Daily Archives: December 21, 2007

Christmas Tree Blog Parade

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Tagged by Baby Shern’s Mom.

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This is a first annual 2007 Christmas Tree Blog Parade Meme created and conceptualized by OTWOMD of Bluepanjeet.Net. The purpose of this meme is to enliven the Christmas spirit by showing to the world our very own Christmas trees. They say that it is on the Christmas tree that best describes how a person celebrates Christmas. So here are the rules:

Copy the Logo of this meme (Download it on the sidebar and resize it that will best fit your blog or according to your desire) and post it on your entry.

Take a photo of your Christmas tree inside your house. A whole shot is the most appropriate photo. And post it on your entry

Tell something about your Christmas tree like who decorated it, what are the ornaments and accessories, or what is the theme and meaning of your Christmas tree this year.

You can put any title on your meme but don’t forget to include this “2007 1st Christmas Tree Blog Parade”.

Do the link train history. Put the link of your previous bloggers who tagged you and your own link, Example: Tag History: Bluepanjeet – “you” -

The link train will provide clue on “who tagged who” and at the same time a reference of data for the creator of this meme.

On The feast of Three Kings on January (The official ending of the Christmas Season), Bluepanjeet.Net will launch a mini site that will feature all of the participant’s Christmas trees for 2007 with a link back to their site. That is why it is very vital that you maintain the link history so that your Christmas tree will be included in the Christmas tree blog parade of 2007 and will be a part of history.

My Christmas Tag History: Bluepanjeet – Thess – Thesserie – HiPnCooLMoMMa – Babyshern – sunshine4life - (Put your link here) -

My Christmas tree:

Actually this pictures is of last year when I had a friend came over with a dgcamera. But this tree is the same tree now and it has the same decorations although the balls is more of now compared to this. I cannot post a good picture of my current tree because my webcam does not produce a good one. So I hope this works.

I am going to pass the tag to Juliana, Amel, and Hailey.

Saving The Best for the Visitors??

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While I was growing up, it is common for me to witness households who save the best for the visitors. I think it is one of the old cultures of traditional Filipinos. I don’t know if it happens in other Asian countries. I know Filipinos are known to be one of the most if not the most hospitable people in the world. In spite having none, it is still a joy to serve visitors. I witness some friends having no money for a kilo of rice to serve the family, and yet, they go out to the little store to pick some softdrinks and pack of bread “to be paid later in the month or next month” just so they can serve their visitors. It is a touching act but really, personally, I don’t like to tolerate this.

Now that am grown-up I want to break this tradition of saving the best for the visitors while the immediate member of the family used the ordinary stuff or eat the non-special stuff. I don’t mean to serve the vice versa but my point is — I want to treat my family and visitors alike. I don’t like to save the best plates only for the visitors. I don’t like to reserve the best food, the new blankets, the new pillows, even the best curtains — only for the visitors. I also want to use the best for my family even on no-occassion situations.

Here in the Philippines, when you go out to visit friends, they usually serve your with cold juice, soda, or anything sweet. But hey, there are some countries in Asia, they serve you with hot water. Which I think === is great! It’s a healthier choice the sweet drinks and nothing to spend.

When I go out to visit friends and I know they will have a hard time to serve me something on the visit, I always make it a point that I carry something for them so that they won’t have to worry on what to serve me. And if they serve me with what I carry, I don’t eat alone — I want to eat with everyone in the house. It is more fun!