Hands Full
I get irritated whenever I see a pile of mail and newspapers stacked on my favorite console table, the one on my direct line of sight during breakfast, lunch and dinner. This table, which I previously only intended as a perch for a vase or an indoor plant, being a nice piece of furniture made with rose-colored tiles of inlaid mother-of-pearl, had long been assigned for function, not form, ever since my transformation into The New And Improved Good Housekeeping Woman. Mail (meaning credit card and utility bills, more than postcards and catalogues) and newspaper I haven't read are to remain right there until I take them out myself.
This morning, it just struck me my recent disregard for news, having on close inspection, found at least 4 days worth of front page sections barely read, which our maids -- these live-action fairies, bless them -- seem to think I have overlooked, but may still want to read. I immediately gathered them from the table and brought them out, then went back and sat down to skim today's newspaper to check the movie schedule for the Promenade theatres on the entertainment section. Yes, ask me about the movies (the past few weeks are a colorful blur of the many ones I've seen), but please do not ask about the headlines, for I have declared myself on temporary news embargo. I am presently in denial, wallowing in Oscars withdrawal, and is happily on THX and Dolby therapy, thank you.
I think I've gotten useless, only semi-so but still (because I pay taxes, am a law-abiding citizen and still foolishly insist on following traffic signs), and partially contributory, allegedly, to the hopelessness of my country, as pointed out to me by some maniacal bigot who I had the misfortune to encounter in one of Sassy's forums. Eee. But then, if to be useful means to angrily storm the streets to protest a never ending assortment of misery which we Filipinos seem to expertly suffer wholesale without respite, I'd say hell no, I'm still not doing it. First, I did that in EDSA 2, see what happened. Second, I've become one of the silent many whose sentiments were voiced very appropriately by one blogger's open letter to our Philippine leaders, who, like myself, have gotten exasperated, over the daily circus that our country has become. Third and more importantly, I'm a housewife with growing kids, I got things to do at home that are just as worthy.
Meanwhile, I have to face another kind of reality. To clear my precious rose-colored mother-of-pearl inlaid table, I'll have to tackle the mounting pile of bills, oh man... So you ask: Me, angry, for love of country? Nope, not right now. To survive everyday, with summer here and my kids out of school -- I got my hands quite full.
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This morning, it just struck me my recent disregard for news, having on close inspection, found at least 4 days worth of front page sections barely read, which our maids -- these live-action fairies, bless them -- seem to think I have overlooked, but may still want to read. I immediately gathered them from the table and brought them out, then went back and sat down to skim today's newspaper to check the movie schedule for the Promenade theatres on the entertainment section. Yes, ask me about the movies (the past few weeks are a colorful blur of the many ones I've seen), but please do not ask about the headlines, for I have declared myself on temporary news embargo. I am presently in denial, wallowing in Oscars withdrawal, and is happily on THX and Dolby therapy, thank you.
I think I've gotten useless, only semi-so but still (because I pay taxes, am a law-abiding citizen and still foolishly insist on following traffic signs), and partially contributory, allegedly, to the hopelessness of my country, as pointed out to me by some maniacal bigot who I had the misfortune to encounter in one of Sassy's forums. Eee. But then, if to be useful means to angrily storm the streets to protest a never ending assortment of misery which we Filipinos seem to expertly suffer wholesale without respite, I'd say hell no, I'm still not doing it. First, I did that in EDSA 2, see what happened. Second, I've become one of the silent many whose sentiments were voiced very appropriately by one blogger's open letter to our Philippine leaders, who, like myself, have gotten exasperated, over the daily circus that our country has become. Third and more importantly, I'm a housewife with growing kids, I got things to do at home that are just as worthy.
Meanwhile, I have to face another kind of reality. To clear my precious rose-colored mother-of-pearl inlaid table, I'll have to tackle the mounting pile of bills, oh man... So you ask: Me, angry, for love of country? Nope, not right now. To survive everyday, with summer here and my kids out of school -- I got my hands quite full.
Filed Under: Randomly
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