My favorite game as a kid was shark-shark. We’d all be on the bed (which was the boat), and one would be off the bed (the shark). This game could drag on for hours, as the shark, just lounges around, waiting for one of us to fall into the water for whatever reason like getting too thirsty and getting a glass of water or going to the bathroom. The one who gets “eaten” becomes the next shark. It was an extremely boring game, except for the getting eaten part, but for some reason I really enjoyed it.
September 4, 2009 → The Top Ten Invented Games You Used To Play As Kids
- No name – Everytime we play bahay-bahayan, I always play the OB-Gyne.
- Humidifier – Pakintaban ng mauling na kaldero.
- Capt’n – Gahasa-gahasaan: The leader will set a goal, unahan sa goal, and the last one who gets there gets gang raped until he cries and begs for mercy. We’re all boys, by the way.
- Koriks – Patay-patayan: Naghahanap kami ng malaking karton that will serve as our coffin, tapos hihiga ka sa loob, bubuhatin at ipuprusisyon.
- Renj – Agujetas de color de rosas: We would “ice skate” by putting our feet in sandwich bags, then put lots of baby powder on the floor.
- McDenzel – Jack en Poy (sampalan ng itlog): Basically it’s Jack en Poy, and whoever loses, sasampalin ng itlog sa mukha.
- No name – Habulang Bading: Ang taya, dapat aarteng bading, habang hinahabol yung iba.
- No name – Habulang Kulangot: Habulan, pero pag tinaya ka, may kasamang kulangot.
- Hot Chick – Patay Ilaw: It’s like habulan, but in the dark. When you tag someone, you have to guess who it is. If you guess wrong, you’re still it.
- BV – Sawi-sawian: The group will choose who will be the sawi for the day. The sawi will be ignored for the entire day. Whoever talks to the sawi will be the next day’s sawi.
- No name – Habulang Boobs: In an all girls school, we’d play habulan pero ang dapat mong ito-touch, yung boobs.
- Oo Nga Naman – Deadlimbo Rock: It’s basically limbo rock, but we use barbed wire.
- Cess Ni RC – Iwas-Buko: Our uncle would climb a coconut tree and drop buko from above. Ang tamaan ng buko, may bukol.
- Giselle – Sardines: It’s like reverse taguan. The it will hide and everyone looks for him. The first one who finds him has to hide with him next round. Until everyone is hiding with the last person looking for the rest.
- Humidifier – Agawang Bubog.
- Dru – We used to play beerhouse-beerhouse, pero ako lagi ang ginagawang hostes, kaya I stopped playing.
- Trigger Happy – Hanapan Lapida: Whenever we’re in a new cemetery, we run around looking for the oldest date on a tombstone.
- Melvin – Habulang Pangit: Ang hahabulin mo yung feeling mo pinakapangit sa grupo.
- Cheyenne – My male playmates (who all turned out to be gay), used to play Luksong Bakla. It’s luksong baka, pero puro sila bakla.
- Aeon – Mt. Everest: We all lie naked with a blanket on top. Ang objective, pataasan ng summit.
- Jerguin22 – Me and my former playmate, who’s now a famous hunk, used to play himatay-himatayan. I would hold my breath until I turn blue, pretend to faint, then he will resuscitate me using mouth-to-mouth.
- No name – Kurutong: Kurutan ng utong.
