Oh Tokyo!

The show’s goal was simple: to give the Pinoys an overview of the Japanese culture. We love it for the host’s flawless translation of Japanese to Filipino. It also helps that she speaks in a sing-song voice while she asks the Tokyo-dwellers about their day-to-day living. Sad to say, this show stopped airing in RJ TV 29 many years ago. However, cheesedip.com says that Oh! Tokyo III is undergoing production and will be airing on WINS channel.

Hasbeenhood

Seen these 90’s teen stars lately?

1. Phoebe Cates (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

2. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Wild America)

3. Jonathan Jackson (Camp Nowhere)

4. Brandy (Moesha)

5. Tia and Tamara Mowry (Sister, Sister)

6. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone)

7. Daniella Fischer (Boy Meets World)

8. Larissa Oleynik (Alex Mack)

9. Rachel Leigh Cook (Babysitters Club)

For kicks: Guess this 90s Telenovela

The year was 1998 and we, as a nation, have just recovered from the Thalia telenovela avalanche. We needed a change of pace so here’s a soap whose heroine is a child. Her height is as tiny as her voice! I love her show-gum smile and lengthy lashes. The story was interesting in the beginning: she lived in an orphanage and if I’m not mistaken, she’s looking for her parents. Like any ‘novela, the main story disappeared by the end: the kid was put aside as her parents’ love story took centerstage.

Have you guessed the title yet? Let us know…for kicks.

Inside a 90s backpack

1.Sticker albums

Remember that old Glorietta store called Stick ‘Em Up? During the day, my schoolmates flocked to that store to purchase these felt stickers to add to their growing sticker collection. You’re not allowed to use the prized babies though because they’re only meant to be ogled at and be envied. Fights ensued over whose sticker collection is better. My friends swear that up to this day they have albums tucked away in their closets. This calls for a sticker convention…any takers?

2. Stationery

When girls my age got sick of stickers, they switched to collecting stationery. In elementary, we collected those rose-scented sheets with matching stickers and envelopes. The collection, however, evolved to note pads after Tickles opened. I remember being part of that craze, going to the store week after week to look and buy their notepads to suit my teenage letter-writing mania.

3. High-tech pencil case

We marveled at this mechanic thing that stored paper clips, a sharpener, staple wires, erasers, and pens.

4. Trapper Keeper

We didn’t need this back then but kids got one because it was a great place to store their stationery and stickers in.

5. 128 Crayon Case

Hot pink and electric blue were my favorite colors from the Crayola briefcase. It was so fun to color the activity books because of the numerous shades to choose from.

I was territorial with my crayons because kids who would borrow from me would either: break the good colors in half or make the sharpest end dull.

6. Books

I used to bring coloring books to school to pass the time. Eventually I moved on to real books. I began reading Archie, then the Sweet Valley series (from Kids, Twins, High, and Senior Year), Nancy Drew, the Babysitters Club, and R.L. Stine.

8. All-in-One Pen

I suspect that the mechanical pencil case fad faded because of this writing instrument. The All-in-One pen boasts of inks from the rainbow.