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When you keep memorabilia, you don't just collect items but you also store valuable memories. We talk to a man who keeps vintage Philippine transportation souvenirs and mementos and each has a particular personal meaning.  To tell us more about his collection, Cesar Caoagdan joins us in the studio.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 It's throwback Thursday.

00:07 When you keep memorabilia, you don't just collect items, but you also store valuable

00:12 memories.

00:13 Today, we talked to a man who keeps vintage Philippine transportation souvenirs and mementos,

00:19 and each has a particular personal meaning.

00:22 To tell us more about his collection, Cesar Kawagdan joins us live in the studio.

00:27 Good afternoon sir and welcome to Traffic Center.

00:30 Good afternoon ma'am.

00:31 Sir, so this is quite an interesting collection you have over here.

00:34 What's the story behind these items?

00:36 How did you get them?

00:39 Example for this jeepney ma'am.

00:41 I got it from a jeep terminal.

00:46 Then the owner said it was a gift.

00:50 Based on the owner, it was a gift from Mr. Leonardo Saraw, the owner of Saraw jeep.

00:55 Ah, I see, right.

00:56 He said it was a gift from him.

00:57 Then he displayed it at the terminal.

00:58 For our viewers, can you explain who Saraw is?

01:03 Leonardo Saraw, he's the owner of the Saraw jeepney.

01:07 Then Saraw is his surname.

01:09 Okay, so how old is this?

01:11 I think this is from the 80s.

01:13 Wow, okay.

01:14 So from all these items, do you have a favorite?

01:18 This jeepney, because I think we only have two of these here in the Philippines.

01:24 I only saw two.

01:26 So you sold two of them?

01:28 It's hard to find, I think.

01:30 And it's not for sale.

01:32 It's a gift or a souvenir from the Saraw family to their friends.

01:38 So this is from the 80s.

01:40 What's the oldest item here?

01:42 I have bus tickets.

01:49 Wow, okay.

01:50 This is the oldest, from the 1930s.

01:53 Okay, 1930s.

01:54 1930s.

01:55 So these are the bus tickets from the 1930s?

01:57 Yes, from the 1930s.

01:58 Wow, okay.

01:59 So it's very old.

02:00 Yes, pre-war, ma'am.

02:01 Pre-war, okay.

02:02 These are all bus tickets?

02:04 Bus tickets from different bus companies from the 60s, 70s, 80s.

02:09 Wow, how interesting.

02:11 How long have you been collecting Pinoy transportation memorabilia?

02:15 And why Pinoy transportation?

02:17 Actually, I'm a collector of Philippine vintage memorabilia.

02:21 Okay, why Philippine memorabilia?

02:24 Why did you decide to start this?

02:26 Because this is what we see in our day-to-day life that we forget about.

02:34 So I'm collecting some vintage toys from local vintage toys, from old products like shampoo bottles.

02:42 Oh wow.

02:43 With content.

02:44 How interesting.

02:45 Yeah.

02:46 How long have you been collecting?

02:48 Since 2013, 2012, 2013.

02:52 2013, so it's been almost 10 years.

02:55 Yes.

02:56 It's been 10 years.

02:57 The first memories I have that I've kept are from my mother giving me my dress when I was one year old.

03:05 It's still with me, and my socks.

03:08 So you've been interested for a long time.

03:10 Yeah, and I started collecting when I was interested in 2013, from vintage bikes and stuff like that.

03:18 Where do you usually find these items?

03:21 In old stores, junk shops.

03:24 Okay, so it's written in your magazine, if you take a look there, it says "Jeepney King of the Road."

03:31 Can we still say that jeepneys are the king of the road, especially with the jeepney phase-out program beginning?

03:38 I can still call it the king of the road.

03:42 From the Kalesa, the original king of the road, to jeepney.

03:47 I think if it were modernized from electric, I hope it would still keep its look.

03:56 The aesthetic of the jeepney.

03:58 Because when you say jeepney, you immediately think of the Philippines.

04:01 Like in Thailand, their tricycles, when you see them, you immediately think of Thailand.

04:06 So it's like it's a re-representation of the Philippines.

04:08 Indicative of our culture.

04:10 So you can still say that it's the king of the road.

04:12 Yeah, still king of the road.

04:14 Do you plan to share these items with the youth through an exhibit or museum?

04:19 Are you selling them?

04:21 Some of my doobles, I sell them to some collectors or people I know.

04:26 I give them to them, maybe I can have them.

04:30 Sometimes I don't sell them anymore, I just give them to them.

04:34 So there's a community of collectors?

04:36 Yes, there's a lot of them.

04:38 From Pinoy toys, from Pinoy...

04:42 Okay, I wish we could talk about this more and talk about the history of each of them,

04:47 but we're running out of time, so before we go, what message can you give to our collectors?

04:51 Tips to better keep them safe, because they're old.

04:55 I would say, keep your old toys, especially your toys from your childhood,

05:05 don't sell them, because they're the ones that made our childhood happy.

05:12 So is there a way to maintain them?

05:16 What is it?

05:18 Where should they be stored?

05:20 Just keep them in a place where they won't get wet.

05:25 Especially the papers, don't put them in plastic, because the pests...

05:33 Like this one, frame it.

05:35 Yes, frame it.

05:37 Okay, thank you Pinoy Transportation Memorabilia Collector Cesar Kawagdan.

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