a happy wash

"It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you. People's failings, even major ones such as when they make you wear short trousers to school, fall into insignificance as your teeth break through the rough, toasted crust and sink into the doughy cushion of white bread underneath. Once the warm, salty butter has hit your tongue, you are smitten. Putty in their hands." (p. 1)

"You can't smell a hug. You can't hear a cuddle. But if you could, I reckon it would smell and sound of warm bread-and-butter pudding." (p. 7)- Nigel Slater

♥i couldn't sleep during the afternoon and decided to work on my laundry cuz my hampers had been full the past 3 months. :) i started with the ukay purchases. haha. for the next 2 months or so, i will be wearing dresses from korea. that'll make me korean na i guess. :)

i'm thinking about one chapter in robert fulghum's book, he said, he uses Cheer because he liked the thought of a happy wash. and that there are stuff in a detergent that could soften dirt, retain color, remove stain, makes clothes fragrant and if only there are such stuff that could work on people too- remove our toughness, erase our wrinkles, & make us smell better..

so going back to my laundry, i was satisfied with the thought that my clothes were soaked in laundry detergent, then i rubbed them with a cheap strawberry smelling bath soap, then rinsed them with water mixed with fabric conditioner. i love laundry. if i can just afford to buy a front load washer and that dryer like ones in the states and it's gonna be needless to hang them on clothes lines. :)

♥there are two things i remembered about my conversation with gelo yesterday. he was talking about his shoots with iver and told me that at times they'd go to slums and see the destitute and he says he thought that he is a hell lot luckier to be thinking about other things and not where to get his next meal. and he told me about iver. and how iver got his back. at times, gelo can act like a big boy. haha. shame on me, i cannot be like dut.

♥i kinda liked living alone now. i can eat wutever i want, and wake up anytime i feel like waking up. but, it gets lonely during dusk. anyway, i chose the bread pudding quote because i wanted to talk about food. i made apple and celery salad. in honor of wanting to eat healthy. i don't want to be on a diet. i just want to skip meat. but, i have a gazillion meat on the fridge. i hafta make sure i cook them all before month's end and try tripping on veggies.i found out gaisano sells fresh longans. i wanted lychees but i settled for longans because fresh lychees are not available. joe brings lunch.. usually greens with olive oil or vinaigrette(spell check) and fruits mixed with vinaigrette and poached shrimps with herbs or chicken with herbs. i wanna eat like dut! haha. sowshul.and the best thing i saw on the fruit aisle lately. PLUMS, i will make sure i'll get some when i have time. they're nostalgia. i can name my child or my future pooch plum. :0

♥it's not too difficult to feel blessed lately. although i wake up confused and some things about being an adult boggle me, God has been unceasingly gracious to me and my family. i kinda wake up feeling less lonely and looking forward to the last quarter of the year. maybe some time soon, things will look up for the me and the people i hold close in my heart.