I am the type that doesn't want to receive flowers even on any special ocassions. My other half knows me better that I would be much happier if it was FOOD. I can't cook those flowers, it would just be a waste of money... Hey! That is just me.
FYI, a boquet of flowers will cost you more than a Php1,000 or it depends on the kind of flowers and arrangement. The bigger the buquest the expensive it geta. Come to think, receiving a boquet of flowers will only give me more or less five (5) minutes of happiness. And once you are done taking pictures, its either you set aside the flowers and put them in a vase and wait till they wilt. So thats it, you spend on something that will just withered. Not at all very convenient.
I know today is the second Sunday of May and we all celebrate Mothers Day on our own way. I don't want it to be grand or luxorious or expensive. I just want things simple. I am soooooo easy to please. Just feed me! There goes my happiness.. Hahahaha
Suddenly, the hubs came rushing in the room interrupting my thoughts. (No flowers or balloons or chocolates at hand..)
Psssssst! Happy Mother's day! 🤗😘
What do you want to do today?
hmmmmm.. I dont know, its too hot to go to the mall plus Im having mild cramps.
How about lunch? What do you want?
hmmmm.. I dont know either. Surprise me?!
Okay, I'll be back.
I don't often wonder what he'll bring back. Oh I know its food! But I do hope it will make me happy haha.. Sometimes I don't like his food selections but he knows how to make me eat those. Yeah yeah, he has his ways I cant seem to resist.. tsk tsk..
Actually, I dont have any special cravings for today. I'm also not the type who loves to buy a new phone, new clothes , new shoes, new bags.... naaaaaah! I don't want any of that. None of it would make me the happiest. However, if someone, not my ex-bofie, would have handed me those things for free, I would gladly accept it. But, if I or the ex-boyfie was to buy them, I would rather not.
Maybe because we dont have the luxury to claim it. Initially, even if we can afford it, we just cant waste money that easy. I would always think that there are far more better things to buy than buying something out of our necessity or not in the budget.. Do I make sense? Do you get me? Is there someone out there who thinks this way too? Or is it just me again?.. I often wonder..
Don't get me wrong, I am techie when it comes to phone. To be honest, there is one that I had been eeying to have this past few weeks. That is the Samsung Galaxy S10! But the price is around Php50,000.00 (about $958). To me, that is quite too much to spend on a phone alone. My brain is contemplating that my current phone still works. Though it only has too little phone memory. Still, I aint buying!
My sister keeps telling me to buy a new pair of shoes for the office. She wants that Id buy one with heels, it would make me look not just executive but looking smart. If I buy one, it would be those durable ones. I dont want to buy a pair that would only last a few months. I want durability and flexibility. And that aint coming so cheap so it would also really cost me a lot to have it. But then again, my old pair still do me just fine. Maybe not now. Not buying either!
Anyway, I can keep on blabbing all day on the things that I dont have and already or still have. I could go on on the things I need to have and buy. Who does not want them??! I do want them, but I think it through a thousand times before buying something.
Oh I dont know! I keep muttering to myself.
I hadn't realized my thoughts had lead me to walk outside. It was still very early in the morning and yet the sun rays already sting my skin. But I do not mind at the moment because my thoughts are talking out loud today. Sooooooo weird.
Unexpectedly, these flowers came greeting me as I pass by them. I could not resist taking a few shots.
They were at full bloom and so vibrant! Even from afar one would admire this flower. I think if I remember it right, we locally call this as Cosmos Flowers.
Then, these pinks flowers caught my eye as I turn to the second block. I came to a stop right away and had a closer look. Did I ever told you that my favorite color is pink?... or is it really pink or lavander?? Hahaha.. I find it hard to distinguish.. hmmmmm.. I dont know what the name of this one.
This is what we call the Yellow Bells flowers. They do look like to be in bell shaped. Its hard to snap of only one flower, they seem to bloom in groups.
We have so many variants of the Gumamela. It was only this one that seems new to me. It seems to have a combination of white and pink colors, more like having an ombre kind. Its beautiful! I remember when I was younger we used to play cooking with the Gumamela because when you chop down tje flowers and place them under water, the watet becomes a little thick which resembles a cooking oil.
Anyway, life is ironic sometimes. Of all the days that I get to appreciate a few flowers, it had to be on this day. You see, as I reached back home, I realized life has given me a bouquet of flowers to wander and be awed. It did made me stop at my walk not only to smell them but appreciate each beauty.
Life reminded me that you dont need to have what expensive just to be appreciated. We often take for granted if what we already have. We value less of what is around us. We neglect to see tbe little blessings that are in plain sight.
I did not ask for any flowers but I were given a few today. And it did not cost us a single centavo.
HAPPY MOTHERS TO ALL MOMs OUT THERE!
PS.
The ex-boyfie came home with crabs and shrimps. I was ecstatic! They were my favorites!! Nom nom nom..
Just me
Thinking out loud
Maquemali