Current mood:	giddy
Entry tags:	manila, meme

You know it's Christmas when...
The other night, Ian told me that he saw the first set of Christmas lights being strung around the first trees along Buendia Avenue, and I just felt incredibly fuzzy inside. I remember that around this time last year, Lem and I used to take long 10pm walks from Greenbelt to Ayala/Buendia, just talking and admiring the prettiness of Ayala Avenue when it's all lit up for the season. Occassionally, we'd look up to see the stray fireworks display. Hehe. Then we'd head for Starbucks just so we can get those damned stickers for the planner. Haha! Good times.

So, in Makati, sure signals of the Christmas season are:
- the reappearance of ads for the Starbucks planner (hehehehe...)
- the prettiness that is Ayala Avenue
- store clerks are generally nicer (so be nice to them, too!)

Anyhoo, it's Xmas wishlist time, and I'm taking my cue from miss magnetic_rose. ^_^

step one: make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. the post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes.

the wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("i'd love a ______ icon that's just for me") to medium ("i wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("all i want for christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV."). the important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

if you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ or link to this post so that the holiday joy will spread.

step two: surf around your friends list (or friends' friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list.

here's the important part -- if you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use -- do it.

you need not spend money on these wishes unless you want to. the point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf -- to spread the joy. gifts can be made anonymously or not -- it's your call.

there are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. give, and you might receive. and you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.


1.) Any Neil Gaiman book.
Hehe... yup. Care to help us expand our collection? Any addition will be fully appreciated! ^_^v We currently have:

Wolves in the Walls
The Day I Swapped My Dad For 2 Goldfish
Endless Nights
The Sandman Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 (Softcover)
Anansi Boys
Smoke and Mirrors
American Gods (Trade paperback)
Neverwhere (Trade paperback)
Stardust (Trade paperback)
Good Omens (Trade paperback)
Fragile Things (secured my copy via jylichan)

2.) A NINTENDO WII with a copy of Rayman Raving Rabbids to go with it!!!!! (hahaha!! Yes, I'm pushing it!)

3.) A NINTENDO DS LITE!! YUNG PINK! Haha!! With a copy of either Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Cooking Mama, Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime, or FFXII: Revenant Wings! :D

4.) A Starbucks 2007 planner
Haha! I don't think I can afford to collect 21 stickers this year. :D

5.) Any cute bento box, chopsticks set, cooking implement (egg molds, or whatever), cook book, or anything bento-related.

6.) A year's worth of paid web hosting! Kahit yung 75 pesos a month sa ploghost! Hehe. I'm planning to move my Blogspot food blog to WordPress, and I'd really want to be able to customize it and use google adsense and all that. :p

7.) Any book on mythology, ancient culture, fairy tales/fables, or... well, basically any book that you would recommend to me. :D

8.) A copy of Ang Kagila-gilalas Na Pakikipag-sapalaran ni ZsaZsa Zaturnah. I bought a copy some years ago to give as a present to a gay friend, but I made the mistake of reading it and liking it. I had to give away the book the next day. :p

9.) A DVD of MirrorMask or anything by Monty Python. Kahit pirated. :D

10.) A house/condo to call our own, capital to start a business with, and world peace. XD XD XD (wala nang maisip si K!)


So there we go. Any kind soul who wishes to donate, please just leave a comment or email me at ksolaris at gmail dot com.

Hee hee! ^___^