case no. 1. about 2 years ago, i bought a set of WMF teaspoons. it had a nice classic design with matte silver handle and a sweet sensuous curve. anyway. so i bought a set of six. about a few months ago, i recognized that there’s always only four of them on the cutlery drawer even when the sink’s all empty. i just assumed that the other two must be under the bed or on a shelf somewhere (chaotic house, i know). but months of futile search yielded nothing. drat, i’m starting to suspect hubby chucked his yoghurt cups in the recycle bin, teaspoon and all!

case no. 2. now in case you’re a jeffrey deaver fan like me, you’d be worried sick to find that one of your kitchen knives is missing. also about 2 years ago (pardon my poor memory, but am i supposed to remember when i bought what?!), we bought a nice set of kitchen knives (proudly german made! hehe), complete with a stand block. the block is crucial in this story because it’s impossible to miss that there are slits (slots?) for exactly 5 knives. and yes, as it would go in a pinoy thriller movie, one of them is missing. it’s not the size that will end up at the back of the drawer or at the back of the sofa (you know, in case hubby used it for bread), so it’s really unnerving. i’m half convinced of a benign explanation such as the knife again ending up with the trash, having been all wrapped up together with potato peels and apple cores. but sometimes my mind whispers of something more macabre. gee, i’ve been reading too many martha grimes and patricia cornwell.

case no. 3. this case is just so annoying. during my last philippine vacation, i’ve sent at least 15 postcards to all over the globe, and i’ve gotten confirmation of receipt from only 4. do you know how difficult it is, by the way, to find decent postcards away from tourist-infested hotspots and posh resorts? i mean, really, who buys those postcards with pictures of lapu-lapu and apolinario mabini?? luckily, i spotted those with photos of pinoy dishes and their corresponding recipes at the back. ingenious! now, i assume half the responsibility for anna’s postcard getting lost (didn’t put any zipcode), but what about the other 10? and here i am, thinking i’m doing the society good by re-popularizing the seemingly-lost art of snail-mail. sus!

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