Stuffed Animals Eat Ramen Too!!
When I was in Vietnam and visiting the bathhouses, my dad bought me a stuffed animal at the gift shop! It was a cute gray tabby cat with lackluster eyes and wearing a hoodie that resembled a green frog. Little did I know the same plush could be bought on AliExpress, but the price at the gift shop was still slightly cheaper. The hoodie can’t be taken off of the cat, but at the rim of the cat’s face where the hoodie traced around was an extra flap. The flap is just to simulate the feeling of a real hoodie on the cat, but served no other purpose.
Here’s an example of what it looks like:
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A week later, we were riding the train across Vietnam. It was maybe a 16 hour ride, and of course along the way, I was getting hungry. There was food served by the employees, but not for free. Lucky for me, I had packed some ramen packets in my suitcase. But what about hot water? I resorted to my old elementary school ways of sneaking ramen in class and used those abilities to fill my stomach.
Step 1, open the ramen packet and take out the seasoning packets inside. Usually, there should be 2 packets; a dry packet of seasoning filled with various spices and an oil flavoring packet. Step 2, crush the dry noodles in the bag. Make sure to hold the top of the bag closed, so ramen noodles don’t go flying. Big chunks are fine and nice to chew, but have some small (not crushed up to a powder) pieces in order to be evenly coated for step 3. Step 3, ONLY dump in the dry packet to the crushed up noodles. Step 4, hold the bag closed at the top again, and give it a good shake to evenly coat each noodle. Step 5, enjoy!
Usually, the dry seasoning would all fall to the bottom of the bag, so it was necessary to eat with a spoon so we could scoop up some extra seasoning with our noodles. As for the bigger clusters, the seasoning would get entrapped in the intricate waves of the noodles’ webs and had much more flavor. Either way, at the end of my short meal, I was still left with the oil packet. I didn’t want to throw it away and waste it, so I jammed it in the hoodie of my stuffed cat. Surprisingly, it stayed, and I completed the rest of my trip in Vietnam with the packet still in tact. Even when I brought it over to the US and back to my bed, the oil packet remained there, and I would sleep with the plushie everyday. Sometimes, it’d slip out in the middle of the might, but no worries. I’d always shove it back in the morning.
This morning, I woke up as usual, and took my routine morning piss. As I was taking off my pajama shorts, I heard a bit more ‘rustle’ than usual. I just figured the tag on the back of my shorts must’ve gotten caught in my panties. After I did my business and stood up, that’s when I hear a plop in the toilet bowl. I look down in horror to see my beloved oil packet swimming in my golden piss! If the packet had fallen in before I peed, then possibly I’d be more willing to fish it out and wash it with soap and water, but this was too revolting. I had no other choice than to flush the toilet. Goodbye lucky oil packet. I’ll miss our days together in Vietnam.
I relayed the devastating news to my cousin and the heartless bitch just said to open a new pack and shove a fresh oil packet back in the hoodie. It’s just not the same…
TLDR: Make sure your stuffed animal is always eating their ramen.