I Just Opine

December 23 was my last working day before Christmas. Slated events were lined up this vacation. And thankfully, i was able to attend them all.

Not only i was the one who’s busy, everyone of us during this time takes time to attend to all the slated reunions, gatherings, get-together with our kins, friends and classmates.

Christmas Holiday in the Philippines i would say is different from other countries, we spend a lot during this time. No matter how expensive the amount of money we spend, so long as we give, that’s all, it’s the consolation we receive. It’s once a year that’s why we are taking the opportunity.

 This is one of the momentous gathering we had during holidays, though we were few, we can say that we all had fun and enjoyed our moments with old friends together. This was at DJ Resort in Tiaong Quezon, last December 28, 2008. Just imagine, that month, napakalamig, but we were able to endure the cool breeze, and were able to swim. Kaya lang mga mahihina ata ang baga ng mga friends ko kaya ako at si Reynolds lang ang nag-swim. Anyway, kahit kami lang, andun din naman sila by the poolside to chat at para sa picture taking.

This swimming was actually a treat of Ruth, who arrived from Qatar. Konti lang naman share namin dito. Pero kahit na, at least natupad yung wish namin na reunion!! Reunion nang masasabi yun because for a decade, eto pa din kami, bonded at nagkikita kita somehow!!

We are looking forward sa mas madami pang gatherings and hope next time mas madami ang umatend, no curfew….

~dhynnes~

Time really wanes so fast, Christmas is getting nearer and fast approaching, kung pwede lang nating hilahin ang araw pabalik so as to slow down a wee. But to no avail, we can do nothing against Earth’s revolution. Night is noticeable to be longer than day, there’s a scientific explanation with it, but i don’t need to further elaborate it here, i am done learning it when i was studying. joke…

It’s barely 30 days to go before Christmas, people are rushing to buy gifts despite the crisis, reserving money and special thing for their inaanak and relatives. The 13th month pay and bonuses are reserved for Christmas and New Year expenses. This happens only once a year, Christmas, the giving, but for me, “giving” should happen all the time, not only during Christmas.

Christmas gimik, what i mean here is the modus operandi, for those people who knows nothing but to bamboozle their fellowmen just to eke money. Isn’t it unfair? People are working hard just to aggravate their income and yet there are those ruthless and obnoxious individuals who do chickanery things. Just like last week, on my way home while I was riding in a bus, there was this young man, standing near the bus driver, he asked for a change in the said to be 200 pesos he paid to the conductor, there were many passengers standing and the bus was crowded, good thing that the conductor had a good memory that he said he didn’t pay 200 pesos, what if he can’t remember how much he paid, poor right, and for the young man,  he had all the guts to say it. In my mind i said, it’s Christmas that’s why he was able to do it, but he wasn’t successfull during that time.

We can only be blessed and gifted in a way that we’re not using and deceiving people, that we are performing our work well, no gimik and no tricks. He did not teach us that and He never wants us to do that!!.

I just opine..

Till then…

~dhynnes~