More articles about: nostalgia

Tamagotchi is 25 years old. If you ever owned one in the 1990s, you'd know how absolutely ridiculous it seemed to own a virtual pet, whose lifespan depended on the expiration date of the gadget's battery. In 1997, the New York Times ran ...

Parokya ni Edgar frontman Chito Miranda heard for the first time the original lyrics from the ’90s hit song “Harana,” and his reaction was that of surprise. “Kinilabutan ako! Iyan ang hindi ko alam!” he said. (“I felt goosebumps! I never knew that!”)Miranda ...

Do spiders have pusspuss? Is there a spell to become a mermaid that actually works? Do you think humans will ever walk on the sun?Yahoo Answers may be gone now, but it left a long legacy of absurd questions that kept us ...

“Ikaw talaga, hindi ka mautusan, pero pagdating sa lakwatsa, mabilis ka pa sa alas kwatro!”(“You can’t be relied on with chores, but when it comes to gallivanting, you’re faster than four o’clock!”)You’ve probably heard the phrase “mabilis pa sa alas kwatro” when ...

When School of Rock premiered in 2003, nobody expected it would become the icon that it is today. It was so successful, it inspired a stage musical and a Nickelodeon series of the same name. One of the things people loved about ...

For a long time, the VJs of MTV Asia were the yardsticks of cool. The '90s can be considered the golden age of MTV Asia, thanks to its VJs who, with their humor, wit, and good looks, won us over. But where are ...

Way before I learned to read or write or press buttons on the console, I already fell in love watching the highly pixelated elf-like character from The Legend of Zelda. As a four-year-old, I was captivated by Link, the game’s hero, played ...

Kabayan Noli De Castro recently posted a throwback photo on his Instagram account showing the former anchors of TV Patrol serenading viewers in what is now a viral post. “The Voice of the of ABS-CBN Newsroom,” De Castro wrote, comparing the photo with ...

It's been more than a decade since I stepped inside Netopia, the shop that popularized the term internet cafe in the Philippines. Today, Netopia has become a relic, one of the forgotten icons from the past two decades. Netopia was founded in 1996 by ...