since i am far away from relatives whom i want to give gifts i just mail them some paper dollars :)... but to the most special person in my life... who else... my benefactor, i gave her 3 aprons, i huge pack of US made clusters of cashews with almonds, a set of decorated steel measuring cups and a book about baking holiday cookies for her grandchildren's delight :) yes she has everything in this world but i made sure like for 20 something years now that i have some little things for her twice a year, on xmas and on march 14th, her b-day. you know it's true that the zodiac had served me well...she is a pisces based on it and i am a cancerian, we both are water signs in the zodiac so maybe the reason she did help me with my education :) and remembering about loving the water, they built a very beautiful beach house in nasugbu, batangas :> wow, that place is heaven, you can hear the splash of the waves most of the time, although the beach sand is not as white like patar... patar is way, way more prettier, beach wise but who cares :)
and speaking of yayas aka your dedicated servant or maid :) what will you give them kaya this xmas. maybe money, maybe a free paid vacation, or maybe something else, but the best thing to give your old yayas are respect, kindness, empathy, understanding, compassion and love, always, for nothing beats these :) and now if i wanted to whenever i am in the phil. i can hire as many yayas as i ever wanted to or need but i will never do that for i can be a yaya to myself plus i am an expert of this profession so no one is better than me, laughs...been there and done that :) diba...
