Thursday, December 16, 2004
ramblings of a frustrated shopper
i am sooo back.i'm back from my three week hiatus. it has been so long that i actually don't
know how to start writing again. anyway, a lot has happened. there's the bora trip,
the work area decorating contest in the office, the case study, and of course there's work. i honestly don't feel like writing about any of these because days have passed and i'm bad at recalling stuff and events and details about them, so i'll just post some pictures soon. hay tamad. XP
anyway, jay and i were on our way home from another failed attempt to actually buy something for christmas. may it be a gift for somebody or for ourselves; or for a costume we need in the office. well, luck was just not on our side these days. anyway, it was almost 10 o'clock pm and the mrt station was still swamped with people. a clear sign that christmas is indeed just around the corner. everybody looked so tired and seemed to be in a rush (us included).
during these days, malls are filled with rushing shoppers and the streets? in horrible , horrible traffic. makes me wonder, since when did we treat Christmas like this? So commercialized, so pressuring, so expensive, so artificial. i mean, what if on Christmas day we don't give gifts to each other, just gather ourselves around a table , eat whatever food is on it and just talk. share stories and enjoy just being together? won't that be a refreshing change?
i, for one, is guilty of using material things to make someone else's Christmas happy. well, i'd like to think they'd be happy. but what if. what if in some turn of events i don't have enough moolah to buy stuff for everybody or anybody for that matter? will it make their Christmas less joyous? and mine less meaningful? subukan ko kaya...hehehe
i guess there's really no harm in using material gifts to make other people feel special on christmas day. let's just not make it the be all and end all of the whole event. so to everyone, maligayang pasko po!
now that i wrote this, parang nakakahiya na tuloy mag publish ng wishlist ko. shet.
babyburn at 11:02 AM