Back To The 70's

[muttley]

Who could forget the Ali-Frazier, Thrilla in Manila in 1975? I also remember this NBA team Washington Bullets (before they were called the Supersonics) that visited. Among the players for that NBA team were the legendary Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld. Point guard was Kevin Porter.

 

The NBA team defeated (or rather demolished) PBA teams. Representing the Philippines then were Sonny Jaworski, Francis Arnaiz, Atoy Co, William Adornado, and a host of other players I cannot remember.

 

Sometime in the 1970's the NCAA Division 1 champion basketball team North Carolina Wolfpack led by David Thompson also visited the Philippines and also demolished several PBA selection. Point guard for the North Carolina was a 5'7 guy named Monte Towe whom I got to talk with in the locker room after the game. I also spoke briefly with David Thompson, the 6'4 phenomenon who pre-dates Michael Jordan. Thompson was actually one of Jordan's idols when he was growing up since he (Thomposon) could catch the ball (ally oop) and slam dunk the ball with one hand which is done routinely today by the likes of Lebron James. But this was in the 70's when such moves were unheard off. And to think Thompson was only 6'4.

 

Everyone was in awe of David Thompson until he was surpassed by Michael Jordan a decade later.

 

The Wahington Bullets are now known as the Wahington Wizards. The Supersonics were used by Seattle, later on the franchise moved to Oklahoma and are known as the Oklahoma Thunder. If a new franchise will open up at Seattle, they can opt to use the Supersonics name.

 

Dave Thompson, the Skywalker - the real Skywalker. Not Samboy Lim.

[muttley]

I forgot to add, the Washington Bullets were 1978 NBA champions against the Seattle Supersonics. It was the other way around in 1979, with the Sonics taking the crown against the Bullets. The game between the Bullets and the PBA All-Stars took place September 4, 1979.

 

http://contents.spin.ph/image/bullets.jpg

[clandestinecuddles]

I think this was also the time of Leif Garret and Shaun Cassidy. Among the shows i can remember were

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

THE BRADY BUNCH

RAT PATROL

COMBAT

THE AVENGERS

[Bugatti Veyron]

I think this was also the time of Leif Garret and Shaun Cassidy. Among the shows i can remember were

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

THE BRADY BUNCH

RAT PATROL

COMBAT

THE AVENGERS

I think Combat and the Avengers pre-dates these other shows. Combat and the Avengers (and other famous tv programs like Batman and Robin and the Green Hornet) aired in the 1960's.

[Bugatti Veyron]

I think this was also the time of Leif Garret and Shaun Cassidy. Among the shows i can remember were

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

THE BRADY BUNCH

RAT PATROL

COMBAT

THE AVENGERS

 

Shaun Cassidy....half brother of David Cassidy and son of actress Shirley Jones of "Carousel" fame. I think he starred in the tv series The Hardy Boys opposite Parker Stevenson.

[maxiev]

The Wahington Bullets are now known as the Wahington Wizards. The Supersonics were used by Seattle, later on the franchise moved to Oklahoma and are known as the Oklahoma Thunder. If a new franchise will open up at Seattle, they can opt to use the Supersonics name.

 

Dave Thompson, the Skywalker - the real Skywalker. Not Samboy Lim.

Oh yeah you're right. What was I thinking? The Seattle Supersonics. I guess I got a bit confused being that the city of Seattle is in Washington State. He he he. I stand corrected.

 

And didn't Michael Jordan join the Wizards for a short while after he came out of retirement?

[maxiev]

Dave Thompson, the Skywalker - the real Skywalker. Not Samboy Lim.

Yup David Thompson was the original Skywalker. Samboy Lim got that same attribute many years later. I forgot to mention that when I spoke with Monte Towe in the locker room, I also asked David Thompson if he would be playing in the NBA in the near future. I don't exactly remember how he replied. I was just in awe of him and Monte Towe who stood as tall as me but somehow managed to play in the NBA. I saw him on tv playing for the Atlanta Hawks. He looked like a midget among all those NBA players.

 

Then again I'm sure you'll remember the 5'7 Spud Webb who won the slam dunk contest some years ago beating fellow team member Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks. http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0S00MyBgG1RDFQAfqD7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBvcXNvNnBqBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDVjEzMw--?p=Spud+Webb&vid=c840860732e0adc1b3d4c3c2d3515323&l=1%3A29&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DV.4878345086108173%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBUu7drj9hPw&tit=Spud+Webb-+The+Story&c=0&sigr=11ai7atsh&age=0&&tt=b

Edited April 16, 2013 by maxiev

[maxiev]

I forgot to add, the Washington Bullets were 1978 NBA champions against the Seattle Supersonics. It was the other way around in 1979, with the Sonics taking the crown against the Bullets. The game between the Bullets and the PBA All-Stars took place September 4, 1979.

 

http://contents.spin.ph/image/bullets.jpg

I tried checking video availability of this game on YouTube. I only saw a really grainy video lasting only a couple of seconds.

[maxiev]

There was a cruise ship we took in the 1970s called the Dona Monserrat which was operated then by Negros Navigation. The cruise started in Manila and made ports of call at Cebu, Zamboanga, and Iloilo before returning to Manila.

 

I probably had the worst case of sea sickness I've ever had on that ship. The captain set sail for Manila from Baradero Bay in Mindoro where the ship had docked for several days to avoid a typhoon. After several days anchored there, and with food, water and supplies running low, the captain decided to make a mad dash for Manila.

 

Awful is an understatement as to how I felt during that grueling journey. I had a high fever to boot with a bad cough and with no medicines aboard the ship. One should never take a cruise in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean during the rainy season. Sea sickness can be awful especially for people who've never experienced it before. I normally skip meals and stay in my cabin the whole day if the seas are unusually rough. It's best to be situated at the aft (rear) of the ship. Strong sea air can help minimize the bad feelings brought about by sea sickness.

Edited April 16, 2013 by maxiev

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

Anyone remember the requirement before graduation in the 1970's? The Youth Civic Action Program or simply (YCAP) where high school students had to pass this requirement before being allowed to graduate. It essentially required high school kids to do menial work fit for full grown laborers. My classmates and I were assigned to a small town in Bulacan where we had to live with the people there. Sleep with them ,eat with them, drink with them, and most importantly, build them a feeder road which entailed using a pick axe to separate rocks and soil from hills, use a shovel to move those rocks and soil to a wheel barrow. Then the wheel barrow would be brought over to a cliff and the contents dumped.

 

Over time, and as more students continuously repeated the process over and over again, the dumped contents eventually started to rise until it became as tall as the original road. This became the new "feeder" road. Many sections, many years, etc successfully built that feeder road, free of charge, using child labor (that was us) I do know what manual labor entails, what people in chain gangs experience, what slavery feels like. One week we had to build that damned road. Many kids got sick and were unable to finish the program. I fortunately did but I wouldn't never countenance children doing the jobs of full grown men.

 

This is back breaking work and was one of the worst experiences growing up in high school.

Edited April 16, 2013 by oscartamaguchiblackface

[sonnyt111]

You can add the Don Julio, Don Juan (which sank in 1981) Dona Florentina, etc.

Bro wasn't there another ship that sank in 1987? The one where more lives were lost than those from the Titanic?

[sonnyt111]

Yes, the Dona Paz

Thanks bro. Yeah I remember now it was a mid-sea collision. According to this link, it was the deadliest peacetime disaster in history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz

[maxiev]

I remember clearly the Rockwell power plant explosion back in the 1970's. The power plant was owned by Meralco and was located on what is today the Rockwell Power Plant Mall.

 

The fire raged on for a couple of days before the actual explosion occurred. Houses and cars along Bel-Air village were destroyed, particularly those closest to the power plant.

 

My family and I lived in San Lorenzo Village, approximately 2 to 2.5 km (line of sight)away. I was on the roof of my house when the power plant blew up. I saw the flame rise straight up probably 2,000 feet high and I felt the intense heat of the blast. It felt like I had put my head close to an oven after opening it. It was that hot. I can imagine the heat in the Bel-Air homes facing Rockwell. It must have been in the thousands of degrees. Anyone in that area would have been incinerated.

 

And to think I was in San Lorenzo Village which is quite a ways from Rockwell. It took several days to put out the fire with the help of the US military because it was an oil fire. Local fire departments did not have the capability or the resources to put out oil fires at that time.

 

Later, I recall visiting the site. It was like a war zone. I saw burned homes, cars, trees, etc. I don't recall how many homes burned but there were a lot.

[sonnyt111]

70s ang hangganan ng Dewey Boulevard ay Eduardo's Superclub. U-turn na pagkadating duon kasi wala pang coastal road at cavitex.

And EDSA ended at Taft Avenue. In the 70's wala pa yung EDSA extension leading to Roxas Blvd. and later on to the Mall of Asia.

[dungeonbaby]

May bagong silang, may bago nang buhay

Bagong bansa, bagong galaw

Sa bagong lipunan

Magbabago ang lahat

Tungo sa pag-unlad

 

and so on...amazing how deeply burnt these lyrics are into my memory. and my memory sucks.

 

i remember singing 'Bagong Lipunan' as a kid. recalling it now, it sounds just like a communist march. how ironic.