Back then, life carried a rhythm both harder and simpler—a world that shaped us in ways modern times often forget.

🍗 In the kitchen, chicken was cut on one wooden board, used for everything. No bleach, no sanitizers, no endless bottles of “antibacterial.” Just hot water, a good scrub, and trust in strong immune systems. And somehow, we never got sick. Meals weren’t delivered in plastic containers; they were cooked slowly, shared together, and seasoned with stories at the table.

🥪 At school, lunches came wrapped in wax paper, not sealed plastic or insulated boxes. They were simple: bread, jam, maybe a slice of cheese. And yet, they filled us—not just our stomachs, but our sense of belonging. Classrooms overflowed—fifty children, one teacher—no smartboards, no iPads, no AI. Still, we learned. Because we respected authority, because we feared failing our parents, because we were taught that education was a gift, not a burden.

🌞 Summers were wild and free. We swam in rivers, not chlorine pools. We skinned our knees, and iodine stung like fire—but it taught us to be brave. Band-Aids weren’t decorations, they were rare. We wore our scars proudly as proof of adventures lived.

🎮 Playtime meant imagination. No Netflix to stream, no PlayStation to plug in, no endless TikTok scroll. We built forts from branches, climbed trees until our hands blistered, and created entire worlds in the backyard. Every stick was a sword, every stone a treasure.

👩‍👩‍👦 Discipline was real. Teachers didn’t hesitate to correct, and parents backed them up. We feared the belt, the stern look, the silence at dinner. But behind the sting came something bigger—respect. We didn’t always like the rules, but we grew to understand them.

❤️ Life was tougher—but it made us tougher. It gave us resilience, gratitude, and grit. It taught us to value people over things, effort over excuses, and respect over entitlement.

We may live in a different world now—faster, easier, more digital. But those roots remain. They remind us who we are: stronger than we look, braver than we think, and grounded in a time when being real mattered more than being perfect. 🌟