“Maple syrup for Justice & Peace,” KQ calls it
This is the fourth day of Del’s “Fast for Justice and Peace”, or
“The Maple Syrup Siege”
(see third previous blog post below, it’s her detoxification diet of 12 tablespoons of maple syrup, fresh lemon juice, and cayenne pepper, and nothing else, for the whole day, for ten days ), and this is the monitor of her campaign, and for which she gave permission to this blog to post her texts or SMS as updates (i always ask permission from any personal mail-sender or “text-sender” before posting their messages)
First Day: (as you know, Del owns and runs the most aromatic, healthiest, vegetarian restaurant with the tastiest fares this side of town; and she continues to work during her hunger strike) From Del: “Hi! While the staff was frying tofu balls, i was seriously considering whether to continue or not. i spent 2 K already for the ingredients, so, no choice but to proceed…”
“Hirap (Difficult) mag-stay (to stay) in Likha (the name of the resto), nakaka-torture ang smell ng food (my translation: It’s difficult. Getting a whiff of the aroma of the food while on hunger strike is a form of cruel and unusual punishment, a violation of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.)
3rd Day of “Struggle by Maple Syrup”: From Del: “I’m okay. Tutulan ang maple syrup (Oppose maple syrup) na very expensive (that’s very expensive). Was able to jog yesterday, and did a standing ovation today because there were lots of orders for deliveries. Thanks for checking on me.”
As a form of moral support for her self-imposed food embargo, we (KQ and i) told her not to worry about the maple syrup because we are ready with our hotcakes (pancakes) and would bring these should she decide to back out.
4th day of “The Battle of Maple Syrup”: Hi! On my 4th day today. i biked yesterday to U.P. , then took a pit stop, then to National Kidney Inst. then to Human Nature in U.P. Village and back to Likha. Okey naman (It’s okay). Will attend the yoga class later, hope will still have the energy. Just finished reading your blog, cute naman, napa– smile ako he-he”
then, her reply to my sms: “i drooled over your dessert photos, haaay (sigh), i shouldn’t look at those in the meantime, i miss eating.”
Take it easy, Del!
