Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The 2008 Holiday Gift Guide to Get On Kaity's Good Side

Christmas is coming up in ten days! My birthday is coming up in twelve days! What better way to celebrate these countdowns than to make a Christmas/Birthday Wish List of Things I Will Never Get, right? Right! So, here we go:

1) A large weekend bag that can accommodate all the excess baggage I have in my life. After all, how can you relax during a weekend getaway if you didn’t have your neuroses, sandwiched between a pile of T-shirts and toiletries, within arms reach?

If I could only get one though, I much prefer a wide-mouth doctor’s bag so that my childhood dreams of becoming a pediatrician would at least be realized sartorially.

No. 166 overnight travel bag


A-Z Collection, Autumn/Winter ’08 Accessories

2) DVDS!

I’ve been wanting, needing to watch any film by John Cassavetes for a while now but I’ve never chanced upon any of his titles in the lair of video pirates. I tried my luck in HMV in Hong Kong but luck was a man masquerading as a lady. So if any of you friends in the States are feeling extra generous, please do ship Criterion Collection’s Five Films by John Cassavetes my way, yes?

3) Books!

For some reason, all the books on my wish list are unavailable here. Why, Fully Booked? Why, Powerbooks? Why, A Different Bookstore? Why?


On Seeing and Noticing
by Alain de Botton

I urge you to read On Love (US Release) by de Botton. It reminds me of those college philosophical handouts though I assure that it won't put you to sleep.




4) Topsiders/Boat Shoes

Quoddy Boat Shoes

Sperry Topsiders

I can imagine myself wearing these shoes while sitting on a yacht,sipping a glass of chilled champagne amidst the backdrop of a sky that's painted with orange, pink and purple hues. Armed with a fool's confidence that only drink can give, I seem to have boldly declared to take on the challenge of sailing the world’s oceans in 60 days, completely neglecting the tiny, inconsequential fact that I can’t swim to save my life.

5) Givenchy Nightingale in Black, Medium


Dear Daddy,

I promise never to buy any other bag if you buy this one for me. It’s a win/win situation right?

Love, Kaity

6) The newest 13-inch Macbook


Lets hope for the best. I have a good feeling about this one.

7) 300 gig external/portable hard drive + housing

8) Bespoke leather shoes

“Bespoke” has been a favorite word of mine for two consecutive months now. Every time I play around with this word in my head, I can almost smell a distinct kind of woodsy, masculine odor, the kind of smell that I associate with quiet elegance and refinement.

On the other hand, leather oxfords are something that I’ve been obsessing over for the past few months.


Though I’ve yet to find the perfect pair, which doesn’t render my toes useless by the end of the day. Lo and behold, I stumbled upon a blog that pointed me to the direction of a man who produces made-to-order leather shoes. We shall see what happens with that. Lets all hope I come out of that store jumping in the air and clicking the heels of the dandiest pair of shoes known to man.

9) A men’s watch

For some reason, I favor the bulkiness of men’s watches over the small, delicate ones for women. To match the bulkiness of my stomach, I guess.

Stowa Watch


Nixon 51-30


Junghans Chronograph

10) A brown leather briefcase



This is a result of watching too much Mad Men.

11) Rollerblades!
P.S. Gino, I’m a size 6, okay? Thanks.

I find it amusing how most of the stuff on this list is geared towards men’s fashion. On more than one occasion, my sister has told me that I dress up like a gay man. I take that as a compliment.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

asa ka!

Beverly Dalton said...

you should totally get the Oxfords. im still obsessing over the Paul Smith ones I saw last July. you might wanna check that out. your blog is entertaining, Kaity :) keep writing.

Kaity said...

Gino - The only way I'm gonna let you and Marco skate in my village is through those rollerblades.

Bevs - Why, hello there! :) I haven't seen those Paul Smith oxfords yet! And it's probably all for the best cos I know I can't afford them. Hah!

Anonymous said...

i'll buy you the givenchy bag. if the brand looks like "Giuenchi" don't be fooled, it's just the all new font they're using.

Kaity said...

Graue, beb. Uonggang Uonga ang gift na yan!

Mia B. said...

Were you able to get any of the stuff?

Kaity said...

Mia - I got the MacBook for my birthday from my parents. :) Bought the external drive myself. As for the rest, I will just dream on. Happy New Year!