i was making balik-tanaw with the house of my childhood (in lorenzo village). i miss the meals in the long table with two equally long stools sandwiching it.
breakfast : mum would always prepare this! we’d have fried rice with egg. or instant noodles. sometimes, champorado. or "pinakas" (dried fish) for ulam. then coffee for adults and chocolate drinks for us kids. i'm sure there were a lot more in the menu which varied depending on what’s available. i don't really remember. but i do remember this...
one morning (sometime before 1992), napaaga ako ng gising. i sneaked in to the dining area while mum was preparing the table. i noticed two tall plastic glass with a spoon sticking out on one of the glasses. (these would be coffee and the chocolate concoction for us kids : "milo" [or was it "ovaltine"?]) surely, one of the glass has got to have a mixture of chocolate, milk and sugar (all in powder). and being a kid with a "sweet-tooth", i had a great tendency to "pasay" these stuff. (so do my other siblings would, for sure!). what a treat. tulog pa silang lahat! so i'll have it all to myself, i thought. i crept up to the table as soon as mum turned her back.
haha! i grabbed the glass with the spoon and scooped a mouthful of its content. in my haste, i failed to notice the color and smell of whats in that glass, and so i was disgusted to taste the bitterness of coffee in my mouth. not sweet chocolate!
ack! it was embarrassing! not only was i caught red-handed with that sneaky deed, i got duped pa by taking in the wrong treat. (mum and pop's coffee)
why of why did mum choose to use that glass instead of a mug?!
later, to cover for my mishap, i told the story to the whole family over breakfast. we all laughed about it! i was teased by my siblings but thankfully, mum was more amused than pissed at me.
lesson learned : not to do it again! (instead, attack the ones na nasa "garapon" pa! that way, siguradong "milo" [or "ovaltine"] na talaga ang mapapasay ko!)
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