Dear1 Dear2

Here is the bean sprout my dear! Very cute hor…

Let’s see, today is Wednesday evening and it’s the first time I noticed the bean sprout. But it looks quite too long to have suddenly developed over the course of 1 day at work. So the conclusion is, it had been growing for 3 days, just that I hadn’t noticed it until today. Let’s recap.

Dear2 cooked green bean soup for us last Sunday (3 days ago) becos the weather was hot and we need to ‘cool down’. After finishing the tasty green bean soup, Dear2 washed the pot and I did noticed some green beans being stucked at the outlet. At that time, I didn’t give it any thought becos I assume it would be washed down the drain very soon. Never would I have imagined that it would sprout. Come to think of it, cooked green beans should be denatured and it couldn’t possibly sprout. That meant, the seeds of green I saw on Sunday night was probably fresh seeds that had fallen out during the earlier food preparation phase.

When I discovered the bean sprouts this evening, it was even standing upright and reaching for the sun. Upon lifting the sink filter, I noticed that the roots of the bean sprout was very long, about twice the length of the bean sprout itself and somewhat entangled with the lower sink outlet structure. Nevertheless, it came off quite easily and after inspection, there was no more bean sprout within the outlet.

This episode taught us a few things:

1. Bean sprouts grow very quickly, 1 more day and I think it can be eaten. Makes sense for people who enjoy eating bean sprouts to plant their own.
2. Bean sprouts are strong, they can grow in unfavourable conditions with only moisture as their nutrients. There was no cotton wool and the sun was so far away. This is really something we can learn, 豆芽的精神.
3. Never ignore an innocent looking green bean seed in the kitchen sink and so always clean up the sink and filter properly after every washing.

Haha… This really reminded me about our primary school experiments where our teachers will ask us to grow some bean sprouts at home. It’s really quite interesting dear, dun faint lah. Gee… We are building up so many memories in our home, bit by bit. Muck!

-Dear1

Wash clothes. Tidy the coffee table.  Sweep the floor.  Bring out laundry to sun. Cook lunch. Bake cookies. What a relaxing Saturday.

Last week, as Dear1 and Dear2 were casually chatting over dinner (Dear1 and Dear2 like to talk, talk about many things – current affairs, little happenings which Dear1 read from the internet, about life, about what we’ve done and what we like to do, about fashion, politics, food, the latest movie we’ve watched – everything under the sun), Dear1 opinioned that household chores should be done leisurely.  But in this fast paced society of ours, ‘the working mum does not have time to slowly cook the dinner’. Dear2 has too fallen prey to the trap – household chores are routine and just have to be done, so what talk about enjoying the task!?

But hey, what Dear1 said made sense.  You too can enjoy the chore.  During the hanging out of laundry to dry, Dear1 applies Optimization Theory to determine the best permutation of sequencing which piece of clothe goes out on this tecko and that tecko.  Oh boy. Dear1 is full of such This Theory and That Transform!

But seriously, if one can choose to handle the task with better enjoyment, the ‘chore’ can become a ‘core’ pleasure. Of course, when there is a deadline to meet, it’s about efficiency and time management.  Other than that, why not take on these mundane tasks with ease and flair, and you too can have a relaxing Saturday.

Have a great weekend.  Cheers.

- Dear2