90's Child

I remember having jet black telephone chord curls (which were tied up so high in pigtails most of the time), a Barney radio with a mic attached to it (which I dragged everywhere in the house because I loved having mini concerts with no audience), and my Handy Dandy Magic Slate where I would draw castles all the time.
And how can I forget my Old School Tetris Player! I can still vividly hear the lackluster sound effects it had. 

Curly Tops with her Barney Radio

I would watch Disney Princess Movies every lunch time (while comfortably plopped on the living room chair with my lunch on my lap before being scolded by my yaya that I should be eating at the dining table), my closet then was already bursting open from all the board games I hid in it (Game of Life, Monopoly, Some Nancy Drew Spy thingy, Snakes and Ladders and Chess), and I would religiously devote my afternoons to watching Steve and Blue and Magenta and Mr Salt and Mrs Pepper do their detective thing on TV. I wasnt that much of a fan of Little Bill. I always did a little dance whenever the credits for Little Bill rolled in.

I like this Steve better.

And then there were days when I loved playing pretend. 
My "Pasta" was made from Genuine Yellow Yarn and the "Meatballs" were made from crumpled Hershey's Kisses foil wrappers and it was all topped with "Parmesan Cheese" which was made of diced paper. Then I would serve it with tea because I had the prettiest teapot set ever (which I won after endless visits to Timezone and about a dozen games of spider stomp). This was my usual menu, but more often than not, I would just stir in plastic carrots, fish, tomatoes and what I believe was an asparagus in a huge pot from my cooking set and serve it with a fake cardboard cutout of grape juice.


I was obsessed with my stuff toys. I had names for each one, and I would celebrate their birthdays with them. Even my siblings carry the same tradition. (The only difference is that I dont waste my allowance just to buy a LEGIT edible birthday cake for them like my younger sister would)


Like a typical girl, I would collect girly things like Barbies and Bratz (which I quickly got over because their huge heads and disproportionately small bodies started to bug me). I wasted most of my parents' money on clothes and accessories for my little dolls which I later on gave up once technology kicked in and introduced PC games like Jumpstart.


And then there was Lego. 
Before Chris Brown made that sneaky adlib in the beginning of that infamous rap "Look at me now" rap, "Lego" was actually the primary source of entertainment of children back in the early 90s and not some quick invitation to go out and party like there's no tomorrow. I was so pro at Lego. I remember making space ships with secret compartments , I remember building three story houses (complete with swimming pools and a very inviting garden). I had buckets of Lego back then. I wonder where they are now..

It would have been awesome if I bought this edition

Before DVDs and VHS ever existed I vaguely remember renting LaserDisks with my parents too. But when VHS started to become mainstream, I remember hating the whole process of rewinding tapes. I had to wait a good 5 minutes and listen to its whirring sound before actually being able to watch my frickin movie. You could say I wasnt the most patient little girl back then.


When I was a kid, I wasnt as much as concerned about whether the bag I carried around in school was of a label that would make other girls envious. Kenneth Cole, Charles and Keith, Dorothy Perkins were just merely noble names that weren't a part of my vocabulary yet. I paid more attention to weather my lunch box was of the pinkest pink of them all and if the design would make me care less about whatever my lunch was. I refused buying the metal-heat-preserving lunch boxes that mom would persistently suggest to me, but later on I gave in because I was jealous that my friends would have warm soup every time we had lunch while my rice was almost as cold as my packed Iced Tea.


I collected stickers and coins and pretty erasers and pencils and stationery (especially the ones that had glitter and were seemingly scented).


I remember devoting my time to cartoons such as powerpuff girls, cow and chicken, captain planet, little lulu and rugrats. I wish I can remember all, but modern series have clouded my mind too much I suppose. 


I remember having Flinstones Chewables as my vitamins.


I had penpals, because bbm was an alien thought back then. 


Everything was quite simpler back then, although technology has made everything convenient, I'm glad I had a taste of the 90's life. 




I remember having a pretty awesome childhood because I was a 90's kid. Talk about good times.