5. Tirador (Sling Shot)
Slingshot is one of the oldest toys in the world, dating as far back as ancient times when it was used both as a weapon and hunting tool. It’s Pinoy version, called tirador, is an improvised toy made of a Y-shaped piece of hardwood (or branch of a tree) and rubber strips taken from the inner tube of a car wheel. A leather pocket attached to the strips is pulled back in order to launch the projectile–usually a stone or a seed. Filipino kids use tirador either to get high-hanging fruits or hunt small animals such as birds.
2. Jolen o Holen
Another popular toy that traces its roots to ancient civilizations, the marbles come in different sizes and are usually made of glass with melted pigments. Known to Filipino kids as holen or jolen, these toys are played indoors or outdoors and encourage the players to get down and dirty.
Different variations of the game exist, the most popular of which require a player to flick a marble and hit a group of marble inside a circle. Those that went outside the circle automatically become part of the winning player’s collection. haha its really nice toy that i played before and i tried hard to mastered in this tricks on using jolens.
3. Saranggola (Kite in English)
Saranggola, or kite in English, is another favorite outdoor toy of Filipinos. Although the kite is not an original Filipino invention, the saranggola from our childhood was memorable because it was a product of ingenuity.
Regular saranggola is usually made of barbeque sticks and plastic bags, with the Manila hemp twine serving as its tail. Saranggola is also known by its other names like boka-boka (smaller and usually made of paper), guryon, tsapi-tsapi, and portagis. Its really hard to make a kite when i was kid. But when have my own kite, i used to flew it on our rooftops together with my friends.
2. Teks
Popularly known to Filipino kids as “teks,” these cards are similar to NBA collectible cards, except the former was commonly played in a betting game wherein the winning player takes home the cards. when i kid, i have many collected teks by fighting another children with teks and we brawl each other by flicking teks.
1. Lego Knockoff (Poor Man's Lego)
Although it pales in comparison with the original LEGO in terms of quality and design, this knockoff provided many not-so-privileged kids with enough tools to explore their creativity.
Usually sold at sari-sari stores near public schools, these so-called “Pinoy LEGO” gave kids a chance to create their own makeshift robots, airplanes, and skyscrapers, just to name a few. Everytime i saw before at the front of our school (elementary days), i purchased it all i saw on toy store until my money on the pocket was empty. I love this toys and it is my most favorite toy of all.
I remember my childhood memories in this blog.
ReplyDeleteI am a hustler in teks. My most powerful “pamato” is Goku in super saiyan 3. Childhood memories are the best
ReplyDeleteI want my childhood back :(
ReplyDeletei have all of those . nice blog
ReplyDeleteSo great!! Very very Nice!!
ReplyDeleteBring me back to childhood please, to the time when I didn't care about chapter 3 💔
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ReplyDeleteAs I read each of this I remembered the toys that I played and because of this I can say that my childhood is very interesting and I was able to explore myself that I want to share this to the children more and I hope this generation now, might explore what I explore when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteThank you again to this blog
Teks and jolen nakakamiss 😅
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