ang alamat ng litratong ewan hehe

last saturday, after many years without household help, we tried getting one. unfortunately, in less than a week, the kunsumisyon my mama got dealing with the one who came, far outweighed the only benefit we wanted for having a helper around, that is, having someone do the laundry and ironing.

mama had to send her back because she wouldn't admit to dropping the flat iron and breaking it into pieces. we had that flat iron for many years, i have grown attached to it, hehe, but seriously, more than the broken pieces, what my mother disliked about what happened was the fact that the helper, whom we shall call Pipay, did not own up to her mistake, even crying about not having anything to do with the broken plantsa. what was even more irritating for my mother was having someone around the house who cannot be trusted with little things like that. (mama heard something drop from the upstairs room and Pipay insisted nothing fell. after checking, chipped parts of the iron were under the bed. that was her biggest mistake, never lie to mama, ayaw nya ng sinungaling).

i think we're going to stick with getting help with the laundry and ironing from a girl friday who wont have to stay home with us. the only funny thing i will remember about Pipay was when she saw my graduation picture, she told me: ate, ang ganda naman nun, parang artista? i told her: sino sa akala mo. then she answered: PARANG ikaw. i almost fell off my seat laughing at what she said.

that grad pic really gets a lot of people and it makes me wonder, hindi ko ba talaga kamukha yun nasa picture. i can only laugh. well, it's a good start to my little goal: try not to take yourself too seriously Mean.

mean

after a complicated tooth extraction

the legend of the grad pic...
(the one Pipay asked about was not this one,
it was my informal photo
where i wore a makeshift tube dress out of curtain drapes...
you can now stop laughing)