Bisdak Babbles

In the Philippines, we start to prepare for and celebrate Christmas in September. When it’s “-ber” (September to December) already, then it’s Christmas! As early as September, you could already see Christmas decorations in the shopping malls, small stores, and houses. I’ve always thought early Christmas happens in the Philippines only. However, since October, I’ve already seen Christmas decors in Osaka and Kobe. Most of the Japanese aren’t Christians but I think they love Christmas, too. One of my Japanese friends already put up her Christmas tree last month.

There’s this game that we used to play during my grade school days. I don’t know what it’s called but it mainly involved a chant with this line: “I want to be a …”. As expected, the most common professions that we could think of were being a nurse, teacher, doctor, and lawyer. When asked what I wanted to be, I always blurt out “a nurse”!. As I came to know more about the profession, I’ve concluded that I’m not for any medical career. So I shifted to following my father’s footsteps as an engineer. I liked drawing and that’s what I saw my father did those days. Not exactly like what my father did, I ended up getting a Computer Engineering degree.

I think my mother has a knack for jobs in retail. However, I’m never good with words and I have no talent in convincing people, so I’ve never considered about following that track.