I have always talked about my shoes. Thought maybe I'd also talk about my feet. Haha.
Ugh. 🙄
And here's the thing: I don't like my feet because they're ugly.
You could say they're a whole new level of hideous. Dry, cracked, calloused, wrinkly, and veiny.
(Which does not make the topic any better.)
No amount of moisturizer, color, pedicure, special beauty treatment, or maybe even plastic surgery will make my feet conventionally beautiful.
I've tried most of it all.
I remember reading a friend's post on Facebook that said he will never ride the jeepney ever again. Another also shared about his first jeepney ride after so many years like it's a lifetime achievement or something. Knowing that they're not even someone you can consider rich, I was so quick to silently judge them for being maarte and hambog.
You see, I grew up riding the public transpo. I have been commuting daily since I started kindergarten and I am well-aware how poor the public transportation system in our country is. DIRTY. CROWDED. HOT. Not to mention, it can also be DANGEROUS knowing how public transpo drivers can be ruthless and aggressive. You have to watch out for perverts and pickpockets, too.
But as dreadful as it may sound, such things never really bothered me.
Well, I didn't have a choice.
"Yes," Red replied.
"Was it delicious?"
"Yes! Where did you buy it?"
That would have been an insult. It certainly is my son's indirect way of saying that I cannot make something appetizing. I couldn't blame him though. For ten years he tolerated my awful concoctions. But! Being introduced to bad food early on is one of the reasons why he is not a picky eater, or so I would like to believe. Motherhood did not really put my mediocre cooking skills into practice. Give my son some green, leafy salad with bagoong (kangkong, squash leaves, or kamote, topped with tomato and onions) and he will eat it right away. So why bother with a complicated recipe?