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The art of gifting yourself

Once the holiday high has settled, festivities have wrapped up, and the flurry of the season has calmed, we can’t help but get into a more reflective mood. After months of thinking about gifts, giving said gifts, and gathering our nearest and dearest, I hope you’ve had time to think about gifting another very important person: yourself.

Of course, you shouldn’t scrimp on gifting yourself. After a long year of hard work, and taking stock of all the colorful experiences the past year has given, I wondered, what could be a good gift for myself? I asked three discerning men for ideas.

If you had P10,000 left to spend after gifting everyone else over the holidays, what would you buy for yourself?

David Guerrero

Creative Chair of BBDO Guerrero and author of “You Won’t See Me: When the Beatles Ghosted Imelda”

1. Plant-based set menu for two at Gallery by Chele

Hard cover special edition Elena Ferrante Neapolitan novels

2. Hardcover special edition of the four Elena Ferrante Neapolitan novels from Page and Turner, plus a donation to Childhope Kalyeskwela

3. Round-trip to Boracay for two on Philippine Airlines

Manny Del Rosario

Manny Del Rosario

Partner, Toby’s Estate Coffee Roasters

Flower Mountain Yamano sneakers

1. Norda or Flower Mountain sneakers

2. A couple of Uniqlo C label shirts

3. A vintage 70s Seiko watch

Ken Mishuku

Ken Mishuku

Collector, owner of Midcentury Manila

See Also

1. Danese Toucan perpetual tabletop calendar

2. Flower Mountain Fami boat-shaped sneakers

Bang Lop lamp orange

3. Bang Lop table lamp in green or ombre

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