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This Season’s Gifts December 13, 2008

Been a tough, fun, happy week! The joy provided by people I have the pleasure of calling friends and family was reason enough to perk me up this season of real jubilation and hope. Certain gifts, whether visible or invisible, concerete or abstract, are sure win.

1. The three gifts I received from Ma’am Dulz the last two weeks: chocolate cookies wrapped in Christmas tree package; meaningful display ceramics bearing the tag “if men are from Mars…”; and the blueberry wine she gave me yesterday during the culmination of our kris kringle.
2. The fun and the laughter from yesterday’s intimate Christmas party among people from my closest circles of friends at Letran. The foods and the stories warmed up that celebration of friendship and joy of staying where we found our real calling.
3. The very useful key chain I got from Dean Au containing a handy, cute flashlight and a whistle which  see me through my dark descent from the stairs of our office to my writing class every MWF night.
4. Fruit package from Nursing Dean Conde. What was nice about the entire basket of fruits was the fact that the bunches of bananas and papaya were organically raised. It took some time before they got ripe, but, boy, the taste was so sweet and unadulterated–something you won’t get from commercially sold fruits.
5. The gift of a reactivated wordpress site. Moreso now that blogging at Friendster gets real slow and unstable.
6. The happiness of fixing one’s new office with the support of concerned folks.
7. The awe of visiting a nearby plant nursery and seeing Christmas fully red and abloomed. What a joyful sight!
8. The excitement to drop by 7-11 convenience store so I could buy Real  Living mag, and the eventual high flipping through its pages.

I hope the list expands to other worthwhile presents as December marches on and the new year beckons. Always, cheers!