Marsha Maung:: Freelance graphic designer and writer

Things I learnt after moving out of the safe confines of in-laws’ home and my own home.

 

1. When using plastic gloves to wash dishes, you lose the use of your touch (feel) faculty. Use eyes when washing dishes.

 

2. Dust is not only on your PC. Dust is EVERYWHERE.

 

3. Ants are hateful creatures. Worse than vultures! And worse yet, they are also very vengeful. Kill one hundred of their brothers (or sisters), a thousand of their kind will come raid your kitchen and dustbins. Thankfully, ants are not very smart creatures. They don’t know and can’t remember what a mortein (insect killer) can looks like.

 

4. It takes so painfully long to cook, and very short time to eat (spill, throw, stuff in fridge)

 

5. Each component in a cuisine (albeit dish) is delicately handcrafted by an art master. Read: Have to cut carrot, potato, onion, garlic, vegetable, and whateverelsethereisinthedumbdish each one individually one meh? Cannot cut all at one go?? Someone should design something like this.

 

6. There’s a very important reason why knives are made sharp – they CUT!!! Wash and use carefully.

 

7. Clothes don’t wash, dry, fold and return themselves to closet without human intervention

 

8. The toilet don’t flush, wash and clean itself. Keep soap at safe height.

 

9. One can actually get bored of canned food. (amazing discovery here. I thought we could actually feed the kids canned food until they are 18)

 

10. Food doesn’t grow in fridges and freezers.