November 15, 2007
You can take the Pinay out of Pinas, but...
she will still go looking for Cebo (Sebo?) de Macho in the land of skin rejuvenating lotions and age-defying creams. When I left the Philippines over a year ago I should have thrown in at least a hundred pieces of this cheap emollient in my luggage, along with Omega Painkiller and Efficascent Oil.
I have tried quite a few "American-brand" skin therapy products like Mederma (which made me itch like crazy) and Gold Bond but I'm not satisfied with the results. The problem I'm trying to address are my battlescars in the kitchen in my attempts to conquer the oven, the stovetop and the iron. (I know that is an indictment of how much a homebody I was prior to getting married.) To my credit, I have not burned myself in the last six months. Does that mean I'm making progress?
Determined to erase evidence of my culinary mishaps, I went to this Filipino store two blocks from the apartment only to be told that they've ran out of stock. "Marami yatang nagka-peklat ngayon," the storeowner said. (Seems like a lot of people have had scars lately.) Seems like Filipinos in the area are defaulting to the trusty and inexpensive Cebo de Macho, if you ask me.
So now I have to wait till December for new stocks to arrive. This is like waiting for the most high-tech phone to go on the market. Now that I know Cebo de Macho are selling like hotcakes over here, I am prepared to outmaneuver my competitors. As in, I am prepared to resort to hoarding.
By the way, I have fallen in love with smooth top cooking ranges! Each time the husband and I would go into an appliance store, I am tempted to run my hand over the flat surface. I am lusting for it when I'm trying to put together my dream kitchen in my mind. Can you imagine how convenient it is for neat freaks like me? Spills gone in seconds! The husband, on the other hand, is reluctant. "Sweetie, you even burn yourself when you're looking right at the red hot coils!" He has a point there.
Posted by fleur at November 15, 2007 11:38 PM