Christ­mas is almost upon us and the shops tend to be so damn crowded that you can’t even walk in with­out bump­ing into a few per­sons. Did I men­tion that I hate crowded places? Any­way, it’s the same wher­ever you go. I for one can’t even buy books online – mighty Ama­zon just isn’t able to deliver within a rea­son­able time-frame. The books don’t mat­ter, I wouldn’t dare buy­ing Christ­mas presents on Ama­zon only a few days before the great day.

Unfor­tu­nately, I still need to buy a cou­ple presents. In other words: I have to wage a full-blown war. Yes, that’s right. I will have to bat­tle other last-minute shop­pers like me to get the stuff I need. I just hope I don’t have to engage too many foes lest they over­whelm me and take what’s right­fully mine. Now I will go and med­i­tate to get into the right state of mind for the bat­tle that is ahead because I believe Sun-Tzu was right when he said that “vic­to­ri­ous war­riors win first and then go to war, while defeated war­riors go to war first and then seek to win”. Wish me luck!