unflat my life

It's sunday night. Driving back from church, I did a little detour to downtown trying to see Moneo's church and Prix's school in Bunker Hill area. My GPS was suddenly dead and I got lost. But I kept driving west from there and saw LA neighborhood zones at night that are very vibrant, raw, but pretty nevertheless. I saw El Salvadorean groceries, Guatemalan cafes, Latin discos, 24 hours hamburger stands, neon signs of Korean churches, restaurants, Japanese fastfood and finally, ended up at the posh Beverly Hills. What a show. I parked on a street with many little shops and cafes (Beverly Blvd?), took a little walk and bought a delicious looking cakecup from Crumbs. I though I would eat in the car. And guess what, got flat tire, blurb, blurb, blurb, blurb.... and I said "s***" :) Hahaha. Gone was the message today about letting God dwell in my heart, can't even stay in my mouth, not always smelling good...

I thank my brother everytime I get a flat tire. He taught me once many years ago and has been super useful skill ever since. Especially if you are a teenager living in Jakarta driving around past midnight and getting a flat tire. At least in my hyped-up paranoia perception, you would be dead meat on the street... actually more like a steak (medium well).

I came back home, washed my dirty hands and mouth. As usual, in my world (inside my 1300cc jelly meat), everything has to mean or be something, hahaha, including this one. Flat tire is the most uncomfortable annoyance. It shocks and angers you. But you will quickly get up and try to fix it at soon as possible no matter how messy it is. When it's done, you are relieved and can't believe how easy it is, and most importantly be able to get going, and appreciate the comfort of moving again. Well that's my state of feeling(s) now. I am cranking up the heavy object and know pretty soon I will get going. Then I will be able to sing Ray Charles' Unchain My Heart tune and replace with ooohh, unflat my life... please set me free...

Uumhh my coconut cup cake is really gooooood. I think they have it NY too, Crumbs bakeshop.