Gifts, presents or whatever you call them.

Yeah, everyone loves to receive gifts. Agnes, my officemate and close friend actually just arrived from a business trip from China gave me a gift. She actually did not know what it meant but the idea of someone giving a gift is more than enough. It is not one of those usual gifts I have received from friends so it was kind of great. Here's the pic.

This is an idol of a Chinese god which brings wealth and abundance. This is according to my Chinese colleague. Thanks Nes.

Another thing, my housemate also came from a vacation in Cambodia and she brought us shirts. She gave me the white shirt but it was really big for me so I chose the smaller one. It fits me well when I tried. Thanks Ats for this T-shirt. Here's the pic by the way:
Thanks guys for these stuff.

Christmas is in the Air, smell it!

Holidays are coming and are really unstoppable.

At work, our officemates organized Monito/Monita - a kind of exchange gifts activity where there is a specific theme. Last week, we had something green and just this week we had something dark / black / evil. I received a pen that's colored green with a hand sign of peace and yesterday, I received a head and a wrist band which is good for badminton. They were cool gifts and thanks to those who gave them.

I am thinking if there will be gift giving or even big Christmas celebrations or parties in Singapore. Also thinking if vacations in Singapore would be long which I doubt. Sigh :( An hour ago, our HR emailed everyone of the holidays this December (Philippines) and they are as follows:

1. ) December 1, 2008 declared as a regular holiday in lieu of November 30 which commemorates Bonifacio Day
2.) December 25, 2008 Christmas Day
3.) December 26, 2008 Special non-working holiday
4.) December 29, 2008 Special non-working holiday
5.) December 30, 2008 Rizal Day
6.) December 31, 2008 Special non-working holiday

Quite a long holiday here in the Philippines. I will surely miss Christmas as I have foreseen that I will be spending it somewhere else away from home. I'm getting nostalgic already of the thought of it. Well I will be going home to Cebu first week of December and I will spend those days with my family and friends. So I'll make the most out of this mini vacation.

Christmas is really in the air and I am breathing it already. The spirit is sharing and forgiving and if you can do those things, I think you have celebrated Christmas. My way of redefining Christmas looks good to me :)