Xmas '13

Another Christmas spent at home cooped up in a corner with my laptop working my ass off!

Cheers!! xxx

The Actual Christmas

After spending the Christmas Eve with family and extended family on our mother’s side, it’s now time to spend it on daddy’s family side. Lots of food. What else to expect? I guess we really are a family in love with food. Hihi.

We sneaked out for coffee with Kuya Joseph and Ate Didith and met Ate in Starbucks, Eastwood.

Hmm.. As usual, what can I expect with Ate… *smile nalang* no comment. Hehe..

Saw Marc there too. Pleasant to see him. J

Hours before Christmas Eve

Christmas on a weekend. Hmm.. Perhaps it was the ideal timing but for me it’s not. It makes my December a lot shorter!

Mother said, we were to attend mass early tonight because we were set to offer for the mass. And so, we prepped up for it and anticipated the night mass. Usually on a Christmas day, we attend mass early in the morning instead of the anticipated mass on Christmas eve. So this is what happened that made our night! We, meaning Aira, Lola and I, came first to the church. We saw the signage “reserved for offerors”, knowing that we were asked to offer that night we sat in it and there goes this old people of the church sarcastically asking us and saying that the seats were meant for the “offerors”. Well, we told them so that we were set to offer for the mass that night. Another question in line was, “Anong offer nyo?” and as I thought, do offers need to be audited before it was offered? Then another old lady came in the scene asking the first one why are we seated in the reserved seats, and she was like, “Sabi nila mag-ooffer daw sila e.” Watch the attitude Missus! Mind that you are serving in the church. Tsk. What pissed my sister and I was the tone and line of questioning. Duh?! As if we were so desperate for the seats! How shameful for the church! Anyway, we left the seats and either way I wouldn’t want to be seated right next to those.. uhmm.. How should I put it? Gracious servants of God! How mockingly shameful..?! Lola stayed because she needs it. We ended the mass quite peacefully and then here comes another issue.. whew! What a Christmas eve to go through. Not quite a fun night.

Time for gifts!

I am on a tight budget since I’m booked for Seoul on February. And so, I have only a handful of people to give gifts. Teammates in the office, KCC classmates and good friends.. My idea was just a sort of mug/glass with cover in it. And then it became bag of sweets. And then when I dropped by Japan Home Center I saw these whisky glasses and thought of another idea. Why not put the sweets in it making the glass the gift wrapper? And there it goes. Bought a dozen of whisky glasses, Ferrero Rocher’s, Marks & Spencer’s candies and chocolates, and voila! This was how it looked like. J

Glad they liked it! Happy holidays!♥