fruity confusion

I don't get this. If people crave for mango, why won't they buy mango? Unless there's some allergy to mangoes and this is the hypoallergenic alternative. But hey, both are fibrous aren't they?

Secret Santa

We had agreed to do the Secret Santa tradition every other day, a week before our department’s Christmas party.

We started with something red and I got this...

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I think it’s the most beautifully wrapped thing that day so I guessed that my secret Santa could be a female

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Next was something sweet. I got another Washington apple, except it’s in office paper. “Seems that my Santa wouldn’t want me to call in sick because of the apple-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away slogan; could she be my boss?” I mulled

Finally, it has to be something cute. Anonymous Santa gave me this cell phone charm

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And when our identities were revealed during our Christmas Party, my Santa happened to be none other than my friend, Jing.

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So, my intuition about my Santa being a female was right all along. And the second apple also stirred my suspicion because she was absent that day but the gift with my name was in the drop box by the time I came in; I don’t find gifts for me until after lunch. Jing is the only one whose official schedule is an hour later than ours.

And her ultimate gift is a convertible shirt, again wrapped so beautifully



Thanks a lot!

holiday wall

To incorporate the holiday atmosphere in the workplace, I decided to decorate the two dividers by the door.

Here’s how it was done:

1. Covered the entire dividers with scratch papers with its clean side up to hide the dull upholstery beneath.
2. To have a clean slate with the slightest texture, 6 white crepe papers were carefully laid while securing it with thumb tacks at the back. Perhaps this is the hardest part because crepe is quite delicate.
3. Gold trims made of plant fibre were then added to conceal where the crepe papers overlap, and served as decorative borders as well.
4. Gift tags were then pinned randomly to the “wall”, leaving out the spaces between the trims.
5. Finally, our best photos which had been pasted on cardboard and cut in circles were pinned to the remaining blank portions to greet everyone who enters the room, “Happy Holidays!”

gift shopping 101: a wish list

It’s barely a week before Christmas but rush shopping won’t be necessary actually because I believe in random gifting all year round. The advantage on the giver’s part however is the holiday sale. (I’m being very helpful you see?)

With their current collections, I would like…

• A shirt, a jacket or pants from Mint
• A top or an outerwear from Solo
• Anything from Folded & Hung
• Undercover boxers (size L) and Revolt jeans by Penshoppe
• This, this or this shirt from Shirts.ph in white color please

Standard size for clothing unless specified: M-L for tops and 34 for pants

• The Lost Symbol by D. Brown
• Have a Little Faith by M. Albom
• The Last Song by N. Sparks

I’ll post updates about additions to or omissions from these in case I already own any. But until then, consider it pending.

Happy holidays!