore with high-top rubber shoes!!! 59. ) You loved cheezels and chicakdees because of the great prizes it had (remember sticky hands, bear popups, and the stick on tattoos which were "banned" due to drugs daw?)! 60. ) Puffy cone still existed!!! 61.
) Sosy ka if you bought a Magnolia drumstick. 62. ) Twin Popsies were meant to be shared with a friend. 63. ) Ice Drop was the cheapest treat. 64.
) You have those Disney bow biters for your rubber shoes. 65. ) You know who Alf is. 66. ) You're familiar with the show "Perfect Strangers". 67.
) Idol mo si McGyver. 68. ) That's Entertainment" ang "the bomb" nung mga panahon na yun. 69. ) Sikat ka kapag alam mo ang WordStar at Lotus 1,2,3. 70.
) Six digits lang ang telephone number niyo dati. 71. ) Tatlong .25 cents lang eh makakatawag ka na sa pay-phone. 72. ) Cute pa si Aiza non sa Eat Bulaga. 73.
) Si Amado Pineda pa ang nagbabalita ng panahon. 74. ) You drank Chocolate milk from the Magnolia glass bottle which you kept for holding water in your ref. 75. ) Brown Cow tasted better than Hersheys! 76.
) Shake Rattle and Roll 1 was the most horrifying movie for you then. 77. ) The most comfortable shoes for you is still Sperry Topsiders. 78. ) Dress shoes mo eh loafers pa rin. 79.
) The best movies of all time are Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles and Some Kind of Wonderful. 80. ) You show off your pencil case which have hidden compartments that pop-out at the press of a button... 81. ) You have Bensia pencils which are refillable... 82.
) Fiesta Carnival was the place to be (kumbaga Enchanted Kingdom sya ng 80s). 83. ) Takot kang mag-year 2000 ksi baka magunaw ang mundo. 84. ) Masarap ang Goya and Serg's. 85.
) Nakakasakay ka pa sa kotseng walang aircon. 86. ) You know the lyrics ng "Tinapang Bangus" at "Alagang-alaga namin si Puti" ng Batibot. 87. ) You know these commercials: a. YCBIKINIBRIEF - remember this one? Ycbikinibrief / ycbikinibrief / ycbikinibrief for the man who packs a wallop / YC had fashion / YC has style... b. RA Homevision - those guys from Cash and Carry Makati couldn't have done it better.
Sports. Adventure. Cartoons. Award Winners and More. Featuring the voice talent of Frankie Evangelista. I will never forget the creepy hand at the start of the ad.
Parang ET na nasa spaceship! c. Arthur's Legaspi Towers - nuff said. d. La Germania Mama Mia commercials - ditto 88. ) Bumibili ka ng caramel candy, Texas or Bazooka bubblegum, tira-tira at Tootsie Roll sa tindahan. 89. ) Naabutan mo pa na korteng flower ang singko.
90. ) You're familiar with this song: si nena ay bata pa, kaya ang sabi niya ay um-ah-um-ah-ah. hanggang patanda siya nang patanda at pabastos ng pabastos hehehe! 
