What I Got for Christmas
We exchanged gifts in the office last week. And I actually took home something about 10 (that’s t-e-n) times bigger than what I had brought there. We’ll get to that later. About a coupla hours ago, I was at a special Christmas-themed Toastmasters meeting and yes - you’ve guessed it - we exchanged gifts too. [Note: There are about 15 photos. But given the current internet speed, I’ve made this post ‘narrowband-friendly‘ (pun intended)].
Janet brought these candies for everyone. How thoughtful! There were more than enough to go around (today’s turn-out was a record low, gee), so I took home about three of those. Heh.
Apart from that, I also took home this gift - nicely wrapped and all. It felt light, and soft. At first I thought it was a towel or something. I opened one end and saw this:
Ta-daa! That’s something I could use!
It’s not very different from my current pencil case - as far as size is concerned.
Check it out. Now that’s really old-school…
… with an Esso logo to boot. Yes, I got that for free too.
It was so practical that I threw everything in there - calculator, liquid paper, pen-knife, card-reader, staples, scissors, rulers… etc.
Surely a new pencil case has to be just as big in order to keep all those things! To whoever that bought this, thank you! I love it :). (Believe it or not I still don’t know who bought it!).
And now, onto the pressie I got from my office last week. It was the biggest one that day!
Santas all the way to Nebraska. It was *that* long. Inside it was one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen! *Drumrolls plz..*
*Sounds of cymbals crashing* A giraffe-CD rack! Now this giraffe sure has a long neck…
… with its body and legs at the bottom. Funnily though, the space isn’t wide enough to fit an entire CD.
That’s pretty much the giraffe could take.
Now let me pimp some of my favorite CDs. The latest one I bought was Janet Seidel’s. Boyz II Men’s Ballad Collection is simply timeless. So is Eric Clapton’s Unplugged album. Creed was one of my favorite modern rock bands (the Human Clay album was a birthday present). The rest of my CDs are ‘archived’ (read: collecting dust) downstairs in the living room, lol. Let’s take a final look at the giraffe’s body:
For this, I gotta thank Jy. She told me it was a CD rack but I had no idea it was such a cute one. Lol. Thank you Jy! Amazing how simple gift exchanges like these could make one so happy!
28 Dec 2006 narrowband
Really damn cute wei, that CD rack. But I got nothing for Christmas. :(
MERRRRYY CHRISTMAS DARLING!!….that giraffe is way too cute!! i want, but but but i don’t have so many CDs ……..
i miss u so much lerrr…really, i don’t know why, must be missing ur crappinesss………A3-3-3A is too quiet without u.
OMG… it’s way too CUTE!!
You should get a giraffe pencil case like mine… Hahahaa…
then perhaps a giraffe bed sheets too!
Kidding.
Happy Hols dave ;)
Jason, you could ‘keh-keh‘ ask someone to buy one for u!
Merry Christmas to you Steph. I know I make alot of noise… Grr.
Gee Cyin, that’d make me so Giraffe-fied… I’m not a big fan of giraffes~
Happy hols to you! :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Love that giraffe!!
Glad that you like it. =)
Happy holidays.
Ahh cane candy…I miss eating those candies.
That’s a nice pencil case. I have an even larger pencil case. Chuck all my stuff in there. Hahaha
Cute giraffe! You should feed the poor giraffe with more CDs…LOL He looked stick thin!
Opps and Happy New Year to you… ;)
Merry Christmas, Alicia (why are all Alicias ‘Apple’…). Believe me the giraffe is much cuter in flesh :p
Thanks very much (again), and happy holidays to you to Jy!
Omg Che-cheh, u sure it’s a pencil case? I thought mine was big enough!! *Ahem*… are you going to sponsor the CD’s? *winks* j/k. Most of my CDs are lost - the covers are around but the CDs are missing. Hate it when that happens… grr.
Happy new year to you as well ;)
Actually mine is a cosmetic case…but I turned it into a pencil case. :P
Haa…! See! Cheating ;p