I Likey!

In the past couple of months, I somehow managed to go through two cellular phones. Both gave up and died on me.


It was nice to be out of reach for a couple of days, but then people would chew on me about being incommunicado. All right, all right, time to shop for a new phone.


I have always been a Nokia user, so I shopped around for a new phone. Hhmmm, the 6300 model looks good - nice, clean lines and it looks sturdy - and then I noticed that most of the employees' phone in the office is that exact model. Okay, scrap that.


Then, I stumbled upon the 6500. I likey! The classic and not the slide; the bronze and not the black. Problem is, it's not in stock. What to do? So after verifying that no dealer has any stock of it, and since I vowed not to compromise anymore, I decided to wait for the stocks to arrive; but then again, I REALLY need that phone.


A brilliant idea hit me then. I walked into a cellphone store in Greenhills and asked for the cheapest phone they have. I got a basic phone at PhP1,600.00. Brand new, no frills. I likey!

My Little Christmas Tree

Since my parents got a Christmas tree, I am the default person to set it up during Christmas. Year after year, I would set up the tree. Even when I started college, when I go home for the Christmas break, I would find the tree waiting for me to set it up.

The tree grew dilapidated as the years pass, soon, we stopped putting up the tree or any Christmas decorations all together. My mom asked me to stop putting up the tree since I would come back to Manila and leave the tree still set up. Mama is left with the task of keeping the ornaments and the tree. I guess keeping the tree is not as fun as setting it up.

With each passing year, I find Christmas becoming more and more tedious, with all the traffic, the shopping, the expense, and inconveniences. I have become a scrooge. Although from time to time, I would toy with the idea of getting a tree and put it up together with some Christmas decors; but the thought of having to put away what I set up is no great incentive to follow through on my thoughts.

This year, my bosses' mom gave me a Christmas gift. What do you know? I think it was perfect. A tree the comes complete with ornaments, and best of all, I can keep it in a snap of a finger. My little Christmas tree is now set up - over the door to the bedroom.

What do you know? I have my Christmas tree! =)