“Balikbayan boxes ” is nothing new to me because I am used to receiving boxes full of stuffs shipped either by air or sea cargo by my mom. I had this fascination with the boxes when I was small and well until now, I still have to figure out from what source the strong whiff of fragrance comes out as we opened them. The “imported” air is trapped in clear plastic bags where assorted soaps like Jergens, Ivory, Lux and lotions enclosed and wrapped on the t-shirts, towels and everything in it. There was a time when boxes of chocolates and my favorite jam and peanut butter strangely tasted odd suspecting that the strong scent had seemingly had seeped into it. Opening boxes excites us no end!
Mom (along with my dad) would patiently combed out malls for items like chocolates, clothes, toiletries, canned goods and shoes on sale and would cheerfully wrap and label each item with names of almost all of my immediate and extended families, and then arranged them neatly in a big box called “balikbayan box” and ready to ship once full. She has this Filipino trait of indiscriminate gift giving.
my aunts are excitedly opening these “balikbayan boxes”
no worries.. everything are labelled…my share is safely tucked inside
Mom unselfishly give and share that is why blessings comes back to her a hundredfold.
The name's Pol and I'm a guy who really loves to talk and rant. In this blog, I mostly talk about technology, gadgets and the internet, but there are times when I also dabble in other stuff like art, movies, comics, and video games.
