Happy Christmas to Everyone
Especially to:
AjayAte Bengganda ‘teBethBethKiwiBanana&TildsCeliaKChehCacofFoxyBoxie
JinggaJMomJoyangskiKarenkengManongTekSachicoScannsShtelluvlyShaluvlimar
StefThesskya&CharliepotTing-a-lingAnonymoosesandothermaskedpeople
CHEERS! kampai! Chinchin, Salut,Mabuhay!
Luiji’s dad’s sister, who is a teacher of traditional Japanese dance and also runs a Kimono shop (selling and renting men and women’s kimonos), is having an end-of-the-year Kimono sale. I brought my co-teachers there the other day and everyone went gaga over the beautiful Kimonos she’s giving away selling at 80-90 % off their regular price (except for those made with PURE silk which are delicate and really expensive you’re going to need a certified Kimono mender/cleaner if you want it cleaned).
Anyone interested? Buzz me and I’ll send you pictures to choose from. They’re great as regalo. I use them as a robe and they’re very sexy, too :)
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Thank you, thank you, merci, merci beaucoup, Green Giant and Parisian Wild Fox for these utterly sinful gustatory delights you sent my way from that sinfully delightful city of yours. Someday, someday, our cross will path er.. our paths will cross pala :) yeah, mommyfoxyboksiekiski !
the Bantay Bata Foundation this Christmas.
I started this yearly christmas project 3 years ago. The idea came up upon seeing the ladies I regularly play tennis with shoved their kid’s used clothes and unwanted toys (they all looked new and in fact, hardly used, mind you) into the huge rubbish bins in front of their swanky condos, all of whom have a penchant for dressing up their toddlers and 5 year-olds in fancy and pricey designer’s outfits.
The Japanese are one of the most impeccable dressers in the world, I reckon. Once, a famous designer from The House of Chanel was quoted when a fashion magazine writer had asked him what did he think of Japanese women being so crazy and fussy about leading branded labels. He said, “Well, let’s put it this way, if an ultra expensive dress suit had a little tiny piece of thread hanging from its hemline or one of its sleeves, a Parisian who had purchased it and took it home would probably get a pair of scissors and cut the thread off herself; an American would probably not notice it; but a Japanese would most likely take it back to the store where she had purchased it and would likely ask the store manager to cut it for her.”
I digressed but what I’m trying to say is that these clothes (and toys) that I put in the Door-to-Door Box are all of very good quality. And because majority of the people here do not use electric dryers as they prefer (to utilize less energy) to hang-dry their clothes, the clothes’ fabric is less abused thus it retains its color and texture quality even after the wearer outgrows it; and hang-dried clothes usually last longer than machine-dried ones, verdad?
Heck, I could put up an ukay-ukay shop along Katipunan Ave. and watch it thrive in no time with all these quality clothes I’ve been sending the orphanages (hehehe… magagalit ang best friend ko na madre sa Good Shepherd at baka isumpa ako, the one who inspired me to continue to do this project; and my mom and dad will disown me for sure).
So, every year when the holiday season is nearing, I ask my high school students to bring one piece of clothing that they no longer wear, or still wear but willing to give nevertheless for a good cause, to add to my pile of loots, provided of course that it is clean and usable. Most of these kids come from affluent families and half of them either an only child or have only one sibling. They always heed my preaching beseeching that they, overly indulged selfish little twits, would burn in hell if they didn’t donate to charity mwahahaha(lest they repeat the course [joke only] :) ) that once in a while we should think of how in any way we can do our part to help the less fortunate and underprivileged children in poor countries; blah blah & blah.
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