kikay xmas

Let's go open my gifts for my special gurl.

But first, let me tell you that I gave her a pre-christmas present. We went to an alley behind the CEU Mendiola and I bought a toolbox-ful of basic dental instruments. This is her second kit, actually, but I want her to have a new set that she could bring. She leaves the old one in the dental clinic.

With this new kit, she can do spontaneous dental check ups.

We who are not dentists may not be able to relate to the joy she felt choosing every single instrument at the shop. When she was still in college, I'd accompany her to Quiapo so she could purchase supplies at New Citizen (Filipino dentists know this shop; it's like their National Bookstore).

Did she like the idea of having a second toolkit?

You bet, she did.

SHE: Masayang-masayang-masaya! It's nice to have your own tools.

So that was only the pre-christmas gift. Let's go to the real deal.

Last night, she opened her presents. I got her a lot of kikay stuff (and believe me, I had a hard time shopping for those. Gurly mags helped!). I heard her say, "I like! I like!" several times.

SHE: Best Christmas ever! I received kikay stuff from my baby. Best presents are the strawberry/walnut/cinnamon spicy fruit scrub; the cucumber/peppermint fresh scent foot lotion; 'n raspberry/cucumber foamin' facial gel.

I also wrapped five blouses aside from those she already mentioned.

But there's one final present from me that she hasn't opened yet. And she doesn't know that. The mystery will be unwrapped when we have our christmas dinner at her folks' place in Tagig.

She, meanwhile, gave me a sugarfree chocolate moist cake from Ponce's Pasteleria Espanola and a case of diet 7-up.

For someone with a wrecked pancreas, those gifts were absolutely great.

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kids should know that...

Taguig was one of the earliest known territories to have been Christianized when the Spaniards succeeded in subjugating mainland Luzon through the Legazpi expedition in 1571. Taguig was accessible via the Pasig River, which was connected to two large bodies of water, the Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. The population then was estimated to be 800 tributes. The town produced more than enough rice for their consumption but had less sugar cane to mill. The men lived through fishing while women wove cotton cloth and "sawali" from bamboo strips. (wikipedia)