I Have a Strong Fascination with the Grocery

Doing the grocery is one of my favorite activities in the world. Yes, I do this mostly with the family every week, on a Sunday, after church. Sometimes I have to do some groceries too during the mid-week when there are stocks which need replenishments. I do this alone after work or whatever activity I had during the day. This means I have to rush, beat the traffic, carry the grocery bag(s) all by myself, line up on the taxi lane and take a cab (if husband won't be able to pick me up which is what happens most of the time). I don't mind at all. The level of anticipation is like I cannot wait to get myself a reward after a long day.

The excitement builds up from listing the things we need (and well, yes, also a few things we want). I also get excited when I read a recipe I would like to try from my favorite foodie magazine. It makes me want to leave whatever I am doing and head to the grocery pronto.

I am trying to "analyze" a bit why I have this weird fascination about going to the grocery and picking/choosing each item with passion. I think it's because.....

* I feel so much a family woman when I am in the grocery and choosing food for my family. I feel so much like a mom and a wife. I get to attend to their needs, nutritional and otherwise.
* I am always on the look out for good buys which my family could use.
* More often than not, this is a family activity so it's time for bonding.
* I get to prepare and choose what they need for breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner.
* I read labels up to the minutest details. One of the ways of educating my family of what's in the food we are eating.

Coming from the grocery, the first thing I do when I get home even before I change clothes is I neatly put up all the groceries in their proper places. It has to be FIFO for one (first in, first out). I want everything organize - in the cold storage, in the cupboard, in the breadbox.

I feel so fulfilled doing all these - listing the grocery items, grocery itself, organizing the items, planning the menu. And then I mentally account when I should replenish. Weekend or mid-week? Sometimes I still go to the grocery even if there is no urgent item that is needed. Maybe in my past life I was a supermarket mogul?

Family, friends and colleagues I have close encounters with know that it's my dream to own a grocery shop. Let me start with a mini mart, hopefully soon. For now, I am enjoying my trips to the supermarket.

*Picture from Getty Images.

Rhythm of the City + Brandon Boyd

I am a member of several pages in Facebook. These are the pages which I want to read updates in my news feed. Examples - Time, CNN, Michelle Obama, The Today Show, Colbert Report, The Onion, LesMills Body Pump among others. I have to admit though I rarely visit these pages unless I am very much interested with their updates.

But there's one page I never fail to visit these days everytime I log on to Facebook. It's the Vintage Sound of 99.5 RT (Rhythm of the City). I am just so glad to have seen the page in one of the updates from a network list. Most of the people are like me, someone who grew up listening to the music and the jocks of this radio station. The 80s were the glory years of RT. Always the first to play new songs. They play it even before it becomes a national anthem. There is some kind of exclusivity when it is played over at RT. A clique? Not really. Just satisfying a craving for some good, fresh music before the airwaves bleed them to death.

One great example I can remember is Lies by The Thompson Twins (neither Thompson nor twins by the way). Eat Bulaga's dance contest made it soooo popular. Back then, record companies promote a song, a danceable song, by way of a dance contest in noon time shows. Creative ha. I can still see on my mind the moves and steps and the sometimes out-of-this-world costumes.

Here is an example of those dance contests. 2:51, Lies but Flashdance here is the clear winner! :D


Anyway, like what I've posted in my FB status the other day, the Vintage Sound of 99.5 RT made me dig from my archive of songs and find the others in YouTube. Songs from the 80s and 90s. It's great to watch and hear the songs being posted at the page.

But well, this is not a vintage RT sound, but the fan girl in me (like what I've said in my Twitter) is alive again. It's THE BRANDON BOYD! Great, great vocalist. I love his rendition of Drive in this particular video, acoustic version. Suave, effortless, easy to listen.


I love the solo whistling. Brandon Boyd, may you reach greater heights in your life and career.

Agree!

Yes, I agree with this, 100%! Things change, people change, times change. We have to adapt, change if we have to and need to and want to. We have to want it, if I may say that. Work on improving ourselves and further enhancing the talent, the skills and knowledge we already possess. All these without compromising our values.

*Post-it notes left to their fate in public places.