Month: April 2011
A fire drill was announce a few days ago. I’ve done fire drills at least twice before. And the experience of going down 40 floors in a hot and crowded stairwell, your knees shaking and buckling from the exertion is something you just can’t forget. Something you would want to avoid.
So today, I made sure I had good chance of avoiding it. I usually go home early on Fridays, to take over babysitting Jeanne from my mother-in-law, but today I went the the office even earlier and went out earlier too. I was actually thinking of staying a few minutes more but luckily I didn’t.
As I drove out of the building, I noticed the security guards cordoning off the exit area. I texted Flor but it was a few minutes too late, the fire drill had begun. I had gotten out just in the nick of time! Now that’s stuff for movies! I motion pictured myself speeding away, building burning and crumbling down on my rear view mirror, into the sunset.
Last night, Michelle was off to an office barkada gimmick so Jeanne and I were with each other from about 8:30PM onwards as Lola and cousin Steph, who were with her the whole day, had to go sleep. We played till she eventually got tired/bored. She wanted to eat so I gave her some steamed fish fillet, which she ate up with gusto, and orange juice. I tried putting her to sleep but she didn’t want to and got cranky. She was looking for “Step” and I had to explain that Steph was sleeping already. She pulled me to the living room where we watched a Baby Einstein video. We sat there on the sofa watching side-by-side until we both dozed off. I woke up just long enough to transfer her to the bed then slept again, tired but happy.
Michelle gave me a pack (Thanks babe!) of Starbucks VIA “Ready Brew” (in other words: instant) Colombia Coffee. She got it for free when she ordered a drink. I wanted to compare it to Italian roast coffee home-brewed with my Bialetti Dama so I bought a pack of Italian Roast VIA (and they gave me another pack for free). As expected, it was no contest. Moka is full-bodied and strong while VIA is essentially still instant coffee: less aroma, less taste, less strength, less coffee, higher price. I’ll stick to my Moka coffee, thank you.
Yesterday, I cleaned the range oven and hood. After a few weeks of use, they invariably get coated with a layer of oil and grease or, in some areas (especially the grille of the range hood), sticky gunk. Previously, I have been using dishwashing soap and it would always take a lot of time and effort to get good results. But this time around, I used Simple Green which I happen to have around for bathroom cleaning. Back when Jeanne was born, I decided to get only organic and environment friendly bathroom cleaning products just to be safe. I didn’t realize it’s also an awesome kitchen cleaner. It made short work of the oil, grease, and gunk! In just a short time and with minimal effort I had a gleaming range oven and hood!