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GAMES- PURBLE PLACE

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 I don't know about you guys, but I can never forget the era when 'Purble Place' was the only game kids were aware of, or the time when 'Temple Run'  had outmaneuvered 'Subway Surfers'. And how could we forget, the great 'Candy Crush' , the father of all games, the one who ruled over the industry with the support of adults as well as children. In this post, lets reminisce the one games every 2000s kid is fond of - PURBLE PLACE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purble_Place First of all, Purble Place was not played on an everyday basis. It was that hard earned luxury which you had to beg for every weekend since it could only be played on 'dad's' laptop, provided you behaved well. My brother and I completed all our chores, studied obediently just to play that tiny simple game for an hour or so.  Although it was not only a game, it was that tiny world with those cute little creatures helping you around the vivacious place, instructing, observ...

BEYBLADES

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You 2000s kids remember those 'Beyblade Battles' don't you. The ultimate craze that took the world by storm. Those spinning tops defined the childhood of every Gen Z kid ever. I am sure you remember those times when you would rush to get home from school, only to go downstairs and battle with every kid of the society. the anticipation after launching the spinner, the bets, the hope that your Beyblade will be the one knocking out the others and standing until the last provided us with a different level of satisfaction. The euphoria of winning the Beyblade Burst; the most difficult match, was uncontrollable. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/db/f4/09dbf4cf2d99ec9b6da5b4d913f7a768.jpg   Those were the days when the only music to a child's ear was the " ka-ching '" of the Beyblade when it was launched into the stadium. Oh! Even the stadiums of those times were what you can call 'jugaadu'. There was that one kid who had an official Beystadium; and when he d...

GEMS PANDAS

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  Chocolate is something you just cannot get enough of. You can eat, drink, think, watch and make chocolate and you still won't be satisfied. When we talk about delightful childhood treats, all of us 2000's kids can agree that those tiny little packets of Cadburys Gems were a pack of sheer joy for every child. There was an incomparable pleasure in picking out your favorite colored gem and tossing them in the mouth like peanuts. The euphoria of gems was doubled by the Cadburys Gems ball which not only contained the blissful confectionary but also unique pandas, each of a different profession. These pandas were a trend in the duration of (2010- 2015). During this period, there used to be a competition among all the kids of a group to have the most unique and large collection of pandas. image taken from: https://cadburypanda.blogspot.com/p/panda-collectors.html  There were many other kinds of pandas including- Egyptian mummy panda, the tennis player panda and the chef panda. Ther...