Your plus and minus as a woman
By humairaku
@humairaku (2038)
Indonesia
November 2, 2012 1:28am CST
Hi, mylotters..!!
This discussion was just lingered on my mind when i was cooking. I speak to myself that not ever women in this world cook as well as I do. lol. yeah, im proudly say that i can cook well. not all food actually but i can cook well most common food. even somtimes i can create my own recipe and it tastes good. i can iron clothes very tidily. i can wash clothes very well so my family's clothes look clean and tidy every time. i show these aabilities cos not every women could do what i can do. i have a friend, a girl, who cant cook, wash, and iron. she does all those activities very badly. that's why I can say proudly here that i can do house chores very well. and people should admit me as a 'real' woman..! lol.
but im cant enjoy sweeping and mopping the floor. it's so tiring for me. i dont like cleaning my room very often. my husban does it. lol.
what about you, what is your plus and minus as a common woman? thx for sharing..:)
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5 responses
@margies (128)
• Indonesia
27 Nov 12
i like to cook, but well if i must baked cookies or cake, well i gave up hahaha, i try it once, i try to make some cake without eggs, and the result is not good , lol. I enjoy to mopping the floor and sweeping too, but if i must iron clothes, i will take time 10 minutes , no longer time, cause if take time so long, i can't stand the heat of the atmosphere.... :)
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
28 Nov 12
just like me, im not expert in making cake. i think making cake needs more patience cos we should measure all the ingredients. if we make mistake in.measuring them, the result will be not good or even the delicous cake wont be created. that is why i prefer cooking food to making cake. if we cook food we shouldnt measure the ingredients too precisely. i can guess if we want to.make a pan of soup i should prepare how much chicken, vegetabled and seasoning without meaure them first. but i can make some simple cake such donut or pancake very well. my daughter likes it very much cos it is delicious enough for an amateur like me. lol.
what o you think about being a woman today, they should stay at home taking care of thd family, or get a good career or both? share your ideas..:)
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
29 Nov 12
ups..! im a mother actually. lol.
i like cooking since i was a teenager. my performance is like a boy and my friends always called me tomboy or 'mas' (the way we call a young man). they think i was like boy in everything. they think i cant cook, i cant wash and iron well or else. but they must be very surprised when they know i can do almost all women's tasks very well. even my boss said that i can make very delicious coffee. yeah dont judge the book from its cover rite? lol.
@margies (128)
• Indonesia
28 Nov 12
you're good father to your family. very rarely found a father like you who wants to do everything for his family :). and you really enjoy it that activities .... yeah same with me, i can make simple donut too :), my favourite donuts made from potatoes , it's yummy and tasty.
I guess not to stay at home, but both of that, you can taking care your family and having great career too :D
@ElicBxn (63642)
• United States
3 Nov 12
I don't care to cook, but I can make a good soup, actually, I can make 3 good soups.
I've become not a bad cook since I started doing home health.
Ever since my former roommate "cooked" the laundry, I've done the wash, and my clothes are clean, but I only iron if forced to - or if I'm sewing.
I hate to clean, but as the only person who can see the floor without BEING on the floor, I get the chore of sweeping and mopping if I can't hire someone else to do it...
I can sew... well... I can sew somethings.
I'm crafty, I can bead and cross stitch, I can even crochet a little, but I don't do it much because it makes my hand go numb.
On the whole, I'm a pretty big flunk out of a "common woman"... probably why I'm single - well... actually, I decided to be single.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
4 Nov 12
having good ability in making soup is included into 'able to cook'..lol..what i mean with someone who cant cook is that they really cant cook at all. what they can do maybe only make instant noodle or fry an egg. lol. yeah it's true cos i have a friend who cant cook at all. she even doesnt know name of ingredients or seasoning we use in cooking. so if you say you can make soup, intant soup excluded, right? lol, yeah..you can cook then..you only need to improve your takent in making soup to making another food.
i dont like cleaning at all cos holding brooms too long will hurt my hand. i prefer ironing to sweeping. ironing many clothes wont hurt my hand but it causes backache. lol.
i have a plan to take a sewing course soon. i want to be a tailor. i want to design and make clothes and sell them.on Facebook. it is a today trend in my place and some online shop are so successfull having this kind of bussiness. tailor is still a good job in my place. they will get a lot if money especially during the new academic year when students need new uniform. they can earn million in a month. it's cool. it's obe of my dreams.
you're great i think. you're a brave woman by deciding to be a single. it is not acceptable principal in my place. that's why i call you as a brave woman..
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@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
2 Nov 12
I think it is good to have self pride in anything we do and it's good that you are proud of yourself and all that you can do! For a lot of years, that is what I did, took care of my house and my family. My kids are older now and mostly take care of themselves and now I have time to do things that I like to do. I never did like sweeping and mopping very much but for a long time, I did things the hard way. Now I look for the fastest, easiest ways to do things.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 12
yeah, you can do thise house chores easier cos there are many house appliances which are modern and easy to use to lighten your job..:)
FYI, in my place, house chores are still being a 'brand' to women. so if there's a girl or a woman couldnt do those house chores, people around them will mock them by saying: how could a woman couldnt cook?. it hurts for some women who heard that. but fortunately i can do those house chores very well so im free from that stigma. lol. i should thank to my mom who had taught me everything about being a good woman. not all mothers teach their daughter like what my mom did. i can cook and so on just like my mom. my sister is even better than me. what my mom and my sister could do but i dont is sewing. my mom used to sew my scool uniform by her own hands. my sister does that to her children. but i dont do that to my daughter cos i cant. lol.
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
2 Nov 12
what do you mean by real women? i mean i am confused, do you mean to say if a women can cook and wash clothes properly then she is termed as "real women" , is that what women have to do to be real? please explain me. if that is what you want to say, then i am no a normal woman ,who don't like to do all these. I don't want to get any recognition by doing these things to call me as a real woman. Because i am woman and nobody has the ability to take away that from me. hehe.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 12
ups, im so sorry if you think like it. i gave real this sign ".." to describe that what i mean with real is not like the meaning of real we common use. i mean its little joke of me. it's based on my experience. in my place, if we cant do those house chores, then people will question: are you a real woman? if yes, why you couldn cook? it happens in my place. so if a woman cant cook, people wont "recognise" her as a real woman till she is abe to cook. yeah, of course its only a kind of value, and some of people dont notice it. why this happens cos house chores are so woman in my place. i mean, when we are talking about woman, people will directly think about cooking, taking care of children or washing clothes. so when a woman hasnt been goid enough in cooking and else, her 'womanity' will be questioned. that's my explanation. i hope you can uderstand due to my bad English. lol. the most important thing is that it is only a value which is believed in my society. i dont know whether it us also believed in another society..
what about in your society? are there any requirements to be a woman? lol..lol..
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
2 Nov 12
You make a great point there. I feel I cook and look good. But, its not important to me to tell people. Its better for them to see it themselfs. I guess I am not as proud as you are. I thank you for the great post today. Have a super weekend there.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 12
you should be proud dear cos like i said, not all women could cook well. there are so many brands aimed to people, and cooking is a brand which is so close with woman. women today dont pay attention too much to this thing cos women today are more independent than decades before. they are not required to be at home anymore but they can choose what they want to do, wheter she wants to a housewie or a career wiman, freely. so women today are not too worry if they cant do house chores very well cos the push from society no longer exist. so if you could do house chores well, you should be proud to yourself dear..its your plus..
p.s. your look beautiful in this picture..:)