My generation can only reminisce while the newer ones can only imagine. Where has the Shato gone? And the Agawan Base? Long dead with Super NES, perhaps? When I learned that Havaianas (courtesy of All Flip Flops) came up with a venue for a day where eveyone can play Old School favorites like Piko, Patintero, Sipa, Chinese Garter, Tumbang Preso, and Ladad Lata, I went. AND OMFGBBQLOLCATFTMFW it was hella fun! Not as fun back in the day when 20 kids would play on the street, ten each team, for our version of an all-star death match in Patintero. In this Web 2.0 age where a Melamine scare has made people lose wight by forcing them to abstain from eating altogether, I’d take what I can and run like I was two decades younger and let the bully that I was reign supreme once again! OK, I was only imagining that bully bit, but run I did!
If you were in Bonifacio High Street yesterday, you might have seen adults having fun at weird, long-dead games, looking like kid wannabes but with genuine joy shining from their eyes. The entire point was, you’ve got to admit, we had great times with those great games and they’re sort of our heritage and it would be a total waste if newer generations can’t at least experience, get to know, or play them.
Being there last Saturday also satisfied an all time curiosity: on how it would feel if I threw a pair of snazzy Havs, hoping to knock off a tin can. LOL simple joys!
So there, Havaianas and the guys at All Flip-Flops, you totally rocked my world yesterday!
Here by the photos I took from yesterday’s “PlayBack”. Feel free to caption the photos as appropriate LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL:
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26 October 2008 at 7:36 pm
Sa mahal ng Havs ay hindi pwedeng pambato sa lata o pang Chinese garter. Naloka ako! Magandang concept, pero please… hindi mangyayari ‘yan sa totoong buhay. Okay, probably only in my life since I’m one of the remaining few who don’t own a pair. I’m still debating with myself whether to invest in my first ever pair of Havianas… I can’t seem to find the right argument that will make me plonk down the necessary cash. ;) LOL
26 October 2008 at 9:41 pm
Gusto ko din maglaro ng ganyan hehe gusto ko din langit-lupa ikaw taya :P
28 October 2008 at 12:43 am
This is when a pair of Nike women’s boots/dance shoes suddenly enters the scene in my mind to remind me of this one particular moment when… OK, they’re not comparable I know, I know! LOL I never bought a pair. I’ve two and both were given as gifts by friends YAY! I bought two pairs of a different brand, though, way before I got my Havs.
28 October 2008 at 12:43 am
Mabilis ako tumakbo, pramis! Hehe.