A Day in the City

Today we did drive to the landratsamt to get an environmental stickers for our cars and to change my driver's license as well. Dirk dropped me near the city to buy something at Asia Shop. I'm going to prepare Lumpiang Shanghai for the Sinulog Fest on sunday.

On my way to Oratay's Thai shop, i came accross a house decor store. I was fascinated by the beauty of this hand-painted oriental vase, a combination of blue and yellow. I'm thinking of including the item in my balikbayan box because it matched the color of my bar in the third floor of our house in the Philippines. So I bought two flower vases, the other one matched the color scheme of our house here in Appenweier. The saleslady wrapped the vases in an old newspaper to secure it.

With my vases on the right hand and my asian goodies on the left hand, i decided to buy some bread in the nearby bakery. When I'm about to pick up my junks, the plastic bag containing my vases hit the wall and it breaks. I'm really so sad because the handpainted vase is the one that is kaputt. Then I decided to call Joy to give me a lift to avoid further breakage. Thank God she's on her way to the city parking lot when i reached her. We then decided to have lunch in a chinese restaurant where elena joined us later. Oh!!! what a day.


My day has had its ups and downs, but the most important thing is that i manage to survive. Moral lesson of the day- be careful in carrying breakable items and avoid spontaneous shopping. I know shopping is in my genes probably i inherited it from my late mother. Next time, my shopping will be well-planned with shopping list and most important, i will bring my car.