Some of the things I remember when I was growing up. Maybe some of you will be able to relate, some may find it strange and foreign, but nevertheless, the list will always be a part of my youth.
Here goes in random order: tira-tira, White Rabbit candies, Fat and Thin butong pakwan, Jack's burgers on highway54, maiz con hielo of Milky Way, La Cibeles, Campanero- chinese friend of my dad in Ongpin Resto. ( San Jacinto?) that had the best camaron rebusado and pata hamon, Ma Mon Luk, Rolling Pin, Cartimar, Acme Supermarket, Good Earth dept.store, Little Quiapo, Motorco, cosmos and Uva soft drinks, St.Paul nuns with starched white habit with matching "flying nun head gear", Sr. Mary Paul and Sr.Miriam Raymond, Mang Pedring bus service, Gregg shoes, 3 flowers pomade, Tanchotique, Halo and Prell shampoo, ye ye vonnel, onrubia sisters sashaying in the zoom zoom super shell commercial, Caronia nail polish, nite owl dance party, "tik eet awiy" joe quirino, Nineteeners and Laura Danao, 2 for the Road of Elvira Manahan, Twiggy, Julie Andrews in Sound of Music, Chitty-chitty Bang-bang, Bewithched, Lollipops and Roses, The Sensations of Ike Lozada, Apeng Daldal Cafeteria Aroma, John n Marsha, Magnolia kiosk in Quad, Bricktown, Rizal theater and Leila's, Makati Amusement Center, Maranao, Automatic center, Astro Bowl, Dairy Queen, Spaghetti of Makati Supermarket, Gumby cartoons, Betty Boop, chinese jackstones, chinese garter, Red Fox Band of Rene Garcia and the hot Padua brothers, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Mills and Boon, Zurbaran Market shopping, Ruby Tower Earthquake, Flower Power, Hair the musical, hot pants, Farah Fawcett hair, Bang-bang jeans, Nik-Nik, Kiss Me cosmetics, Kokuryu, Max Factor pancake foundation, Woodstock, Aldeguer sisters, Camay girls, Davy Jones and The Monkees, the blue Impala car of my dad, Better Home Appliances, WhereElse disco, Stargazer, Coco Banana, Bagong Anyo, Bayanihan and Fiesta Filipina Dance co., Penthouse Live ... among other things.
Ok now I just gave my real age away...
Pursue Your Passions Without Going Broke
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Wow. What a title, right? For me, it hit me hard because I've always been
the dream chaser- do whatever it takes to get it, even if it meant risking
it all...
9 years ago
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