Kuya, Bed Sheets Please?

Using some of the broken tagalog I've begrudgingly had to learn, I headed off to Quezon City's SM Megamall to solve one of the biggest problems I have had to face since arriving in Manila - multi coloured bed sheets.

I'm not sure why the owner of our apartment would have originally purchased a fitted sheet, doona cover and matching pillow cases reminescent of a Suga candy store but sleeping on a poly cotton rainbow for 3 months was not an option.

3 days and 5 mega malls later I finally found a plain white set of sheets for the princely sum of 3100 pesos (about $100). I had no intention of spending that sort of money. 3100 pesos is the sort of money you spend to permanently remove people who have crossed you in life. 3100 pesos is the sort of money you contribute to your friendly neighbourhood General to overthrow an elected government. But in my case, 3100 pesos was the premium that had to be paid to enjoy 100% unicoloured cotton sheets.

As I write this posting my lounge room has been turned into a Chinese laundry (no offence to my Asiatic friends for the crude stereotype) freshly washed sheets hanging from every chair, door handle and light fitting in an attempt to have it dried before bed time. With Nerri away and the two laundromats within Eastwood City closed we have had to take matters into our own hands.

Let us all pray that I won't be sleeping on a bare mattress.