Thing I love #2
This thing is something I never knew existed three years ago. I did not have a need for this item. I did not wish I had one.
When I arrived and was shopping for household supplies I kept seeing these huge colorful basins on the shelves at the store. They were very affordable but I still had my NA (North American) eyes and I didn't even know what they were for.
Soon I started noticing them everywhere, and I found out they had a name! Palanggana (pa-lang-ga-nah).
Now, we own three large palangganas and several smaller ones. These things are the best! They come in all shapes, sizes and colors. We use them for laundry, sorting things, a swimming pool, a spaceship, a car, holding water balloons, a bathtub for Miss Muffet and bunch of other things.
It took me a long time to be able to say that word without messing it up or saying the Tagalog word for "name" instead, which is "pangalan (pa-nga-lan)."
"Excuse me, what is your washbasin?" :)
4 comments:
Love these posts! :) And where can I get mine?? ;)
Great pictures, great washbasins, big enough for anything and everything.
That's so great! I have just started appreciating them. I bought one the other day so Naomi could practice washing dishes. It's a "sink", just her size!
Yes! This is the one object I miss most from all the other countries in the world that I have lived in!
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