It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

Ahh.. Christmas... The cool night breeze, the echoes of voices singing carols, the flickering glow of a thousand dancing lights. It really is here. Pasko na talaga.

I have always been one who seems to catch the Christmas fever later than everyone else. Coming from a big family, and later on marrying into a bigger one--- christmas meant giving gifts--- in bulk.

I just came to thinking that if last year was my All-Out Christmas, then this year, as an ode to the economic recession, I can have Hide-Out Christmas-- you know, having both Jap and I's godchildren OUTside while we HIDE.

First on my Xmas List would be my husband's wish list. In bed at night, he sometimes wonders (out loud) if it would be too much to ask if he pins an announcement on their TSU bulletin board that he wants an AMFMradio/alarm/digital clock as a gift from whoever picked his name at their KrisKringle. Not just any radio clock mind you, he says he'd write down specifics like the fact that the one he likes can be bought at the Abenson in Metrotown Mall. At a P300 exchange gift budget, I pity his Monita.

Next on his wish list is a new laptop. He says an Apple Macbook would do, or perhaps a Sony Vaio, or given no choice, a Hewlett Packard like the one we already have would suffice. He would walk around the room running a commentary which would go something like this:

Apple has released yet another stunning wonder----the Macbook Air. It is the thinnest laptop jampacked with great features while maintaining a slim profile. Air Laptop is equipped with a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4 MB L2 cache, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 80 Gb 1.8 inch HDD . The Macbook Air also sports the Wireless connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11n standards along with the Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP!

At $1800 apiece, he would retract his offer on his more realistic days saying that buying matching Fossil watches would be nice.

My husband is only 25 years old, he however loves listening to the AM radio station as much as an 85-yr old retired grandpa. So when he learned about Sony Ericsson's first cellphone with AM/FM radio, he was sold at first glance. Check out the Sony Ericsson R300.

At just over a $100, I'm thinking that's more like it.

As for me, I know what I want to buy for myself this Christmas.

I have gone months stirring clear of sites with a mere mention of Harry Potter, covering my ears each time someone eagerly wants to share Book 7's ending.

Not that I've never had the g's to get me one before now, what with past NCLEX reviews, a new job, and now 3 subjects to handle I wanted to make sure I would enjoy the last book of the series without having to worry about anything else.

I believe now that I'm settled into my job and all, I deserve a good book like no other. Besides, J.K Rowling has a new series for eff's sake! The Tales of Beedle the Bard would have to wait until the effin Summer Break.

Now, if only they sold this packaged with EXTRA TIME to read included, I'd be in Christmas Heaven.