Inner Ramblings

Christmas for Nike

If there is one things I am sure of, its that if theres one thing that Nike could wish for her birthday last December 10, and for Christmas this year, its to spend it with her mommy and daddy.

But sadly, Nike’s mommy and daddy was away for her birthday, and will still be away on Christmas. So what I wanted to do, is to make sure that she still gets a happy Christmas by getting what I know she would love best.

So I am calling out to all of Nike’s Lolo’s and Lolas, Ninongs and Ninangs, tito’s and tita’s, ate’s and kuya’s, and even her cousins, to help me make sure that Nike would enjoy her Christmas this year, without her mommy and daddy.

Like all 5 year old kids, Nike doesn’t really care much for clothes and accessories, bags and towels. Unless its something that would make her feel like a princess or a fairy, like a princess gown, a fairy costume, a crown, a wand, a pair of wings, and princess sandals.

Nike is an artist, she is extremely good at drawing, coloring and painting, she loves all types of colorful papers, crayons, watercolors and washable pens. She would appreciate getting something that would allow her to explore her artistic side.

Apart from drawing and coloring, Nike is really good at moulding, she loves playing with play dough’s, just making shapes with it, and just its vibrant colors gets her excited.

Inclined to her artistic side, she is also fond of musical instruments, but she already has a toy guitar, a toy trumpet, tambourine, maracas, xylophones, small pianos and small drums.

to explore her artistic creativity, I will be enrolling Nike for a Ballet Class, as soon as I return to Manila. We still need to buy her a tutu, leotards and ballet shoes.

Lately, Nike has grown a fondness for Unicorns, she has been asking me for a Super Hero Unicorn, and I have looked everywhere and still has been unsuccessful.

Like all little girls, Nike also has a collection of Barbie Dolls, in fact on her birthday last December 10, her Ninang Tiggy helped us buy her a her 5th Barbie Doll that came with her 6th barbie doll as a freebie. I am sure Nike would appreciate clothes for her little companions, accessories, and such.

Nike has always adored her mommy, and loves doing what her mommy does. So she is also fond of make ups, lip gloss and lipsticks, and yes we allow her to have kikay stuff, as long as its kid friendly and hypo allergenic. She also loves to play kitchen, restaurant, and cooking. Although she already has tons of cooking toys, I am sure that she would appreciate receiving more.

I am sure that if you still find it difficult to find a gift for Nike, you would be happy to know that Nike, like all girls loves shopping. But what she loves to shop for is her own toys, If you give her a tour of toy kingdom, she will definitely be more than happy to point to you a toy that she is extremely excited to have.

All I want for Christmas is for Nike to be happy, I hope that you can all help me make her a happy little girl. Children doesn’t mind how much a gift costs, as long as its something that they are passionate about, it doesn’t matter if it costs 5 pesos or 5000 pesos, it would all be worth the same to them.

MUKHA KANG PERA!!!

I am not angry or anything, but while working this afternoon a thought suddenly occurred to me. That we all do the things we do because of money.

Money is the cause of all our life decisions. We apply and decide to go to a certain school because the chances of us getting a better paid career is higher. We work for a certain company because the compensation is better. We ask this person to be the ninong of our children because he will give better gifts, higher money value, etc. etc.

So how far are you willing to go for money?

Its just sad that money is the driving factor of our lives. Its what forces us to make difficult decisions. Its what motivates us to be better people.

Do you think everyone will go to work, everyone will work hard to study if we get money for free? No! If I get money from a tree, or if we don’t need money at all to survive, I would just be laying around, be incompetent, not know my alphabet, not know the difference between 1 and 2 and be happy.

But since money rules the world, we need it to survive, we need it for our children to survive, then it becomes our obsession, it becomes our goal. We are only happier if we get more money!

Deny it as much as you want. Reason as much as you can, but at the end of the day. Its money that makes the decision for you.

It is sad really, because right now, my husband is away because of the same reasons. Money. He went as far as leaving a two year old daughter, a wife, a home.. A Family. He went to a place where he rents half a room, without his family just so he can get a chance to earn more money. We call it, to get a chance to give our daughter a brighter future, but whichever way you say it, how ever you try to window dress it, it is about the money.

We are all people driven by the amount of money we get. Our goals in life is to be rich, to be richer, it is not at all bad, because the reason behind WHY we want to get more money is the more important thing. It’s what keeps us sane, and what keeps us anchored.

So if anyone tells you “Mukha kang Pera”, don’t be ashamed, everyone of us is. We all are driven by money, its the reasoning behind why you want more money thats more important.