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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Tsinelas

Palagi na lang nawawala ang kabaak ng tsinelas ko!!!   It is a typical occurrence when I need to use my slippers when I get out of bed. This picture was not planned. This was what I found when I was searching for something to shod my feet the other day. The half of each one  of them were missing or at least not where I had left them when I took them off before getting into bed.

Sometimes, I think that there's an elf stationed under my bed  whose sole duty is to get the other half of a pair of slippers as far away as possible from its partner.  Why do you think I have four pairs? It is not because I love collecting them. They're there because sometimes the missing halves don't reappear until after a few days of futile searching and so I always have a pair in reserve. But on this particular day, yes, all of them were astray!

   Haaaay!  Maybe I should put the slippers in a basket under my bed so they'll stay where I took them off?
Or do you think I have to offer tidbits to the tsinelas elf so he'll (I'm sure he is male) go away and leave my slippers in peace? Or should I just entirely do away with slippers and go barefoot inside the house? I'm desperate for a solution. Any ideas?

14 comments:

  1. ay, alam ko kung nasan sila! kasama ng mga medyas na walang kapares! duon sila nagpaparty ; )
    pero teka, isip ako ng solusyon.

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  2. lagyan mo kaya ng homing device mga tsinelas mo?
    kaya lang parang mahal yun. maybe it's better just to keep buying half a dozen tsinelas ; (

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  3. or kaya give a reward sa makahanap ng missing tsinelas? ang reward? another missing pair of another tsinelas! hehe, para ma break yung cycle!

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  4. hmmm... kung elf- kausapin mo, sabihin mo kung ano slipper size niya, bili mo siya ng pair para wag ka nang gambalain pa. or baka naman me pets o kasambahay kang me fetish sa tsinelas. malamang gusto nila amoy ng paa mo hehe. sabihin mo BAD! BAD! or baka nagsleepwalk ka tapos ang dream mo ay may hawak kang tsinelas tapos tinatapon mo sa kung saan. better check the garbage, closet or labas ng bahay. baka nahagis mo lang na di mo alam. : )

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  5. hmmm... kung elf- kausapin mo, sabihin mo kung ano slipper size niya, bili mo siya ng pair para wag ka nang gambalain pa. or baka naman me pets o kasambahay kang me fetish sa tsinelas. malamang gusto nila amoy ng paa mo hehe. sabihin mo BAD! BAD! or baka nagsleepwalk ka tapos ang dream mo ay may hawak kang tsinelas tapos tinatapon mo sa kung saan. better check the garbage, closet or labas ng bahay. baka nahagis mo lang na di mo alam. : )

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  6. you can wear mismatched slippers. i see there's one left tsinelas there, the rest are right. contingency measure lang naman.

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  7. pabor ako doon sa homing device na suggestion ni ling. kaya lang baka mahal ang homing device kaya talian mo na lang ng mga lumang cell phone, tapos tawagan mo yung maliligaw na kapares (pero sabihan mong huwag sagutin para walang gastos) para marinig mo yung kuliling at matumbok mo sila! o kaya lastiko na nakatali sa poste ng kama. mag-iisip pa ako.

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  8. parang maganda yung lastiko idea. solusyon yan ng maraming mga bangko, opisina pang-gobyerno, etc. para sa mga nawawalang bolpen. nakita ko nang i-apply ang teknolohiyang iyan sa mga gunting, logbook, directory, at tape dispenser. kaya, may promise!

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  9. Ay oo nga! Mag-organize tayo ng expedition para tuklasin kung saan yong lugar na yon. Madaming matutuwa sa atin pag nagtagumpay tayo!!

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  10. Palagay ko hindi! Kasi naisip ko na ring ilagay sa ilalim ng unan ko ang mga tsinelas para siguradong nandoon pa rin sa umaga pero... Yong amoy nga, baka kasi ... Bad! Bad! ; )

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  11. Alam ko na, pagsasamahin ko suggestion nyo ni Ling. Bibili ako ng 6 pairs na pare-pareho para kung mawala ang ilan sa pares, chances are may matitira pa rin na isang kanan at isang kaliwa. O, di ba di na halatang mismatched?

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  12. Ok yang hi-tech solution na yan! Kung makamanufacture tayo nyan, baka yan na ang hinihintay nating ikayayaman nating 3. Di lang sa tsinelas natin ikakabit. Puede rin sa madalas na mamisplace na keys, eyeglasses, ballpen, atbp!

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  13. O ayan, pag di maafford yong homing device, yan ang budget alternative. Meron na kayang patent sa lastiko idea?

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  14. gusto ko suggestion ni mitch, "miss-match" fashion statement! or kung di mo carry, buy 6 pairs of the same tsinelas para terno parin kahit mawala pares. matira matibay!

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