[In case you didn't know, my birthday is on 09 December. Which makes it about slightly a month away.]

I paused and had a long thought about it.

A shopping voucher so that I can buy some new clothes? Some jewellery? A bottle of perfume? A new bag? A new wallet? A new pair of shoes? A new watch? A new mobile phone? A new digital camera?

The list was endless. But of course, everyone has a budget. Furthermore, buying shoes, bags, watches, wallets and everything else (except vouchers) carried a serious risk. I have very different taste in my stuff so what you pick may not be what I like.

Then I remembered. I saw it during a long Friday lunch break with my colleagues.

Colour Flash Holga Starter Kit

It was invented in Hong Kong way back in 1982. Photography was a big thing back then in Japan and China. In order to let enthusiasts enjoy photography - the Holga was created. It was a minimal and inexpensive camera using medium format 120 film. It was so cheaply manufactured that it has light leaks. Yet, its very fatal flaws have turned it into a cult camera because of the dreamlike pictures it can create.

Take a look here: http://shop.lomography.com/holga/

I thought it was somewhat insincere to state explicitly what I liked for my birthday. So I wished quietly to myself that a Colour Flash Holga Starter Kit (retailing at SGD 114.72) would be really great.

Just in case you fell in love with the Holga camera too, you can check out this website on how to order the camera: http://www.lomographyasia.com/shop/?showproduct=123

NB: Do not be confused with the Holger Starter Kit. The Colour Flash Holger is slightly more pricey but has better features.

In case you do decide to surprise me with the camera as my present, do drop an anonymous note on the chatbox. It would not be nice hawking multiple birthday sets of Holga on my blog.