Christmas Season Spending Madness : The Needs && The Wants @_@

Christmas time should be about giving && caring for others but for some [ probably a lot ] people , the best part about the Holiday Season is receiving presents, gifts, trinkets, treasures, etcetera [ luxuries ] . Well , I could say that`s about 4o% true for me . Every Holiday Season , I anticipate the feeling of being given stuffs that I want . But that`s just plain wrong cuz Christmas time ain`t about the gifts you receive .

I just realized that most of the things that I receive during the Holidays are things I need . Well , some are what I want but the former overpowers the latter . Though that happens , a smile could still be seen in my face cuz I really appreciate the gifts I receive && benefit a whole lot from the "needs gifts" . I thought : So I should ask for things I need , instead of the things I want ."

Difficult as it may seem , I now learned how to ask for things I need this Holiday Season . The experience that taught me that happened yesterday. . . [ here it is ]

My father, middle bro && I went to Gaisano Mall [ after a morning full of work work work in ze house ] at around 4.oo PM . Kuya Janoos && I would be getting our Christmas presents from our dad for that day . My bro wanted a PSP && I wanted a Creative Zen mp3 player [ take note of the verbs , WANTED ] . So , we went to GameCore to buy my bro`s PSP . While waiting for its memory card to be loaded with games my bro chose , my dad && I went up to Wiltelcom to buy my Christmas present .

When I had my hands on that Creative Zen mp3 player , I could not put my eyes off of it . I kept on inspecting it from every possible angle . It simply awed me . Call me weird or abnormal or what , I just couldn`t help it cuz I`ve been wanting this for a loooooooooooong time . Here`s a picture of it :


I loved its interface , color , size , everything ! Its color is simply divine [ sophisticated black , as Maiikx said XD ] . && best of all , its memory !! 8GB . That`s more than enough for me XD [ It costs Php 9,ooo something though ]

While I was admiring it , a voice popped up at the back of my head && it said : "Isn`t your cellphone already an mp3 player ??" That thought hit me like a speeding bullet train . My bro already told me that before we left for Gaisano Mall but I was only half-listening .

I looked at my dad && told him that . He said "Ikaw lang bahala Jam" . So I looked at it from every angle [ again ] . It took me about 5 minutes *or I think it was longer than that* [ while a little debate went through my brain ] till I said : "Wag na lang Dad . Tama si Kuya , okay na itong cellphone ko." My dad smiled && said : "Good decision." . So we left Wiltelcom with my heart heavy from thinking that I`ll never get to own that mp3 player . But in my mind , I was proud of myself for making that difficult decision .

When we went home , that`s the time when I fully realized that I made a really good decision , though difficult at first . I finally knew how not to let my wants overpower me .

So this is a message to all of you . What I did proved to help me && my parents a lot . Although Christmas only comes once a year , it`s not an excuse to ask your parents [ or uncles or aunts or blah blah. . ] to splurge their money so much on you . I mean , it`s okay if what you`re asking for is not really expensive . But when it comes to the thing you really want && it`s uber expensive , think first if this would benefit you . There are special cases though , like if you`re uber rich , then go go go !! Lol XD

I just want to say to everyone that Christmas is not about asking for something that you really want , it`s also knowing how to spare people from spending too much money too (:

P.S. : The Christmas gift that I`m getting from my parents is this [ this isn`t really a need but heck , it costs waaaay lesser than the mp3 player !! XD ] :


w00t w00t !! Guitar Hero madness ♥♥♥x

-- Macaroonie [ missing Ebony / H.G. ] ♥♥x

An Update of My Wishlist .

Haha . I`ve suddenly thought of stuff I should have added a loooooong time ago to my previous wishlist . Took out the RF Load though XD :

ADDED STUFFS :
• X1650XT IceQ Turbo Dual Video Card (256MB or higher, PCI Express x16, Dual DVI)
-- damn i REALLY NEED A NEW VIDEO CARD . My current one`s okay but I want a better one. .XD
• Younha CD [ Go Younha! ]
• Vanessa Mae CD [ The Best of Vanessa Mae ]
• Spitalfield CD [ Remember Right Now ]
• Rufio CD [ Perhaps , I Suppose ]
• Saosin CD [ Translating The Name (EP) ]
* I ain`t much of a music fan eh ? XD*
• "Beside the River Piedra , I Sat Down && Wept" by Paul Coelho
• "Veronika Decides to Die" by Paul Coelho
• new && original 5700 earphones XD
• a Spongebob / Fairly Oddparents jacket :P
• a new mousepad [ preferably Deathnote ] *my current one`s Mickey Mouse . damn it @_@*
• Deathnote notebook [ the ACTUAL one ] XD
• a PS3 or a PSP :))
• a CREATIVE ZEN VISION or a CREATIVE ZEN V PLUS
• band shirts !! [ Saosin , Typecast or Rufio ]
• a figurine of Lenneth Valkyrie or Alicia [ from Valkyrie Profile ]
*Nibelung Valesti !! XD*

new TC [ total cost ] : about Php 92, 250 XD

Haha . A girl like me can dream of having all of those stuff for Xmas XD

*12.14.o7* --- this days sucks . errrr . full of "badtrips" @_@

Wishlist :]

Since the Christmas Party is fast approaching , our class awhile ago picked the names on who would be our "manitos" && "manitas" . We made a wishlist [ in a 1 whole cartolina ] && this is what I put in that cartolina :

• skateboard [ Enjoi na deck ]
• Magic the Gathering Booster PACKS
• new trucks sa skateboard !
• sling bag [ Guerilla brand ] *wag kikay na sling bag !!*
• RF load [ P500 ] hahaha c:
• skate shoes !! [ size 6 , preferably OSIRIS brand ]
• "stick". . .sa maka.gets . hehe .
• skimboard !!
• any PANDA stuffs. . ^^
• DARK CHOCOLATES !! [ Hershey`s c: ]
• anything PURPLE ! [ preferably drumsticks ] *ung drumsticks na para sa drums ha ! wag ung chicken . lol*
• Panic! At the Disco CD [ A Fever You Can`t Sweat Out ]
• Paramore CD [ All We Know Is Falling ]

TOTAL COST : about P13,600 :))

P.S. : Ok na MASYADO sa akin kung maka.bigay ka ng isa or dalawa sa list na yan . Preferably the panda stuffs or ung CD`s . bwahaha ! :D