Gift !!

If I search on the internet for what constitutes a gift, there are many things that come to mind. It can be a present, it can be something given without expecting anything in return, it can be something tangible or just a feeling of love and affection. Well, if you are wondering why we are discussing about gifts, here you go ..

One of the gifts I got recently was this beautiful coffee mug, which had all the facts about the letter “A” like the character of a person, the history of the letter A, future of the person whose name begins with A, meaning of the letter A (sounds interesting !!) and list of celebrities’ names beginning with A (unfortunately my name did not find a place on that list .. ;) ). This mug with loads of info was gifted by Paddy (occasion, gotta ask her...) and now this mug is proudly positioned on my desk.

Another gift that I received was from this very sweet and kind lady in Amsterdam, Emmy, my counterpart, colleague and now a good friend. To this day she addresses me as “geniee”. (that’s because she believes I have a solution for every problem like Aladdin’s geniee.. ).

The third of the gifts I got was from this very good friend of mine who’d been to Delhi. Out there she picked up a mariner’s compass that has a “real” antique feeling to it, has “Stanley London” inscribed on it. This compass is enclosed in a brass container and on the back side of the container it has one of my favorite poems by Robert Frost – “The road not taken”.

Now, it is my turn to start gifting, and I like it doing more than receiving them….