i remember being a ten year old back in 1934. one day after school, my mother brought me along to visit her sister in the office building where she worked. upon arriving, my aunt took us to the building's cafeteria. the song you're getting to be a habit with me from the movie 42nd street was playing on the phonograph as we entered. on one side of the cafeteria was this long counter with several stools lining it. my mother and aunt allowed me to sit on one of the stools to drink the chocolate malt shake my mother bought me while they had their chitchat on one of the tables. oh, i knew i had to sit still and behave, but those high stools were such a delight that i began spinning, spinning, spinning on it until i felt dizzy; my mother stared in dumb disbelief while my aunt just laughed at my childish antics and said that it's a miracle i didn't lose my malt shake in the process.
i have almost forgotten all about that certain visit until i saw the cafeteria again on my 85th birthday last may, when i decided to drop by this building after so many years.
note: oh-kay, i'm kidding about being 85 years old. but seeing this old cafeteria sure stirred up the imagination. :) btw, the first pic is the original; the second one was tweaked to look a bit older... err, does it?
again, the date is on the lower right corner of both fotos. i'm not kidding when i said that it was on my birthday when i went to this building. hehehe.
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ReplyDeleteTh first pic looks older to me. You really love the classic look, no? from music to pictures. :-)
ReplyDeletereminisce much? are you sure your not 85.. heehee! have a nice day!
ReplyDeletedomjullian: salamat :D konti pa ring praktis at datung na rin pambili ng dslr :D
ReplyDeleteabaniko: yup i really do. there's really something about old stuff that's pulling me to them. creepy ba? hehehe.
aline: kaluluwa ko siguro ang 85 ahaha. :D hava nice day din!
Hehehe! I thought the write up above is a real account. But the photo down there is very well done...
ReplyDeleteU rili like old things/places noh? Di ka ba natatakot na may ghosts kang makikita sa fotos mo?
ReplyDeletedodong: haha the account is a product of my imagination when i saw that old canteen :D thanks! i used my phone cam (SE W810i) with sepia setting to take the pic but i always think the place already posed beautifully for moi :D
ReplyDeleteKJ: naisip ko na yung possibility pero so far wala pa naman. i can breathe easily pa hehehe :)
the tweaked photo really looks like a very very old picture. authentic. hehehe...
ReplyDelete85th?!? wow! I guess you aged like fine wine ^^
ReplyDeleteWow...85 ! Bata pa !
ReplyDeleteIt is strange how we remember certain things in life...
Wow Carlotta! Parang Titanic 'yan ah! :) There should be a young boy and he paints you. :)
ReplyDeletedong: thanks! i still have lots of sepia shots from my baul hehe :)
ReplyDeletelantaw: thank you ^^
sidney: salamat! my wrinkles are practically nonexistent bwahahaha :D :D seriously, i do hope my memory would still be strong when i'm already 85. :)
toe: salamat! pero dapat i wear something or else baka pinturahan niya ako! =))
I love old stuff too, especially old buildings. What other people see as an old, decrepit building, what I see is a building that as a silent witness to history has its own story to tell. If you won't mind, where is this place? How old is the building?
ReplyDeleteMy apologies for the rather long absence from your site. I hope you've been well. Please take care always, my friend.
nostalgic mess indeed :P
ReplyDeletepanaderos: still in el hogar filipino. :D it'll be a hundred years old in 2011. yay! :)
ReplyDeletebackpacking philippines: yupyup! and the power of imagination heheh ;p