THERE’S the mega sale, and there’s the ambot-kung-sale-ba-ni sale. Much like the buy-one-take-one-for-P100 for an item that costs P50 each. Do the math.
Try passing by the Christmas décor section if you want glitter on your hair, skin, and clothes. But that possibility won’t even stop you from attacking the section if ever it will have a mega sale before Christmas.
A sale may be the best time to buy an item, that is, if you need it. If you don’t, it will only morph into clutter. Like the many other items you bought on sale. Besides, no matter how many clothes, bags, shoes, and accessories you have, there are favorites that you will always use because you hate thinking of what to wear.
That’s why Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg prefers a gray T-shirt paired with jeans. Why? “I want to clear my life so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community. I feel like I’m not doing my job if I spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life, so that way I can dedicate all of my energy towards just building the best products and services” (Source: The Telegraph). Since that was taken from a 2014 Q&A, I wonder if it’s still true now.
Aside from Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs was another CEO who simplified his attire to a black turtleneck, blue jeans, and New Balance sneakers.
Boring? Hmmm. I used to wear black or navy when I was heavier, to hide the fats, but my old photos are proof that the face would always reveal how fat I was. Still, shopping did simplify my choices to those two colors.
It’s the formerly fat who could empathize with the currently fat. It has not been an easy journey to this current weight. I still have cravings for carbs and, as if I needed to prove that, there was that day when I feasted on banana chips, binangkal, and hopia.
Each time the allergies begin to appear and the blood pressure starts to react a few hours after a carbo-loading day, I always ask myself, Was it worth it? A few months ago, my answer to that was always a resounding yes. Now, it’s a resounding no.
I’m now judgmental towards food. Better that than judgmental towards people, eh?
Anything plant-based should be out of the picture. Operative words: should be. The “should be” there somehow convinces me that the rule is flexible, that it’s weather-weather lang. If it’s rainy, then I can have sikwate, puto maya, and mango. If it’s sunny, then I can have a mayo sandwich, Chippy, and Coke Zero. Tsk tsk.
The better sentence is, Anything plant-based is out of the picture. No if and buts there.
This is not the kind of diet that’s rammed down everyone’s throat, because a diet is a personal choice. Much like the attire you prefer, unless there’s a fashion stylist lecturing you on personal branding.
