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I can finally smell the scent of Christmas. Today marks the start of Simbang Gabi, a tradition that many Filipinos never fail to practice. Many children go from neighbor to neighbor and sing their christmas carols and hope for early pamasko. Unfortunately, you’ll rarely see our neighborhood welcome carolings nowadays… they say, “mahirap ang buhay ngayon,” which is true anyway. I miss the old times when I was a kid — my cousins and I could gather more or less P200 in one night singing carols around the neighborhood. I pity those kids who sing christmas carols; it just shows how hard to earn money these days.

Anyway, it is Christmas season and we should be all happy about it. Nine days to go!