Strangely, washing dishes seems to be a fetish for Bon. I don't get it. I just don't.

Dishwashing
Posted by Bon, July 2, 2006

My newfound friend, the Wikipedia, states that :

"Washing dishes is considered the traditional punishment for being unable to pay a bill at a restaurant. However, evidence that this is actually practiced is anecdotal."

But there may be some grain of truth in the first statement. For those of you who frequent the love-nest of Mark and Yan a.k.a. condo/motel/hotel/apartelle ng bayan, you would most likely find me washing dishes. Something that Mark and Yan would always try to talk me out of doing while Gen, on the other hand, would encourage me to do. Tongue Don't get me wrong, I do insist on doing the dishes and the more the merrier for me. Why?

1. It's my thinking time. It allows me to plan and strategize what my next move will be when I'm hit once again by the unceasing quarter-life crisis. I'm beginning to think that it'll not go away and will just transform into mid-life crisis. So, bring on the dishes!
2. It is my only form of release ... to unleash my mild obsessive-compulsive behavior. I admit, I did manifest the signs but I have learned to let go after an "awareness" session with my German existentialist professor.
3. It's my stress release after a really irritating situation or after seeing someone who irritates every part of my being. (Hehe! You go figure.)
4. I am still hoping that someday .... one day ... Mark Ladanan will let me sing.
5. And last, it is my form of self-administered punishment. Perhaps I see the washing and cleaning as a metaphor of me being cleansed/washed from the mistake I did.

I really don't know how it started. But when you live in an urban jungle where your daily stress level has become a natural high, you have to be really creative and try to find just about anything to keep your sanity.

Try washing the dishes and see what else is washed away.

p.s. I do not and will not accept dishwashing services.