It's nearly a month before Christmas and yet a lot of people have already prepared their shopping list for the holidays. Actually, I know some who are already done with their Christmas shopping. If you go out of your house today and proceed to the nearest mall, you'll definitely feel the holiday season shopper rush, as if the economy is not in a bad state.
I noticed one thing though with today's shoppers. More and more people are going for tech gadgets as Christmas presents to their loved ones or to their selves compared to the previous years. It seems the mobile phone era in the Philippines has evolved to notebooks too.
Gone are the days when toys and terno dress will surprise you as you open your Christmas gift as the clock turned 12 on Christmas eve. Mobile phones, laptop computers, GPS reader and others are the common gifts you can expect nowadays.
About 10 years ago when I was still a kid leaving his room windows on Christmas night, wishing for Santa's gifts, toys and pants and coloring books are the ones that came out on gifts instead of bicycles and remote controlled vehicles which I wrote in my Christmas list. Very far from what I wished
As of writing this article, a relative in my back is boxing an Acer mini-laptop for his one-and-only inaanak. Now that I'm seeing how expensive it is to become a ninong, I think I'll have to pass on offers to become a godfather on ceremonial baptisms.
