It is hard to believe, that corporations have chosen the Medical University hospital to give three times more gifts to newborns than in Uzsoki. So the only other logical explanation is that the amount of corporate pressure has tripled over the past two years. Indeed, unlike Maia's one bag of presents, Ivan received three. It was of course his mom who signed the small questionnaires and received the packages. The content was diverse, naturally aimed to introduce some products to the new mothers. Few of the samples we found useful and kept, the rest found its way straight into the recycling bin. But again I had the bitter taste in my mouth - convinced more than ever that consumption is not the source of ever-lasting happiness and endless economic growth, as they still try to convince us.