My mom has a lot of not-very-glamour yet very practical everyday life tricks. When I was in Taiwan vacationing, I vowed to blind my eyes with the largest quantity of comic books (manga). There is no one to stop me from reading comic books now, regardless what ratings they are. The tricky bit is the comic book rental shop is hidden in the busy market street near the base of our mountain. It is simply impractical to go there by car, motorcycle is defintely a better choice. However, how to carry those books? My mom threw me her ugly shopping basket, which can fit greatly at the footrest between my legs. It is also easy to carry (if using the storage underneath the seat and the tiny basket, I need to distribute the books to those 2 locations, collected them to another bag when I arrive home), Although I look so much like middle age woman in shorts and slippers with the huge grocery basket.
Checking into her lunch bag, she has a small tupperware containing tissue papers. It is easier to retrieve. An old juicer's filter has became her coffee filter. Some of the culinaries in my home were used for more than 30 years. She rarely spent any money in buying sets of cookware or dinnerware, yet we always have meals with matching dishes and good quality rice bowls.
Our duvets and pillows were 100% cotton, enjoyed seasonal sunbathing and re-puffing (we sent them to the duvet shop who can puff up the cotton with some machine). I still couldn't get used to the any other cotton in my pillow.
We don't have expensive furnitures (XiaoHo made various drawing on the sofa anyways, now it is my nephew's turn). But nothing is excessive. The only thing she demanded is storage space.
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