A better understanding.

So I went to the grocery today. I just happened to glance at this man's basket. In it, he had three packets of Fita biscuits and two small bottles of Coca-cola. My goodness, I thought. I have an idea of what his current situation must be like.


Yesterday I threw out some old receipts.  Among my purchases some weeks ago were several packets of Fita biscuits and a 1.5L bottle of Coca-cola.


At the registers, it so happened I got into the queue after that same man. He had added a small bag of laundry detergent and a small bottle of bleach. And a lapad of Cossack vodka.


Yes. I do know. It may not be the same circumstances but we are clearly in the same boat. Except my vice of choice is smoking. (Or he may smoke, too. He could just buy the cigarettes at the sari-sari or by tingi because it's cheaper that way.)


You can really tell what a person is like depending on what is in their shopping basket. I'd amend that to "what a person is going through."

Common sense.

See, I was tired yesterday I wasn't able to post here. Excuses, excuses.

Anyway, when there's a television on the bus I'm riding in to work, I'm able to watch the local version of Family Feud. The jackpot is at P1,450,000 already. Wow. (That is if it wasn't won last night already.) Sometimes I don't get where the contestant answers come from. They should remember the most obvious answer to the question would most likely get them points. I remember this particular question: Anong bagay ang karaniwan na itinutupi? (What thing is usually folded?) Damit, or clothing, was given by the first contestant in the Fast Cash round. So the second contestant was stumped. Then she answered: kurtina! (Curtains!) OMG. I don't even know how to fold our curtains because these are voluminous and defy neat folding! My own answer was paper. I think that was the top answer. Duh.

Of course, yesterday was Obama's Inaguration. I was already logged in then, but I could hear some of my callers were watching it on television. One wasn't even paying any attention to me as I was explaining dialling procedures. I'm not even sure she was watching tv because she sounded groggy. Americans will ask for operator assistance but not listen nor even believe a word you say.

Shiny shimmering splendor.

This girl was wearing a sparkly silver sleeveless knit top, shiny silver moccasins, shiny silver headband and was carrying a puffy silver jacket, kinda like a winter coat you wear when it's minus zero degrees outside. She was probably going to a late holiday ball on the moon. (Then we get off the jeepney at the same stop. We work for the same company. D'oh! I really "marvel" at the fashion sense of some kids I see around.)

I resolve.

One of my new year's resolutions is to update my diaries regularly. Supposedly. But we're well into 2009 and what? Oh boy. And that resolution goes something like to write an entry everyday, even if it's just some insipid detail.

I have some serious backlog, too :-(

Anyway, here's my tidbit for today:

I was supposed to buy fish for the cats today, but the bus conductor recognized me and woke me up when we were outside my subdivision. So rather than make a fuss, I went down and just walked to the palengke.

There's a story why the bus conductor recognizes me, and it's kinda creepy/flattering/d'oh! all at the same time. Of course there's a reason why I haven't written here for a while. And there's the same old story with work.

Haaaayyy talaga. I should have some more discipline writing here. Here's hoping.