one of the great things about sunday is that traffic seems and feels like a thing of the past. so far during the past sundays that i've been on the road, it didn't feel like i was living in manila. we decided to take a leisure drive to echague/quiapo/manila sunday to buy some decorative christmas lanterns and what better place to get a bargain than in quiapo. the route felt oddly familiar having at times driven mom to the SM head office for some business before. our decision to leave mid-morning proved to be a wise choice having found a decent parking spot right in front of where the myriad of stalls sold their wares. it wasn't difficult to find the ornaments that interested us except that our initial choice of gold & white stars were out of stock. we settled for some white capiz-laden, illuminated stars instead and bought some yellow/gold capiz stars for our christmas tree. the bigger multi-colored capiz lighted lanters were very much cheaper that we decided to buy one as well. we were in and out of there in less than an hour and were all quite satisfied with our purchases.
the outside of our house looks decently chrismassy right now - its really not to show-off to the neighbors but mostly so that my nephew would be able to enjoy christmas much the same way we did growing up. one of the things i wish for soon is to be able to afford a house for the fam - and while its a really really big dream, dreaming about it is a first step towards achieving it.
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