THEBAGHAG’S BIRTHDAY GIFT

Today, I turned One Year Older! *Pfffft go ahead, call me old :D*

I actually didn’t get me a birthday pressie because I got some pretty cool bday gifts already!

1. Baghags MS and JB got me Royce Chocolates *drooools… yummmmy*
2. Baghag DC got me a real good book about Positive Thinking (this is what I truly need!!)
3. Baghag BL got me some cool notepad sets which I’m so totally loving
4. TinaN of Ilaya Couture (one of my fave clothing brands) gave me a beautiful purple shirt
5. DB got me some Lacoste shirts (which I’m otherwise too cheap to even bother buying haha)
6. DB and DSIL bought me a New Nokia phone *woooohoooo* coz they see how abusive a mobile phone user I am hahaha… (Remember my old phone just died on me, meaning it got totally corrupted, causing me to lose ALL the stored phone numbers?)
7. DM got me bliiiiiiing 🙂 🙂 🙂
8. DKs wrote me beautiful cards with cute drawings of “gifts” and “flowers” 🙂 *priceless!!*

And for myself, I’m actually giving a small donation to PGH, Children’s ward. It’s an add-on to what I am giving from the proceeds of our previous “garage sale” at the village 🙂 *beams*. I’ve decided to use the money I would’ve otherwise used to buy that new LV psychedelic purple epi Alma to purchase some supplies for the kids of PGH. I know it’s not right for me to even disclose this. After all, if you decide to give something to a charitable cause, it’s wiser not to mention it in the open right? (It’s like asking for acknowledgment or credit… but this is really not the reason for my posting it here). But since I didn’t want to get a barrage of emails, texts, and comments on what bag I got me for my birthday, I might as well just disclose it here. It’s really the best gift I can give to myself this year.

I am not growing any younger, and I have to shamefully admit that I haven’t really been religiously donating to children’s causes as much as I’d really want to. *Sigh* In the past year, I’ve become so engrossed with my own little bag world (ok, I’ve been selfish… real selfish) that I had neglected to look at the other more pressing issues that plague the lesser fortunate people in our country. Especially the innocent children who don’t have it good. 🙁

I guess this time that my kids started school got me seriously thinking that I am so lucky that my parents were able to afford me a good education. It got me thinking that I am lucky that I can afford to send my kids to school. Other kids don’t even get that chance to learn and to grow mentally.

This thought seriously haunted me, and I must again, shamefully admit, that I found it hard to give up the money that I have for a new bag or a new something. But then I kept thinking about the children, the children. It would’ve been so cruel of me to go back and spend it on something I honestly don’t need. Which is another new bag. I mean, I haven’t even used my other new bags much!! *Tsk… Hoarding!!! Again!*

So, I didn’t think about this “giving- up- the- bag- fund” as a sacrifice anymore. Besides, I’ve been so selfish this whole year! Too many bags in too little time, right? *Tsk tsk* So now’s the time to get my act together and give something back. I guess this is really my way of saying thank you to the Big Guy up there too, for having given me blessings throughout the years– the blessings of a very supportive family (my Dad, Mom, DBs, and Sis-In-Law), my wonderfully sweet children and my ever- so- cool DH (even if I still take potshots at his stinginess, he’s still a blessing hahaha 😀 *Boy he hates these little honorable mentions hahaha*), sincere and loyal friends, both new and old, and of course, you readers, who think that I actually have some kind of entertainment value (or so I thought you did) *hahaha*. 🙂

So, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO TEXTED/ EMAILED ME BIRTHDAY GREETINGS!! 🙂

P.S. DH didn’t get me a birthday gift!!! *Snicker… if you hags personally know my DH, you might as well email him the list of stuff I want for my birthday… yes, the Material stuff hahaha*

x
Mrs.T