What is your childhood game? Do share about it.

hello iriene!well our 'house' then is just made up of some recycled woods..hehehe and we just get other things from our house! hehehe and yes role playing is really fun! i also remember that we even act as if we are doctors and our dolls are our patients! hehehe i make a foolish thing when i am just a kid...i cut the body of my rag doll...coz i said i am a doctor and my doll needs a surgery! hehehe and i ended up scolded by my mom! hehehe well chinese garter is quite popular here in the Philippines especially for girls...its a fun game really...but i can't explain it here well but i hope this link can help you... http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Chinese_Garter and i attached a photo of it down there...

Dear ckyera, Wow, you got your own special 'house', that's very interesting! So, with your vast experience and creativity since younger days, I believe your real home/house now must be very beautifully furnished with nice interior too! Role playing is fun...is is very creative too! May you describe how this 'chinese garter' is played..since quite a number of you mentioned 'chinese garter' as one of the childhood game that you all played. Is it a board game like chess? Pls advise... Thanks for sharing and really appreciate it. Do keep in touch!

Oh the joys of childhood games! As a child growing up before the video games came out, (Ok, here goes the age dating question:"Does anyone remember Atarie?") we spent hours outside playing tag football, red rover, softball, kickball and hardly ever went back inside until supper was called. Those days are so looooong gone. What perked my interest in this discussion thread was that I have an article on helium that goes into greater detail of my childhood games. I had to comment because the childhood games of yesteryear will never be enjoyed by the youth of today, unless we take it upon ourselves to mentor young people, or make sure our grandchildren experience some forms of these childhood games of old. Thank you for the chance to walk back down memory lane!

Dear LizMacGill43, How are you? Glad to know you here, at myLot! Truly agreed with you, the young generation now are more into IT / PC games. They play bowling, squash on wii..virtual game! Therefore the school have compulsory co-curriculum for them to participate in school...they need to physically active in order to have proper growth! Yes, I enjoyed and have so much fun with all my childhood games like 'hide & seek', flying kites, fishing even catching earth worms...lol (my mum asked me to catch earth worms to feed our farm ducks)... even though it is a task ordered by my mum.. when we go out with friends, we are so creative, everything can be fun and can be games too! Thanks for sharing, hope to hear from you again in yet another interesting topic here at myLot. I truly enjoyed reading your experiences. Do keep in touch and all the best! Cheers..

Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I have throughly enjoyed my recent experiences with mylot! I hope to be a regular contributor to this website, and hope to make many new and lasting friendships here.

Haha, yeah I was able to play that night coz my parents are not in the house yet, but when I went back to home my grandma scolded me coz it's already late and I'm still outside the house. LOL. Sure I would check out your other discussions. See yah! ^^

Dear jenkye03, You are 'hide & seek fan', me too! I still played it with my son when he was much younger...but now he spent most of his time at the PC..hmm You are very daring to play it at night...it could be dangerous! But last time...our world is much safer compared to now! It was so funny to hear that they never found you coz the game was over, it happened to me before also...hahaha Tks for sharing & hope to hear your views on my new topic : 1) Do you prefer to send proper greeting cards or e-cards, sms?

Dear Karen, Yes, those was the best memories of our childhood.. Playing hide and seek is a wonderful game, can play anywhere, anytime and don't cost a thing! I notice that hide & seek was played all over the world, it is so universal...I wonder where it originated from. I used to play with my son and my hubby. We enjoyed it very much! It is evergreen... Btw, what and how to play eenie-eyenie over, the name sounds interesting. Care to share...lol Oh yes, Karen, perhaps you can share your views on my previous topic 1) What do you do with your loose coins? 2) Are you an impulsive buyer/consumers ( I believe you can share some interesting opinions)... tks and have a nice weekend! Do keep in touch and happy myLotting!

Hello Irene. Yes, hide-and-seek is universally appealing to children and adults alike. Eenie eyenie over: two people or two teams of people stand on opposite sides of a one story building. A ball, such as a softball, is thrown over the roof after saying "eenie eyenie over!" If someone on the other side catches the ball, they run around the building and try to touch someone on the other team with the ball (not by throwing it, of course lol.) The other team has to run around the building and get to the opposite side before anyone is touched, or the team with the ball wins. You keep "points" up to ten, and then choose or exchange team members. Oh, and if you throw the ball after shouting eenie eyenie over and it doesn't make it over the roof, you have to holler "pig slop," so the other side knows. It's easier to play it than to explain it lol. I will check out your other conversations.

Dear PeacefulWmn9, Thanks for your prompt reply on eenie-eyenie over. That was an interesting game, I admire the person who can throw the ball over the roof, it is not an easy task! Really appreciate it, all the best..& have a nice weekend!

You are so blessed to have grandchildren to play with. Especially playing our childhood games will truly brings us back to our memory lanes. It is good you still keep in touch with all these games and shared it with this new and younger generation who are more exposed to computer games ....

Those childhood days are the best - life is so free with no worries. Wow, I believe you are very good with cricket and maybe you represent your school for competition. Yes, if it was raining or too hot, my mum will asked us to stay and play indoor. Life is so much fun back then.

Dear lazeebee, Nice to meet you here at myLot, but I don't think you are lazee :) looking at the number of responses (4372)...Wow! Keep it up! Yes, when I am in primary school, we used to play five stones or fondly known as "Batu Seremban". I was quite good at it, but not anymore since I lost 'touch' ..lol, You played cowboys and red Indians too! Remind me of "Night at the Museum (part 1)...those are the good old days! Thanks for sharing, do keep in touch - Have a Nice Weekend!

Dear magojordan, Oh yes, you reminds me of "pass the message"! That was fun too! Few years back, our local tv channel has premiered the series called "Ghost Whisperer", to do it promotions..they introduced the "pass the message' game and changed its name to "Ghost Whisperer"...it was really funny as each group consist of 15 people..by the end, the whole message was so distorted from the original. We really have a good laugh...all of us were given a goodie bag (the winning group).. Thanks for sharing, hope to hear from you again at my other topics. Do keep in touch!

Dear strawberrychocodahi, I noticed that 'tumbang preso' was one of the popular game in Philippines. It sounds very interesting too. Btw..is "tumbang' literally means 'fall'? In Bahasa Malaysia..'tumbang' means fall! We in Malaysia also did play this similar game, we enjoyed it so much! Yes, I wonder too, where are those kids in our neighbour now? Thank you so much for sharing your childhood fun experiences here! I do hope you can share some views on my older topics like ; 1) What do you do with the loose coins. 2) What is your definition of 'luxury" 3) 'Lost & Found' Thanks and do keep in touch, happy myLotting!

Dear Sweetchariot, 'Kick Ball' sound very interesting, that's very innovative game! Seen the 'Croquet' game being played on tv once, quite good... Outdoor, physical game is very good for our physical growth and to relax our mind too! I believe you must have great physical built since you are active with outdoor games.. Thanks for sharing, do keep in touch & happy myLotting!

Dear submerryn, Wow, you still remember the five stones (batu seremban). I was quite good at it but not now, lost touch already! lol I still played Congkak with my son during school holiday! Originally we played on the computer CD, later during Christmas I went to Toy R' Us and bought the 'modern' Congkak set for him! It is good if we can teach our children some of our childhood games especially the skipping rope, hopefully it can promote 'growing tall' or perhaps play basket ball like "Yau Ming" I always asked my son to go out and jump, he prefer to sit at his netbook and blogs..hmmm how to grow tall like that? only the finger can grow long like 'ET'.. Thanks for sharing, may we be happy everyday just like our childhood time!

Dear brienn, It is good to hear that you still playing those childhood games with your nephews and niece. Great that you encourage this games among those new generation children.. Btw, how is this Three Nights (harangang taga) being played? Is it an outdoor game or indoor game..or both?? It will be nice if you can enlighten us... Thanks and all the best, have a nice weekend!

Dear Angelgirl16, Those were the 'good old days' of our childhood time. We have to be creative and make our own games basically from all the recycled items at no cost at all! Wow, you was a champion at marbles shooting, the game normally dominated by boys. Good job! The tyres racing story was so funny and so much FUN, I really enjoyed reading it so much. Thanks for sharing, do share some views on my new topic : Do you send proper Greeting Cards or e-cards, sms? Take care and do keep in touch!

Yes, I enjoyed those indoor games too. Card games like 'Snap' (I am really good at it) Snake and ladder is really challenging especially when we reached to the end of the game, suddenly the dice rolled and we ended up on the long snake and have to go all the way down. Those were the good old days The modern children now are playing 'Play Station', Wii and many games on computer, iPad and iPhone...lol

Dear Butterfly007 (nice username & beautiful photo!) Congrats on achieving your star rating...keep it up! Yes, I enjoyed rubber band skipping too. I remembered hunting around the house for extra rubber bands to make my rubber band skipping rope... sometimes not long enough..so need extra rubber bands. My mum will said.."who took all the rubber bands? I can't find any to tie my things!' That's so funny and so much FUN...that's the most happiest time of my life besides the time when I became "mother" to my son! Btw, Butterfly 007...just a small advise, when you response, pls write minimum at least 3 quality / relevant sentences, then you have better chance on earnings. All the best and do keep in touch! Thanks for sharing and I enjoyed reading it very much!

Dear cwong77, That's really exciting, great adventures! Mountain climbing? Wow, that's will be a good start for climbing the Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia! and to conquer the Mount Everest...yeah... Which village or hometown are you from... sound very interesting! I also do alot of picking up rubber seeds, even helping my mum to scoop the latex from the rubber tree once in awhile..to me is fun and it's a game...(I will sometimes laugh at it when I think back, people said the latex is so smelly, to me I enjoying scooping it out.. hahaha!), I also go for fishing... Yes, you should let your daughter have some traditional games when she grew up..it is fun, it is quality time together..rope skipping is good to grow tall, hide and seek is definitely FUN! All the best and do keep in touch!

Dear philip_shiny, Yes, we make our own kites from newspapers, coloured papers, calendars, yet it can fly high up in the sky...the fun of running and pulling the string as it goes higher and higher - was a joyful adventure and a feeling of fulfilment! I love to play hide & seek coz normally I knew the best secret hidden places that was very hard to find...always the champion So, I believe you are very good at cricket..let this game live forever in us and our new generations to come... Tahnks for sharing and do keep in tocuh..live life to the fullest just like when we are very young! Cheers!