Merry Christmas to all! Christmastime is a time for remembering, they say; but, once there was a young man who lost his ladylove because of thoughtfulness. It was Christmas that time, so he decided to buy a sweater as a gift for the object of his ardent affection. While waiting for his gift at the wrapping counter, a young lady was beside him, waiting for her gift too. He took the first box that was wrapped and hurriedly left, not knowing that his gift was interchanged with that of the lady beside him.
To impress his girlfriend of how thoughtful he was, he wrote a dedication on the card which says": My dearest darling, I chose to give you this gift among other things because the last time we went out together, I noticed that you had none".
The girl of his dreams eagerly opened the box,but blushed rose red upon seeing that his gift was a bikini panties. So, their love story ended right then and there.
Speaking of thoughtfulness, I am always reminded of my one-time sister in profession, Mrs. Paz Almirante. As a matter of fact, I still have with me up to now the gift that she gave me more than decades of Christmases ago because according to her, I really needed it .Of course, it was not a bikini panties for she knew very well that I don't wear any; the bikini style, I mean. Her gift was a giant hot dog. No, not that part of the dog, but rather, a "huggable" hot dog pillow. See how thoughtful she is? Aside from her thoughtfulness, she had other fine qualities I missed. For instance, I made my pupils write about the teacher they can't forget, and I learned from them that Mrs. Almirante taught English well. They had also observed, as I did too, that she was always well-dressed, smart and generous. It's a sad thing that Bagumbayan Elem. School was not able to keep her somehow, because her husband made her choose between him and her profession, so she had to leave, for she believed that unto the bow, the arrow is, unto man is woman; si Maria nagadalagan, ginalagas ni Juan!
