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Paper Boat Days I am now going to proceed with what I really intended to write before I got distracted by Lucifer the series. So, let us see. Following suit with @Eylz2021 's "Back in the day We...", this is my story ... I belong to the generation who plays outside because we do not have any of the electronic gadgets kids these days are enjoying. Scraped knees, and elbows baby! That's how we enjoyed our childhood days. ***Back in my day, we*** play street games like patintero. I relied on older playmates to teach me the game. I can try to write down the mechanics of the game but I guess it is better with this video below: https://youtu.be/QPsw2D6BgnM I remember one of my teammates deciding to give me a push, literally, so I can cross. I was tiny. Seriously. The idea was once she pushes me, I start running fast. It worked. But getting back is a different story. My playmates have longer arms and wider steps. I just got luçky the first try. But that got me encouraged to start really joining. That one time of being able to go one way was to key to may other wins. Eylz mentioned piko and I was actually surprised she uses banana peel. we were only allowed to use our slippers or other stones. we sometimes end up looking for already broken pots of our neighbors and breaking them some more so we can get the least likely to bounce. ***Back in my day, we*** were not allowed to go out of the house and play until after we sleep in the afternoon. So before there was Prison Break, there was me and my brother doing our own version. Not together of course. The other sibling will always be a liability for perfect plans. On the other hand, the other sibling is also potentially the whistle blower if pissed. It's a fun childhood. Hahah. I remember I was successful. Once! I snuck out completely without making a sound. Then made a run for the house of my friend who lives the farthest. We were going playing pot-making with the mud in their backyard but after some few minutes, I saw "ate" from our house telling me my mom's looking for me. Foiled! So I went home and the belt sessions happened. Haha. Also, one time, I and my brother did not want to sleep. But we are not allowed to get out. We attempted but we both ended up seated on chairs tied back to back and placed in front of our wall clock waiting for 3 pm. I and my brother were both screaming, crying and laughing at the same time. Come to think of it, it was our youngest brother who was able to "break" that back in the day. He found out calling my dad in his office and telling him, "Tatay I don't want to sleep." Gets answered with "Then don't sleep". He gets free pass and a deadly, surprised stares from me and my kuya. ***Back in my day, we*** go out of the house and chase dragonflies. Oh, yeah! I remember that vividly because I remember getting scared at the same time excited and wanting to grab that dragon fly - big or small. We have a huge playing field back when I was a kid - grassy, hilly. I would watch and imitate the older playmates how they do it. And then try for myself. ***Back in my day, we*** play in the rain and run through the flood. I have witnessed how the flood our street was clear when I was younger and it got darker and dirtier when we grew older. This is also the time we make paper boats, place it on the flood water and watch it go bye bye. ***Back in my day, we*** not only play with paper boats. Do kids these days still do paper airplanes, ninja stars, t-shirts, paper frog race, etcetera? Kites? Do kids still get to fly kites these days? I think some still do. I only see some in Luneta Park though. Our tossed up spaghetti wires don't make our "skies" kite-flyaable.

***Back in my day, we*** cannot just call up a relative living in Manila or other province. It has to go through an operator. Gosh I can barely remember how that goes! Now, you can simply leave them a message in the messenger and the reach is not only nationwide it is worldwide! Well there you go... my entry for back in my day. © Pichi28 | `#ClubBrokeBCH` All Original Content Unless specified otherwise... *Let's go get that #BetterSeptember!*

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