Of Domesticity and Chinese CEOs
When Ate Gi and I were in Shanghai, we chance upon a Korean TV show on cable (i forgot the title) about inter-racial marriage. Its mainly about Korean men with foreigner wives, and for that particular episode, the wife is a Filipina. Its showed how they met, fell in love and eventually got married and moved to Korea. The husband is working on a fish farm with his parents. There was a part there that showed the daily routine of the Filipina wife. She wakes up at the crack of dawn, prepares breakfast for her husband then attend to her part time job as a milk vendor, goes back home to clean the house, prepares food for her in-laws, goes to the farm in the afternoon, then goes home to prepare dinner for her husband. Right then, i told Ate Gi.
Me : Ate Gi, parang di ko ata kaya yang trabaho nya...
Ate Gi: Ako rin!
Me: Parang mag gusto ko pang pumasok na lang sa office at ako ang magtrabaho pag nag asawa na ko.
Ate Gi: Eh kaya nga maghanap ka ng mayamang Chinese CEO! Para di mo na kailangan magtrabaho sa bahay, hahaha!
But reality check, di lang sa tabi tabi nakakahanap ng mayamang Chinese CEO! Hahaha! So earlier, as I was doing household chores, na-realize ko, aba! Unti-unti na ata akong nagiging domesticated! Naks! Then I asked myself, eh what if nga kung pag dating ng takdang araw my future husband would ask me to just stay at home and be a plain housewife, kaya ko kaya? So I listed down all the essentials on my head and I came up with this list.
1. Cooking - uh-oh! Umpisa pa lang tagilid na! Hahaha! I cannot cook to save my life! Well I could probably save mine, but I'm not sure about yours, hehehe! Nah, i can whip up simple dishes naman. And I can fry, boil, sautee and cook rice. The others, matututanan naman yan :D
2. Do the laundry - this one I could do, manual pa kung gusto mo :D But I hope the future husband is capable enough to buy me washing machine, mahirap mag banlaw ng maong!
3. Iron clothes - this I'm good at! :) Wala pa naman ako nasusunog so far. And I follow "order" when ironing clothes, and I can make the perfect "liston" on your pants :D
4. Clean the house - mabagal ako maglinis. Well that's because I'm metikoloso. It will take me one whole day to clean my room, pano pa kaya if buong bahay na. But im not an "eeewwy" person. Kaya ko mag linis ng toilet at ng cage ng aso :D
5. Wash the dishes - i used to hate this chore. Pero now love ko na sya. Why? Its by far the easiest among them. At sandali mo lang gagawin. As long as my strong water supply and okie na dishwashing liquid, di ako magrereklamo.
6. Doing grocery and paying bills - I dont usually buy ng sobra, laging tama lang, nasasayangan kasi ako pag di nakain tapos masisira lang sa ref. For non-perishable goods though, okie lang mag stock. But I am diligent in paying bills. :)
7. Take care of the kids - eto pa isa kong weakness, ayaw ko ng umiiyak na bata >.< okie ako pag laro laro lang, pero pag umiyak na? Ayaw ko na! :( Well sabi nga nila, di mo masasabi yan until you have your own, hmmm, we'll see :)
So pasado ba ko sa domesticity exam? Hahaha!
Dont get me wrong, I have nothing against being a housewife. In fact I do admire them kasi kaya nilang talikuran ang profession nila para maging isang maybahay. And I have high respect for them kasi di madali ang mag "manage" ng household. I've been living semi-independent for the last couple of years, and it taught me alot, pero wala pa yun sa kalingkingan ng pang araw-araw na ginagawa ng mga housewives. And maybe, the reason why Im not comfortable with the idea of being a plain housewife is because deep inside, I'm afraid that I will not be good at it. Im kinda wishing though that the future husband would not ask me to stop working once we got married. Hehehe!
But hey, who know's, (and ayaw ko naman magsalita ng tapos) for the right man and for the right reasons, I might just consider being one :)
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