Today I discovered another cool photo meme involving photographs of mailboxes, cards, notepapers, stamps, vintage postcards/postcards, old letters, virtual letters, postal vans, and postmen. It is hosted by Gemma at Gemma's Grayscale Territory. Since I am into the old-fashioned means of communication, I thought it would be fun to join this weekly meme.
For this week, I am entering a scanned photo of me, my sister, and cousins. As I was collecting materials for my scrapbook, my mother sent me several photos of me when I was younger. I am unsure if this falls in any of the categories listed above but I am posting it anyway hoping the host would give an exception...
It is a photograph of me, my younger sister, and older cousins on our picnic at the Rizal Park (popularly called Luneta Park) in Manila, Philippines back in the late 70s (79ish). At the background is my father's elder sister we fondly call Nene Lilia and partially seen on the left (behind me) is my mother.
The Luneta Park is a popular attraction and recreational spot for families especially on weekends. During the 70s-80s Luneta Park was a favorite destination for school educational trips. There a monument of the Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal stands proudly marking the spot where he was executed.
This photograph was sent to my grandparents since they live in the province in the Visayas region. Letters and photos like the one above was one of the ways they kept updated about us and our growing up years. Anyways, at the back is a hand-written message of my mother, in a mixed Ilonggo-Tagalog dialects:
Translation:
Darling (me) says she wants to join the Yoyo Mania and she will perform the "breaking the yoyo" trick.
I am not sure where exactly Jovan and Caneneng are looking -- at the ice cream or at the yoyo. This was taken by Papa (my father) during our picnic at the Rizal Park.There was no date written on the photo itself because my mother enclosed this in an envelope with a letter but I am pretty sure this was taken before 1980. My younger brother was born in 1980 and, in this picture, my mother was not pregnant yet as she was obviously wearing jeans in this picture.
When my grandparents died - grandpa in the late 80s and grandma in early 2000s - the old pictures somehow ended up in my father's possessions and, in order to preserve them, my mother decided to send them to me for reproduction in digital form.
That's a lot of kids on one blanket. I do love photos with notes on the back it adds an extra dimension to the picture,
Wow! I love this post! Each part is so intriguing! I have never seen this dialect before! And love the photo!
And of course this relates to my meme! It is wonderful!
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ang mga quality sang photos sang una nami. hasta subong ara pa wala na discolor. another thing to look forward sa imu, ang scrapbooking. go lang ng go.
Breaking the yoyo trick! Hahaha! EJ does that with great flair =)