uKaY-UkAy

An unplanned trip to Japan left me with one problem. I have no winter clothes here because I expected to spend two years in the eternal inferno that is the Philippines. So I had one simple mission before me: to find a giant sweater. The mission posed two problems one is finding a sweater for sale in a sub tropical environment and finding a sweater for someone with a 6'4" frame in a country where the average height is about 5'8". I decided to head to the ukay-ukay which is Filipino for giant thrift store. Rebeka and I were scouring the racks for a giant sweater but it didn't look like a possibility. Then all of a sudden I grabbed a light brown sweater. I gave it a look over and thought it might actually fit. I unzipped the sweater and threw it on. Just like a glove. A perfect fit and even in style. Then I heard Rebeka laughing behind me. I turned around and said "what, you don't like it". I couldn't understand what was so funny. I took off the sweater and was a little bit hurt. Then I noticed a big jean patch on the back of the sweater. Oh great I found a sweater that fits but looks like the 1980's threw up on it. After Rebeka stopped laughing she came up with the idea to cut off the patch, which said sicko on it. So we spent the 150 pesos (3 dollars) and took the sweater home. After an hour long procedure I removed the patch but the word sicko was stained in the sweater. Rebeka had a solution for this problem too. She decided to wash the sweater repeatedly and let the sun bleach it out. Well we're getting ready to leave for Japan and the sweater still has a faint sicko outline. I guess it might be an opportunity to get a new nickname. Oh how I love shopping.