No Salt? Big deal!

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JUNE 6, 2006

I tried going on a no-salt diet.

First thought: "Salt? Big deal!"

Big deal until I tried cooking without salt. Everything tasted bland (paper bland). I tried putting paprika, turmeric, lemon, garlic powder, onion powder, anise, italian seasoning, curry powder, white pepper, black papper and the entire McCormik product line on fish, meat or poultry, but everything still tasted like paper. It came to a point that cooking became a big effort, and eating a chore.

I'm reminded of this bible passage c/o Armind:

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." -- Matthew 5:13

My new toys, muggers and doing a good deed

Shopping for toys
Off to Divisoria/168 Mall to see if I can find soccer uniforms we can use in our next tournament. However halfway through my Chowking longanisa meal I decided not to go to 168, instead head to Adidas Sportkamp where they are holding a warehouse sale.

Didn't find what I was looking for, but picked up some goodies anyway. I pegged myself to a P1,000 budget and below are the stuff the I got.

- Kinetic Wristband set (P250, sale price P150)
- Pursuit SL Sleevless Shirt (P795, sale price P397.50)
- F50 X-Lite Shin guards (P795, sale price P397.5o)

Net: P945 (saved P55)

The wristband set (last one in the basket) comes in 5 individual pieces (black, green, khaki, orange and mint green). Now I have a matching wristband for every soccer jersey in my cabinet, hehe.
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The good and the bad
On my way home, from my seat on the bus I saw a guy being mugged by four indigents along Roxas Blvd. in Baclaran. They were groping his pants (for his cellphone I'm sure) and took his wallet. Poor guy looked like a highschool kid on his way to a date. They returned his wallet when they were satisfied and walked away as people around seemed to ignore the whole incident.

God, I wish i had better X-Men powers, but my Gay-Dar wouldn't be any use in this situation. I could interfere, but would anyone help me? The only martial arts I know is "Sayonatsi" (short for "say-na-tsinelas-ko-takbo!"). There were also no cops around, whom I could have shown a camera photo of the suspects(that is, If I had the presence of mind to take one).

I felt bad about doing nothing. He could have been me 15 years ago. Would have you done something?

Later on along Coastal Road somebody called Lenon handed me a small note and it read:

If this was a ploy for me to shell out P12, it worked. After missing an opportunity to do a good deed, I just couldn't let a second one pass and got a pack of special macapuno(which looked dry and old). I gave it to Pam and it made made her forget I left her with the kids all day when I got home.

The P12 was well worth it (Thanks Lenon!).