Here are the purple Christmas decors at Orchard:
I would have preferred more vivid colors than these, but still, they look great.
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Purple Trees
December 1st, 2010
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I would have preferred more vivid colors than these, but still, they look great.
Christmas and hearts
November 26th, 2010
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Another Christmas decors favorite is at Tangs. The color is really nice to look at especially at night. And those heart decors add the nice feeling one feels this season…
The decors from afar…
Twenty more days…
November 26th, 2010
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Twenty more days and I’ll be on a plane home. But I find it really funny when the closer you get to that much-anticipated vacation, then you get busier at work! Still, I can’t contain my excitement. I’ll be seeing my daughter again and I already have some activities laid out. Nope, I could not afford to go on a trip so we’ll be spending the Christmas season at home.
Christmas shopping is almost done. All I need is the gift for my mother. Still, I can’t afford to buy her diamond stud earrings or an expensive wrist watch. But she’s easy to please. Just like any other moms, she loves handbags. It doesn’t have to be expensive. Maybe I’ll get her a perfume. The last one she had was when my father went home from abroad for the last time.
How about you? Are you done with your Christmas shopping?
Golden decors at the Paragon
November 24th, 2010
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At night it’s more beautiful:
Inside the mall, it’s even more captivating:
Christmas bears?
November 22nd, 2010
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My friends talk about it a lot especially when Christmas is fast approaching. They often tell me that it feels like being in the Philippines when you stroll along the famous Orchard Road this time of year. Last year, I’m not sure if they already put up some decors in November and I haven’t been there last year in December. Fortunately yesterday, I had to meet up some friends in Orchard and I had a wonderful time taking photos of the Christmas decors! However, I find the decors beautiful but too dark, as mostly were all-blue or all-purple. But there were some that caught my interest, especially the ones at Takashimaya.
We can’t call them Christmas trees, as they are dozens of teddy bears arranged to resemble cones (or Christmas trees?). How I love the colors!
Christmas time is here!
November 18th, 2010
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Last year, we didn’t bother to buy a Christmas tree. Some glitters on the plant in the apartment and we were set. Then my housemates just had a baby and they are spending Christmas here again. So this year, they bought a Christmas tree, put it up last week. It’s only 3 feet tall but it’s really a delight having it in a corner of the apartment:
I’m quite surprised to see that Christmas decors are put up earlier this year than last year. Here’s the usual giant Christmas tree at the Tampines Mall:
30 days to go and I’ll be on a plane to Philippines for Christmas! Can’t hardly wait!
Christmas vacation plans
October 6th, 2010
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I don’t have a car, yet I find myself browsing at yakima racks website. So how did I end up there? I’m too excited about the fast approaching Christmas vacation! I will be in the Philippines for three weeks and I don’t want to spend the whole of three weeks just visiting the lone shopping mall in my hometown. Well, there’s one on my itinerary: visit Nature’s Park and try the zip line! There will also be frequent visit to my father’s final resting place. Maybe I will take my family to Tangub City, the Christmas capital of Mindanao.
I would love to take Shaynna to Cebu but then I would have to also take with me my mom, sister, brother, sister-in-law, and niece! That would definitely cost a lot. Well I guess the list above could take up all of my three weeks vacation.
Yes, I’m too excited to go home, especially now that Christmas is only 80 days away!
Thinking about Christmas
August 11th, 2010
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It’s still August and yet my mind is full with Christmas thoughts. It’s too soon to think about Christmas but not for me, and I guess for many OFWs like me. I have already booked my tickets two months ago. How I wish I could start my Christmas shopping soon but that would be impossible. Well, the most important thing is, I’ll be spending it again with my family in the Philippines. I’m looking forward to a three-week vacation, this means no more leaves for me before December.
With that, I already have one major project in mind: turning one of the spaces at home into a playroom/study room for the two cute little angels (my daughter and my niece). I just hope I could find discount laminate flooring in our small city. Children’s table and chairs would be hard to find, too. There are lots of good ones here in Singapore but the shipment would cost more. Back to the real world, I seriously need to keep my excitement down because now, the days seem to pass soooo slow.
Last Christmas
January 24th, 2010
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It’s a bit overdue but I didn’t have easy access to the internet when I was on vacation in the Philippines. We have decent internet connection at hand but our PC is still the old Pentium III and I didn’t want to test my patience with it either. So how was my Christmas 2009? We didn’t prepare much. As usual, the “traditionals” were there: spaghetti and macaroni salad (we’ve had these since I was 5). For the first time in a long time, food preparations were done a few hours before Misa de Gallo. Maybe because this time, it was not my mother who did the preparations. Still, we were about 5 minutes late for the Christmas mass. Good thing we brought chairs or we would have stood until it was over! Shaynna was really ecstatic that she did not take her afternoon nap. The result? She fell asleep 15 minutes after we arrived at the church, and slept through the night! So, no photo with Shaynna. Only with my mother and some relatives…
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Christmas in Singapore #2
December 11th, 2009
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It’s been a while since I’ve last put up the Christmas tree at home. In fact, we’d never put up a Christmas for more than 5 years. Because of Shaynna and Kiera, my 2-year old niece, I bugged my mother until she gave in. Two weeks ago, Shaynna happily told me over the phone that it is finally Christmas at home because we already have a Christmas tree!
If I were to decorate a tree, I’d consider putting on silver and blue ornaments such as this tree at the CityLink Mall:
There’s no place like home
December 9th, 2009
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It’s almost Christmas! Many people are going to colder places to experience “white Christmas”. Others prefer something like myrtle beach vacation rentals. In my case, nothing could contain my happiness and excitement to go home to the Philippines.
I’ve spent the last three Christmas seasons in Japan. Christmas day there is a work day. To avoid serious bouts of homesickness, I’d rather go to office.I was so glad to have some friends with me but still, there’s really no place like home. By home, not only just being with your family. Rather, being with your family and other special people, in the Philippines. I could not point out why spending Christmas in my country is so different, so special. It’s like the Christmas warmth and joy is enveloping you even if you don’t receive something to unwrap, even if you only have one lechon manok on the table. It’s just being there makes you feel so complete. For Filipinos like me, don’t you think so, too?
Christmas in Singapore #1
November 30th, 2009
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I’ll be posting photos of different Christmas trees here in Singapore. The photo below was taken at Vivo City. This huge Christmas tree had been there when we were on our way to Sentosa on November 1.
