A break from food posts would be housekeeping tips. I think it's more apt I post here some tidbits on housekeeping and cleaning since it's more tied together with food rather than beauty and fitness. Anyhoo, aside from learning to cook, part of moving to where I live is to learning to clean. Not that I don't know how to clean. Cleaning is actually therapeutic for me. It's either because I have OCD or probably because the sight of squeaky clean and dust- and grime-free areas are a burst of positive energy in my case. When a place is just too murky with dirt and kalat, there's like a negative life force in it. Also, cleaning is a great workout for me, if I miss pole or yoga class. Oh, and when I say how I clean, I don't mean like the very picturesque Cinderella singing "Sing Sweet Nightingale" and all poised and pretty. I'm talking me in a ratty shirt, with my hair bundled up in a hair clamp scrubbing the bejeezus out of things.
Nothing like this. Maybe the evil stepsisters perhaps.
My friend and pole teacher Kris has taught me so many things in pole. She has made me do death-defying combos like butterfly-hero-superman, butterfly on my wierd side, the scorpio on the back on the knee, and meat hook. It's so cute how she incorporates life lessons in pole classes, like gripping the pole to a healthy loving relationship. Also, with life lessons and pole lessons, she shares awesome household tips. Just like me, she loves a clean house.
Just last week after pole class, she shared with me her favorite all-purpose cleaner, Cif. You buy it at 7-11 or any supermarket and it's practically a time-saving magical bottle in cleaning. "All you have to do is just put cleaner, then wipe it with a damp cloth, then wipe off with a damp cloth and it's like *insert awestruck expression here* ." She told me. Okay, so guess what I got in this week's grocery cart?
Everyone, meet Cif. Cif, meet everyone. Just when you think it costs an arm and a leg for a bottle, let me remind you that it's awesomely cheap (I think if I recall less than 100 pesos or just a little over, if I'm not mistaken). I got the lemon-scented one, because lemon scents are awesome and fresh. There's also the original scent though, if you don't like lemony things.
First up, judge the dirty floor with your pointed toes. Thankfully, our floor can be washed. I previously swept the floor of dirt already so I just want it cleaner.
Then, wipe the surface with a damp cloth to get the product around. Rinse or in my case, I wiped with another damp cloth to remove the residue.
Be awed at the wonderfully clean floor. And point your toes once more. This time, do not judge. Admire the floor. There would still be some scrubbly things left though. The good thing I like about this is that the floor dries quickly after and I can just sweep out the scrubbly gritty things and the floor is smooth and clean.
Normally, what I'd do is really wash the floor with soapy solution, which kind of takes forever to dry. Aside from cleaning quickly like magic, it's pretty fast and it took me less than an hour to clean my floor, no drying time needed.
I love clean floors. I can pole and floorwork with ease and love. Oh yes, I do split grip lifts in between chores as a break.
I'm not sure if a Hogwarts wizard invented Cif, but I swear, this has got me sold, and my cleaning mojo going.
