I still remember my first watch. If I remember it correctly, my parents got it for me while we were on a vacation in Cebu when I was a kid. I got to pick the design. Because I was a kid back then, I picked Mickey Mouse. It had a round gold case with Mickey on the dial and a thin tan leather stap. I remember wearing it even at home because it I love it so much! hahaha
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I got another watch from my Ninang. Also Mickey. It was silver rectangular dial with dark plum leather strap.
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Then my parents got me another watch. This time it's digital. It was a Winnie the Pooh necklace watch where you swing the pot of 'hunny' to show the digital screen. It was a reward for being a good student.
They discouraged me to get digital watches because they wanted me to learn reading the analog properly. Glad I obeyed! Ever since then I looove analog watches. So classic and 'intelligent'. haha
After that I had a yellow Swatch watch which can double as a stopwatch too! Looove it! It's from Auntie Beng, my mom's sister. Then Lola also gave me my first metal watch. I think it was Citizen but I lost it in school some years later.
Dad's brother Tito Gerry made me love watches even more. He always brings us (my cousins and I) Swatch watches! I really get excited when he tells me he's coming home for a visit because I know I'll be getting a new watch.
Because my brother Jom is picky with watches, he didn't like the leather Fossil watch Tito Gerry gave him. It was oversized and not bagay so my brother gave it to me. What he wants is an average sized metal watch. So Two Christmases ago I bought him a watch because Timex had a promo. I got the same watch too, only mine had a white dial, his was black. It's our default watch now.
And then my brother Joop was given a Lego watch by Auntie Beng and didn't like it also. (He was young that time. Wala pa siyang taste haha) So I 'borrowed' it indefinitely. Now he claims it's his but never really took it from me. It's one of my favorite watches!!! Lots of people said 'Cute, mukhang Lego' and then I'd surprise them by saying "It's Lego!" Then I start disintegrating the pieces. hahaha
My actual Lego Traveler Watch
My latest watch was a graduation gift from Lola. I love it but haven't really worn it much. Once palang yata, during Chloe's debut.
I guess I'll never get tired of watches. It reminds me of how valuable time is. Ika nga ni Kris Allen 'live like we're dying'.
Mental note to self: find all watches (incuding Mickey mouse!) when I go home next month. And replace straps of all old Swatch watches. Will start my serious collecting of watches. :) Not bags and shoes because they wear out easily. Watches. :)
