March 11, 2009

• Beggars

  I am sick of all the beggars/people I know telling me to bring back something for them. TELLING ME! First of all, the fact I am even telling them I'm going somewhere is privileged. Before they even say anything about having a safe trip, have fun or get back safely; it's "get me this, get me that, I want this, I want that". All of these requests are not making me think of the fun things that I should be thinking of when I land. Now I'm busy thinking of the disappointed faces when I get them nothing. The last thing on my mind will be them when I go away. At this moment, I'm thinking that on my next vacation, I won't tell anyone what I'm doing. Only the people who I will consider going with. Its unfortunate that I have to think this way but the "begging" is only adding to the stress that I am trying to alleviate by going on vacation. What I'm thinking of doing is making a list of the beggars, and a list of the people that I thought of buying souvenirs for. The beggars will get a separate souvenir, if they even get a souvenir at all. They will be the last thought of. The people I will purchase for will get better quality souvenirs, something well thought of. And all those who didn't get, should get over themselves and look for stuff on eBay or go to a JASmart or Mitsuwa (Japanese market in NJ). Honestly, my trip to Florida when it came to souvenirs was a headache. The souvenirs I bought had no thought at all to them and one that I gave was given to someone else. I was mortified. You thought of someone to get them something and they practically trash it because it wasn't what they wanted. Again, I can't stress the need to just go on vacation and only get something for mother, father, bf and myself. It will leave me time to give a meaningful thought to the souvenir. I'm a worry wart. I know this about myself. I can't help this. It is probably innate for someone like me. Sent via BlackBerry

  • 9:12 pm
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