manic pop

We went to pick up something important inside the Harrison Plaza near Rustan's.

It was my special gurl's PRC Dental Certificate that her mother took time to had it framed at one of those small stands on the second floor of the mall. (Her mother works at the Central Bank just across the mall.)

The frame was beautiful and elegant because it was made of glass with wood edges.

We had lunch at the Yum Yum Tree near Rustan's Supermarket. While there, I noticed the air cellular cushioning material known as the bubble wrap. I was itching to pop all of it but, out of courtesy, I stopped myself.

Buuut...

When we got home, I eagerly asked her for the bubblewrap.

Well, she didn't say no. I felt she was going to tell me something, though, when she didn't hand me the plastic material right away.

Share. That was her word.

Share. I wanted not to.

Share. But I had to, otherwise I'd resort to something drastic like bullying my way, which I know I'd regret later.

Share...

"Oh woh kei," I said slow.

So, that evening in our bedroom, while she was watching a rerun of Sleepless in Seattle, there we were quietly popping the plastic material.

It didn't matter whether we'd have sore thumbs after. We weren't even talking to each other.

Some people have popcorn, we have poppers.

It was over in 5 minutes. Bummer.

But, hey, anytime I feel like popping a bubble wrap, I just head on to this webby.

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kids should know that...

Bubble wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957. Like many innovations, it was accidental: The two were trying to create a textured plastic wallpaper with paper backing that could be easily cleaned. The term is a trademark of the Sealed Air Corporation which was founded in 1960 by those inventors, and should theoretically only be used for products of that company; the generic term for material of this type is air cellular cushioning material, although bubble wrap is rapidly becoming a genericized trademark. (wikipedia)