Baby-G

In the mid 90's, the popular watch brand, Casio gave every teenager another entry in their wish list. And that is the Casio Baby-G series. Most of my friends had those jelly-strapped ones while the boys had mostly the black rubber strap.

I was one of those kids who totally nagged my parents just so they would be those really big jelly-strapped watches. Just as my parents gave in to my constant nagging, we went straight to the mall to look at them. As I was trying to fit one of them on (it was a pink one), I noticed that it didn't really suit me as it was too big for my then skinny wrist. I was so frustrated. I almost had it.

Now if that were to happen to me now, and this time with a Patek Philippe, I wouldn't mind if it was too big or too small for my wrist. Moral of the story, if you want something badly, don't let anything get in the way. Not even a skinny wrist. Lol.

Care to share your Baby-G story? Heehee.

Pop Swatch

They're big and chunky. You can put them on your shirt and even on your bag. I am talking about the Pop Swatch watches (Whew! Tongue twister!!! Say that 5 times... Go! LOL!). These were pop-ular during the early 90's. I remember Mikee Cojuangco as the model for this brand.

My aunt who lives in Switzerland would always give me Swatch watches and when Swatch released these chunky watches, I was one of the first wearing it in school. It just looked weird on my arm because back then I was sooo thin that the strap was too long for my arm. But I didn't care. I love those Pop watches. And if I'm not in the mood to wear them, I'd take out the strap and put them on my school bag.

These are the only Pop Swatch watches that I still have. I'm just not sure if it'll still work if I put new batteries in.