Are You A Gen-X Kid?

I was trying to clean my inbox when I stumbled upon an e-mail that made me smile. It was from a friend from High School. I honestly don’t know how old are my readers, so this to check whether or not you are a part of my generation .... GENERATION X

MONEY / CLOTHES / ACCESSORIES

You’ve had at least one outfit from these labels: Penshoppe, United Colors of Benetton, U.S.E.D., Boy London, Cross Colors, Esprit, and Blowing Bubbles.

You associate Bench with Richard Gomez.

At least one of your tops had shoulder pads if you’re a girl. You own at least one pair of Might Kid shoes if you’re a boy.

You’ve seen the money shaped like a square (diyes) and another shaped like a flower (singko).

You remember the 1 peso coin being HUGE.

The more compartments your pencil case had, the cooler you were. Same went with multi-colored ball point pens.

You made use of “slumbooks” to know who your crush’s crush was.

You used to collect scented stationaries and believed that “KISSES” multiply by itself when left inside a box with loose cotton.

GAMES / TECHNOLOGY

You’ve experienced grinding “gumamela” and mixing it’s extract with water and some soap to make bubbles via loops made from “walis tingting”.

Your mom forces you to sleep during summer afternoons and shoved rice with “Star Margarine” down your throat - all to help make you taller by a few inches.

You know how to play “patintero”, “saksak puso”, “langit-lupa”, “teleber-teleber”, “chato”, “luksong tinik/kalabaw”, “tumbang preso” and “bubuka ang bulaklak” (pre-Viva Hot Babes version).

You used to collect G.I. Joes and Barbie looked more of a human being.

You were considered cool if you had any of these: Atari, Super Family Computer or NES.

You know what this is for: ”up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, a, b, a, b, select, start“.

You know how to get 99 lives for Mario in Mario Bros. 1.

You know how to use WordStar. You had at least one 5.25” floppy disc which made you feel proud whenever you walked holding one because that meant you know how to use the new technological advancement - computers.

When you were in High School, you’re so cool if you had a multi-lined pager.

FOOD

Have you tasted “aratilis”, “bubot na bayabas”, and “chico”?

Magnolia Chocolait were still in glass bottles.

You read the Bazooka Joe comic strips while chewing on the pink gum.

You witnessed the rise of JUDGE and fall of Bazooka Joe.

You know this jingle: “Nano, nano, nano, nano. Nano, nano, nano, nano, nano, nano. Nano-na-oh Nano-Nano it makes me crazy. I really love, what it does to me. Sweet, Sour and Salty, Nano-nano, Nano-nano, Nano-nanoooooooo”

MUSIC, TV & MOVIES

You were addicted to: Rainbow Brite, Carebears, My LIttle Pony, Thundercats, Bioman, Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Daimos, He-Man, She-Ra and other cartoons in English. The only kids’ show you watched in Tagalog was Batibot.

You know Pong, Kiko, Kuya Bogie, Ate Sienna, Manang Bola, and the Sitsiritsit Girls.

You know how to sing “Tinapang Bangus” and “Alagang Alaga Namin si Puti”

You truly believe that McGyver’s a genius and that Balky from Perfect Strangers is the funniest man on earth.

You can fill in the blank without even thinking hard: “Time-Spacae warp ______!!!”

You thought Aiza was cute, and Lady Lee was a rip-off.

You think a kid lacks proper breeding if he/she preferred “Eh Kasi Bata” over “5 and Up”.

You were in grade school or prep when Bagets and Ninja Kids were big.

You know the song “Tatlong Bentisingko” and know what is the color of pay-phones in general.

Watching Beverly Hills 90210 was the way you were updated in fashion.

You know at least one member of the group Smokey Mountain.

Whether you accept this or not, you know at least one song (with at least half of the lyrics burned into your brain) from Andrew E. and April Boy Regino.

You know that Michael V. used to be a good-looking rapper instead of a comedian.

You can sing along with Francis Magallona’s “Mga Kababayan Ko” while doing the “Running Man”, “Scissors” and ”Roger Rabbit“ (Shout-out to my Yaya Marietta for teaching me the groovy steps).

Ecstasy used to be a song and not a drug. That being said, you know how to sing this: ”Tam-chiki-dam-dum-dang Que-tum-bam-bang-que-tum-bang que-be-que-be que-tam-dum-dang que-tum-bang que-peng. Chicki-tam-chiki-di-dam-dum-dang que-tum-bam-bang-que-tumbang-que-be-que-be-que-dam-dum-dang que tum bang que-peng ... Ecstasy, Extano, esta me gusta mella como yo.“

You believed the gossip about the Spice Girls being cross-dressers..

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You’ve got more things to add to my list as a proof that you are from GENERATION X? Then post them as a comment to this entry.