Ad astra per aspera

God is strange and wonderful and wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful.

the reason why i avoid buying electronics and other things from big stores like anson's, abenson or automatic center (are they owned by the same family?) is because i think the after-sales service sucks. maybe because that's what they are- just sellers.

portia and i purchased a stove and range hood before christmas and thankfully the items arrived before christmas day. but the delivery service (which i think should be free, but i digress) is just really a delivery service. the morons who brought the items to our unit just really brought them there. i asked for their help to take the stove out of the box and slide it in the space where the old stove used to be. after asking them to do so, i had to take a phone call and when i got back to the kitchen (after about ten minutes) the idiots were still standing there with a blank stare on their faces. i sent them away with no tip. my driver set it up in less than 5 minutes.

so anson's (the great big one in makati fronting landmark) promised that the range hood installer will come today. it's almost the end of the day and my range hood is still in a box.

this is why i don't buy from big stores. i would never dare buy a tv from any of these big stores. because of the following reasons:

1. they don't know what they're talking about
2. they don't install, they just sell

i buy tvs from my dude in salcedo village. i bought a tv from my dude half a year ago. on a saturday afternoon at around 3pm. by 4pm, it was up an running in my apartment. and connected to my ps3, my receiver and my wdtv.

i don't think anson's can do that.

but alas, i pledged a washing machine as a prize to a production house's raffle thing. sadly, i'll have to drag my ass to anson's once again.

this has got to be my geekiest christmas yet.

apart from all the food i got, i got a whole lot of toys!!!

starting with the best (from portia of course):





from icel, kola flash/lens filters:



http://www.KOLAstore.com/

much like the colorsplash flash from lomo, the kola filters made my digital pictures look like this:




a mr. spock action figure and a glow in the dark qee from my brothers:



from eugene, a massive book:



and motorcycle gloves:



for my zoomer:



and for the morning after christmas, nothing beats this:




i hope everyone had a great christmas! 2010 should kick ass!