MEComposing

ABS-CBN, for all it's superficial actors in shallow roles in stupid shows, has outdone itself in it's latest commercial (for lack of a better term).

It was only last night that I saw the entire 'commercial'. And I was touched to the core.

My cousins were ready to throw slippers at me because I couldn't quit saying... I PLAYED THOSE GAMES!!!

Sigh... shato, piko, trag-tragaran, agawan-panyo, putbol...

I was a child of the streets... out the soonest I can escape from the clutches of my mom and the maid... still out as long as my mom hasn't gotten out of bed in the evening to personally fetch me and my brother...

I fetched balls from the open canal bordering our street... hid under cobwebby houses and behind garbage dumps... i climbed trees... i bridged walls... i participated in fist fights...

How I pity the kids now that they don't even play these games anymore... How fun for them is limited to what their fingers, eyes and inherent angst can bring them... instead of being creative and inventive as holding your own Santacruzan whenever you want it...