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My shot of the Provincial Capitol Grounds. December 2007.

Meri Krismas and Hapi New Year!

This is the usual greeting of us Filipinos in this time of the year. With the traditional Christmas Day approaching and of course, a New Year upcoming , this greeting is once again in the airwaves; being flaunted by our TV shows; sent to our mailboxes, snail mail or email or a quick sent to our phones' inbox; displayed conspicuously in public places; used ostentatiously by PR and Ad firms for their big time clients-companies; and oh yeah, by government officials, too! At this time of the year, no other gimmick or strategy can be more, I'll say, cost-effective...or yes, profitable (ie. what with those gifts, high and top-grossing sales, millions of pesos worth of PR mileage, constituents' approval rating) than making the most of this too-commercialized-and-politicized greeting.


I know there are still many who would say or make use of the season's greetings for the sake of reminding others of the season's real spirit and of wishing them well. To them I say, Meri Krismas and Hapi New Year! And to the others? --- Well, I say the same. :)