I am now locked in the room, alone, supposedly to be studying and revising if not for this week's formative assessment, then for the coming finals.arrgghh~... I may be physically bound to just sit there pouring over the notes and books but my brain and my mind doesn's seems to be very cooperative at the moment. Right at the time when i desperately need some distraction, some entertainment, and something off my studies, I found my old, faithful, CLEO mag inside my drawer. YeAy!!! Though its old (yeah,its Dec 2004's ) but can be quite useful at times like this.
There was an article that is probably worth sharing with you guys :- "10 gift rules for men!"
Lately, i have encountered some guy friends who are complaining about difficulty buying gifts for girls. Either it's for gift exchange, birthday prezzie or christmas gift, they have a similar, standard remark saying that it is TROUBLESOME and is DIFFICULT. Hmm..really??? I thought it is even harder to get stuffs for guys. Look, there are tonnes and variety of things out there that you can actually pick from and buy for the females. And where does the difficulty actually lies? Perhaps it lies on what is (hopefully) the right gift for (the specific) her?
Since its a Dec 04 mag, this article is about tips for men to get the right Christmas gift for her. So, the 10 rules of Christmas are...
Rule No.1: Stop, Look, Listen.
- she's probably been dropping hints since July, so, guys, please put on your antenna.
Rule No.2: Feather That Nest.
Rule No.3: When In Doubt, Buy Both.
- wow! goodie goodie! hehe...
Rule No.4: Don't Let Your Magic Formula Wear Out Its Welcome.
- if you manage to get it right 1 year, don't think you have found the universal answer. well, i guess you guys may really need to do some homework here.
Rule No.5: Lingerie- The Gift That Keeps On Giving.
- well, i personally don't know if it applies to you. hmm...Doesn't seems too appropriate, does it?
Rule No.6: 100 % Accuracy + 10% Flattery
- this rule is related to Rule No.5
Rule No.7: Hands Off-It's Hers.
- this means NO giving her a tool set you are looking forward to use it yourself.
Rule No.8: Christmas Eve Shopping
- everyone knows it but yet,so many guys continue to break it. Here's a scenario: someone's boyfriend, having left it too late, tried to pretend on Christmas morning the reason he'd not bought her a gift was, "Oh i thought we weren't celebrating Christmas this year"
Rule No.9: You Can't Cancel Christmas.
- hehe..better come out with a not so lame excuse next time ;)
Rule No.10: Buy It With Love...Merry Christmas!
- the most crucial rule, if honestly observed will excuse you from breaking almost any number of the others.
Right, i guess thats all for today's lesson. You are certainly more than welcome to browse my copy of Cleo if you want =)
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7 comments:
yeah yeah, exactly! hehe. i dun see why they(guys) shud complain when we(gilrs) aren't.
haha, is juz a matter of want and dun want only...
I can't denied that there is quite a range of goods that we can get for girls, but the problem is too much of options will causes a person lost his true sight of getting the appropriate present... agree? Because as rule 10 stated that rite, buy it with love... is really quite difficult to get the present while there are so many options ler... if get too common things, it doesn't make any difference rite? A special gift always so hard to find..>.< (hehe, special gift is not only for special person only lah...=p)
But for guys, at least option lesser, then can easily pick up mah.. furthermore, boys are not so calculative, so any present will also ok wif them rite? hohoho, doesn't mean anything oh.. dun think there is any discrimination...:P
But, conclusion also the same point lah.. either u wanna do or dun want to do...=)
Hehehe,not satisfied with ur gift exchanged???Hahaha,I hv heard tat u got a pack of chocolate,dun they taste nice???Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
Normally guys will buy chocolate 4 girls,It is easier mah,summore tis is usually the 1st thing come out in mind when guys need figure up what to buy 4 girls...Hahaha,dun blame guys lah...We really dun knoe what to buy 4 girls,n dun know what can suit u al...
hav u ever heard of "its the thoughts that matters"...
u see, i wasnt complaining. the issue is tht i've encountered a number of guys who are complaining.
ermm..pls note tht i post this up way before the gift exchange. in fact i'm happy with the choc i got. its reli nice u know..yummy yummy ;)
i am not blaming guys ler. if u guys dun kno wht to buy for girls, do u actuali think we kno wht to get for u guys as well? the fact is that the complaining party actually has lots to randomly choose and buy for girls..its almost available everywhere.
I very much disagree, with the "but it with love" rule. This should be replaced with;
Rule No:10 Give gift and be prepared to run.
Even when you do buy a gift with love half of girls will somehow find some evil reason for why you got it.
As for guys, just read a copy of FHM and look at the cool stuff pages, theres always heaps of stuff there and the guy will only think you're cool for getting it. I don't think guys dwell on presents as much as girls, so I don't think you have to worry that much.
You also missed out maybe the most useful rule.
Golden Rule No 1: Go shopping with the girls best friends/sister, as they probably want the same thing or know what they're sister/friend wants. Also stops you buying the same present as them.
haha...hmm,will it be better off NOT to give gift instead? anyway, i don't think it is tht scary... a bit exaggerating, rite?
i was thinking, why not jus buy guys FHM then? hehe =P
haha...why?
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