I'm feeling a bit better now after two days of slight fever and colds. I went out with my family to do some pre-Christmas shopping. We also visited the small Macau exhibit at the Podium since we're planning to go out-of-the-country hopefully toward the end of this month.
Since I don't have the luxury of time to enroll myself in photography classes, I invest on some reading materials in the mean time. I bought three books on photography - The Digital Photographer's Notebook by Kevin Ames, The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby and Photos: Style Recipes by David Matheson et al. I just realized that I got a good set. They all serve as manuals for the different stages of imaging. I have one for the shooting, for the post-production, and finally for making the photographs pieces of art. I can't wait to get my hands on them and start gaining those photography knowledge.
Disclaimer: If you have a colorful imagination or find morbid thoughts offensive, I suggest that you do not, I repeat, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THIS ENTRY. Don't tell me I didn't warn you. :)
We also started looking around for potential Christmas gifts especially for the kids. As I was browsing around the toy store, I was reminiscing the days I was a kid and wanted lots of toys. Most of them, I got. My day-dreaming was cut short by two dolls that I chanced upon. Toys today are getting weirder and weirder. For example, would you get your child a doll that's called BABY ALIVE?!
As I read the details on the box, It became clear to me how it got its name. According to the label, it "really 'eats' her doll food and 'poops'! What?! Did I read that correctly? I suggest that if you're getting your child the BABY ALIVE doll to grant yourself a reprieve from parenting duties, you better think again. This doll sounds more like a responsibility. How on earth can you expect a child to clean up after the mess of this lifeless (oh I'm sorry, lifelike) piece of plastic?! Don't tell me this doll won't stop screaming until you feed it its "doll food"! Not far from the display rack where a number of Baby Alive dolls were situated, I found the disposable diapers AND juice mix for this doll from hell. Manufacturers really come up with "cool" ways to earn profit.
I thought I was done with creepy dolls, but NO!
If the other one acts like a real baby, this one "looks and feels like a real baby." Wouldn't that be like touching a dead baby?! I'm sorry for the gruesome allusion, but I just don't find it cute. Wait a minute. If it looks like a real baby and feels like a real baby, was it made from a real baby?! Waaaaah! With all these dolls, looks like Chuckie Doll is doing a comeback! I better end this post before I regrettably stir up imaginations.
I told you do not continue reading this post. Hehehe!
I better sleep now. I'm scheduled for a check-up in a few hours.
i totally agree with you. the Baby Alive doll is plain creepy! i don't understand why Emily likes it so much... AND why it costs so much!!
and what is up with THAT other doll?? eeew.
Posted by: Teacher Sheryl | 01 December 2008 at 09:31 PM
Really creepy! Kaninong bright ideas kaya itong mga ito?!
Posted by: Quing Obillos | 03 December 2008 at 10:54 PM
e 'di sa mga korporasyong gustong higupin ang salapi ng mga magulang ng mga kabataan ngayon! haaay.
and that other doll pala, the name's "Baby So Real". double eeew.
Posted by: Teacher Sheryl | 07 December 2008 at 01:07 PM
So how do you think dolls should look like?? Too plastic balls and 4 sticks coming out from the lower one (the body)? black painted dots as eyes? I think there is already too much dolls of so bad quality that you hardly recognize them as "babys", it's only good that they finally make some dolls with quality! Isn't the whole point of dolls to look like babies? I have one of those "dead babies" and it doesn't even feel like a baby at all (they lie in the package :D). You should try "reborn baby dolls", those you cannot even recognize to be dolls only by looking quickly ;)
Posted by: Jinz | 01 May 2009 at 09:00 PM
The way dolls look depend on their purpose. In this context, I believe these dolls are made for children to play with. The way the Baby So Real dolls look don't appeal to kids. They look "old." They're supposed to be "cute."
I checked out Reborn Baby Dolls and it seems they were made for adults. It's hard to tell the difference between the doll and the real baby.
Posted by: Quing Obillos | 01 May 2009 at 09:13 PM
The baby alive was cute for me!!
that's why u'm planning to have it as a gift for my daughter this christmas.
but the baby so real was'nt so good to me
parang fetus eee...
Posted by: make | 03 November 2009 at 04:35 AM