P25 Christmas Lights

They say Philippines has the longest and earliest Christmas. As soon as the "ber" months come, everyone is on their way to the malls buying gifts and decor for the season, radio stations are starting to play Christmas songs and other than finals, you start missing home. Aint that right?

Talking about decors, everyone always want their place (may it be your home, office or even street) to be the most lighted. But how do you do that amidst an economy like that of the Philippines? Well, don't fret decorators because you can get christmas lights for P25. Wow! That's great! With the same budget I had before, I could even get the whole fence covered up with lights. But if I were you, I wouldn't be too happy because ... have you heard of houses caught up in fire because of christmas lights? Yeah? Well, they used this one.

Okay, I'm not saying if you get this one, surely your house will get burned. But, think about it. As my cousin said, "How could christmas lights be 25 pesos?" How much do bulbs, plastics, wires and labor cost to produce a series? Do you think it's 25 pesos? How about their mark-up?

I am not also saying NEVER buy these christmas lights (or am I? hehe). But just like the law of profitability, the higher the return, the higher the risk.

The question is...do you value your home or a loved one (simbako) more than saving money for Christmas?

the two sides of me

Definitely, we have different personalities within our personality. What i mean is, we may be like this in a time or place and another in another time or place. Some people say that if we act as such, we have masks because that is not our true selves, that we are hiding who we really are. But for me, I think it is not true that we are not being ourselves because in this 2 different personalities of ours, we become whole. Both makes us to be who we are.

As for me, (I think that there is a psychological explanation already available for this.) there are two sides of me which i probably would classify as my outside and inside the house personalities. It is a mystery -- for me, that these two are very opposite.

Outside, everyone thinks that I am this insensitive - I don't care about what people tell me and I don't care about what I tell them, not cuddly - I am not touchy, funny, noisy and diligent person. But the truth of the matter is...I am really sensitive - I easily cry or get hurt when i feel that people hate me (honestly), very cuddly - manya to my sister, serious and silent and lazy - always asleep, watching television and doesn't usually say no to family outings - at home.

So, I guess that gives you a little more information about who I really am. I do know that people don't believe it but I don't blame them. It's really difficult to believe what you don't see, especially if it is an attitude of a person. So, it's up to you to say whatever you think about me.

How about you? Who do you think I am? What are the two sides of you? (write in the comments if you want)