sabong mabango

when i was a little girl, i remember so well that my lola used "sabong mabango" as her body bath soap. she wouldn't call it any other name but "sabong mabango". it's not a mystery soap though. it's just lux bar soap :) the green one.

life then wasn't so complicated. there were just three types of soaps:

sabong panlaba - this is the detergent bar soap (aka tide) and we would use it to wash the dishes and wash the clothes. o diba! wala pang joy joy noon. and this was the pre-washing machine era, so we're talking about mano-manong paglalaba c/o ka choleng the great lavandera. :)

sabong pang toilet - i don't think i have to go into details. you can find this soap in the toilet and you know what purpose it serves :p safeuard, nothing less, is the brand.

sabong mabango - lola's bath soap. lola was so meticulous when it comes to washing her clothes. when washing her undies, she would handwash using detergent soap but for the third rinse, she would use lux to ward off the detergent smell. isn't that a good idea? :)

it all came back to me now because i found some lux soap bars in our supplies. i took one. lola, this sabong mabango is for you :)