A Gift of Time
By ARIES1973
@ARIES1973 (11426)
Legaspi, Philippines
December 22, 2012 9:53am CST
My former office mate who is presently working in Thailand came home to pay visit to her family. Before she came home, she posted several pictures of wristwatches on her facebook and asked us if we want to order watches so she can bring some when she comes home.
I ordered a red watch because it could be a perfect match for my Monday uniform. When we meet at the cooperative, our former office, she asked me t get another wristwatch and she will give me additional discount. So aside form the red watch, I also get another white wristwatch which is equally beautiful.
Now, I have gifts for myself. A gift of time.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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11 responses
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
1 Jan 13
hi aries1973.
that is a very nice gesture from you. not only were you able to buy a gift for yourself but you also were able to help a friend. i'm sure that she appreciates it a lot.
anyway, i do hope you enjoy the watches that you got.
cheers and happy mylotting!!!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
1 Jan 13
still a good gesture from you in my book.
keep it up aries!
cheers!!!
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
1 Jan 13
Hi allen!
I just have a feeling that her work in other country is not that stable otherwise she will not be selling those things upon coming home. Oh, well let's forget about it. The watches are still in great condition and really very pretty.
Happy New Year!
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
26 Dec 12
Aries, hope you will love your those gifts a lot. They seems very suitable for you to wear with your working uniform. I am sure you will be proud to be able to find a good match of wristwatch with your uniform. How's your Christmas celebration over there? Hope you have a nice Christmas celebration over there with your family and friends...
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
27 Dec 12
Yes, I had a great Christmas! Actually, the entire year was a great one.
Sometimes we also have to give rewards for ourselves for being hardworking all the time, he he.
I hope you too had a great year too. More blessings to come!
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Dec 12
We all give presents to our nearest and dearest and love ones, I think it's very seldom that we will actually go out and buy ourselves a present! So that's your early Christmas present to yourself! The only thing I bought myself was a 2013 diary, well I bought two, it was buy one get one free. One was of piglets and the other was of trains. But I'd rather have a watch. I prefer analogue watches to digital for some reason.
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
22 Dec 12
Yeah, I am happy that I was able to buy something for my self also. Just what I need. We have been working very hard and we should also treat and reward ourselves from time to time.
Hopefully you could also get a watch for yourself this Christmas. And for whatever reason you cannot have it this year, you can start saving for it on the year to come. I don't know how much that kind of watch cost. It might be very expensive.
Thank you for sharing! Have a happy holidays!
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
hi I'm glad that you have that mentality to help a friend and at the same time get a pair of watches that you really love, just hope it's not one of those with a copied registered name. I think with your type of work friend and the terrain you are in, if I may suggest, it would be wise to also buy a good branded and original sports or military type watch, and wear those for your everyday wear, good luck in your work and Happy Holidays!
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Dec 12
Hi louie!
Merry Christmas!
I think the watches are not original items. Because the price are much cheaper, 1,500 pesos ($37.50) for the two items. But anyway what is important this time was that I was able to help a friend.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
22 Dec 12
very nice. It was nice of you getting something for yourself. Ive been thinking about a new purse for me for xmas. I have already bought all my family their gifts. Have a great weekend. merry xmas....
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
22 Dec 12
Yeah, I know you're done with your Christmas shopping already. So it is just but right to give yourself a reward for working hard. We are all working to give our family the best that we can. On the other hand, we should also consider ourselves. It is not bad we could have something too.
Get a bigger purse this time, it will be loaded with money next year.
Merry Christmas too!
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Dec 12
Thank you for dropping by and have a happy holidays!
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
I want to gift myself a new laptop.
My old one is giving me some trouble for the past months.
I hope before the end of this year I can buy one...
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
22 Dec 12
I can hear something about clearance sale but I am not sure if it would include computers and other electronic gadgets. But for a working computer, the quality would always be the priority. Whether it maybe sold on a discount or not.
With several years of working online, I think you were able to recover your expenses already so its just about time to give yourself a reward.
Have a merry Christmas!
@IntrovertShy (2780)
• Marikina, Philippines
23 Dec 12
Nice. I guess you have a beautiful experience this Christmas. If you ask me, I didn't receive any gift, but maybe I'll receive a gift later from my relatives. Even our house does not have any Christmas decoration.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
24 Dec 12
Hi friend!
I remember I responded to one of the discussions here in myLot several weeks ago asking what kind of gift we would like to receive this Christmas. I made a response that all I want is more time. More time to do the things that I have to do. More time to be with my family. But then, I realized that we were given equal time. If you have 24 hours in a day, so am I. It is not much important now how much of time will be given to us. What is important is how we manage our time.
So if you would ask me, we should be thankful for all the opportunities given to us. The life and the world where we live. All these things are gifts from God that we should be thankful of.
Merry Christmas!
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
22 Dec 12
Hi ricki!
Yes, that watches are so pretty and I like those. I just hope these would last long with me. This is a perfect gift for myself also. thank you for sharing and have a happy holidays!
@greenthumb018 (595)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
I have not bought a gift for myself and I'm thinking of buying a jewelry. Sometimes, I consider buying things for myself my guilty pleasures. Your friend's arrival is very timely because people have money nowadays because of the Christmas bonuses and 13th month pay. I hope when I buy a gift for myself, I can found a shop that can give me discounts as well.
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
22 Dec 12
Hi green thumb!
I bought the watch not really to give myself a gift but primarily to help my friend. We applied together in the government service and she was not able to make it. So she decided recently to move to other country to try her luck there and to e with her husband who is also working there.
But I know how hard it is to work in other country and to think that she will be coming home for some vacation, she should have been enjoying more of herself rather than selling these items. So by buying items from here, I was able to helped her and at the same time I was able to give myself some gift.
We should also give ourselves something out of our hard earned money. We need this from time to time. Thank you for sharing.
Have a nice day! Happy holidays!
@ccwatches (49)
• Hangzhou, China
25 Dec 13
nice christmas gifts i think ,and if you need other styles ,you can check .if you like thanks