Journey to my Past (part 4)
451. Lux soap was used to wash Tito Mado's barong.
452. Stopping at Manila Cleaners for daddy's pressed suits.
453. Ariel Ureta & Nino Muhlach's singing duo.
454. Having nilagang mungo with ice & milk.
455. Making ube, gulaman, fruit salad, potato salad & punch for Xmas.
456. Using blade as sharpener.
457. Selling mama's empty jar collection to the mag-bobote.
458. Mama's cupid attempt between Tito Mado & Miss Baluyot.
459. Tito Amang & family's Sunday visits for Suzette's piano lessons.
460. Craving for sardines during the rainy season.
461. Getting an autograph from Manny de Leon & Nora Aunor.
462. Going to Alemars & National Bookstore in Makati.
463. Buying Archie comics.
464. Using mongo beans to make chinese jackstones.
465. Having Reno liver spread sandwiches.
466. Horse language craze with Sienna.
467. Listening to daddy's favorite song, "I Believe".
468. Daddy ending his speeches with a rendition of "I Beieve".
469. Photographing sunrise at the farm with lolo & Marites.
470. Explaining to mama's Iranian student, Hussein, what dinuguan is.
471. Buying P1.00 Xmas wrappers in Escolta.
472. Buying puppies in Escolta.
473. Having chicharon with vinegar & siling labuyo.
474. Tito Mado's favorite music of kundiman.
475. Inday's custom of covering all mirrors when there's lightning.
476. San Andres looking like the canals of Venice when it's flooded.
477. Paying a toll crossing the streets when flooded using a wooden plank.
478. Burger Machine stands.
479. Getting annoyed at our neighbor's loud music.
480. "Mamera ni Nora" charity projects.
481. Praying the Angelus at noon.
482. Having an SM debit card worth P500.
483. Wearing my Starsky & Hutch Tshirt.
484. Listening to Jesus Christ Superstar rock lp.
485. Hanging out at lolo's sari-sari store with Pate.
486. Senakulo (Passion of the Christ) plays in the province.
487. Swimming at San Nicolas resort with Marites & Gloria.
488. Getting calendars from different dept stores around Xmas.
489. Joining Kameradare in the 80's.
490. Getting hand-me-down school uniforms of Evelyn.
491. Our school's "Alay Lakad" in Luneta.
492. Boy's early counting days (which included his toes).
493. Swimming at Lido Beach in Cavite.
494. Roxas Blvd used to be rows of palm trees.
496. Helping mama do her cocktail reception for her painting exhibits.
497. Watching Eat Bulaga, Iskul Bukol, That's Entertainment.
498. Noni & Teroy reminding daddy to bring "bigas" to work.
499. Nonoy's steakhouse treat with me, Evelyn & Zeny.
500. Having puto bungbong & bibingka after our simbang gabi.
501. Daddy's favorite, pritong saging na saba with dinner.
502. Bingo & sungka games with Inday.
503. Watching APO Hiking Society taping of a show with my friends.
504. Buying Hello Kitty trinkets at dept stores.
505. Watching kids play on our street.
506. Game & watch craze. 507. Learning how to skate.
508. Bowling at Mabini Bowling Lanes with Rori, August & Manolo.
509. Ditto with William, Victor & some of our Kameradare friends.
510. Pinoy rock & folk music of Florante, Freddie Aguilar, Sampaguita.
511. Watching a "for adults only" movie with Zeny, Marie, Pate & Evelyn.
512. Lolo's vacation at home. 513. Going to Nueva Ecija with Tito Mado.
514. Monopoly games with mama & daddy.
515. Climbing the roof of Auntie Cora's house with Sienna.
516. Afternoon discos with my friends.
517. Chance meeting with Dodie (Sienna's cousin) at a party.
518. Smokey's "people watching" by the window.
519. Telling Inday to turn off the outside faucet when taking a shower upstairs.
520. Cleaning our first floor with Ajax after the flood.
521. Having cafe barako.
522. Paying 30 centavos to use the store's telephone.
523. Daddy's ANCA awards dinner party.
524. Glorietta used to be an open park/area.
525. Getting annoyed at SM salesgirls following you around while you shop.
526. Daddy's occasional guest stint at Joe Quirino's tv show.
527. Going to the Baliwag bus station in Grace Park, Caloocan City.
528. Getting nauseaus inside the (un)airconditioned bus.
529. Asst vendors coming inside the bus.
530. Using a manual typwriter.
531. Tito Mado's weather report, "Classes are suspended!"
532. Tito Mado having 1Tbsp honey or condensed milk before going to bed.
533. Tito Mado's yoga ie being upside down.
534. Lottery ticket vendors on the streets or outside the church.
535. Dogs chasing a cat around the yard.
536. Hearing jukebox music of Imelda Papin, Victor Wood & Eddie P.
537. Ditto with The Carpenters, The Osmonds, Jackson 5, etc.
538. Buying bbq &/or lechon at Aling Nena's along South Super Hi-way.
539. Lechon Manok rotisserie in Amatista.
540. Getting leftover doggie bags from parties & fiestas.
541. Asking the waiter at Aristocrat to put all bones in a doggie bag.
542. "Yun ang sabi ng director!" as daddy would say.
543. Using a flat stone for hilot ie scrubbing.
544. Buying px goods at Cartimar.
545. Wearing my glasses only when watching a movie or tv.
546. Asiong Aksaya, Baltic & Co comic strips.
547. Mama got bitten by Starksy & Smokey while trying to separate them.
548. Larry Alcala's cartoon drawings.
549. Buying cheese waffles or hotdog waffles at Makati Supermarket.
550. Having Mama's homemade sardines. 551. Inday's makeshift clothesline in our living room. 552. Ditto with ironing our clothes.
553. Daddy's rice, malata & with lots of tutong! 554. Having Inday's bread pudding.
555. Daddy's title, Professor Angeles
556. Going to Blue Bells for a manicure before a party.
557. Maritess ate something & had to poop in the taxi!
558. Boy had an accident too while coming home in his school bus.
559. I had an accident too (menstruation) and had a mark on my uniform skirt in gradeschool!
560. Mama climbed Evelyn's roof (side) by the window to wake up TJ since the door got locked & JJ was crying in the middle of the night while Evelyn was downstairs.
561. Evelyn was about to deliver & the car would not start. Israel & Tito Mado had to push the car around the street in the middle of the night.
562. Butterfly or 3/4 sleeves plus clogs & flair pants were the fashion in the 70s.
563. Tito Mado's favorite TV show was The Samurai.
564. Cats scrambling on our roof.
565. Having my eyebrows plucked by Evelyn for the 1st time.
566. Daddy's other favorite dishes: giniling, omelette & crab cakes.