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Thursday, November 30, 2006
The Great Bulacan Sale
Another wasted credit card...
Yes, my wife, sister-in-law and good friend bought all of these...
I was tired and I was the baby sitter for the entire shopping duration...
I was happy that we were able to get out after 3 hours...
Thanks Jonas for this Christmas wonderful sale!!
This time, there were a lot of baby clothes that sells for P100 each. Aidan would have to agree :)
The branded stuff area. The sale was just OK. But I'm sure you'll find a dress or two.
A lot lot more stocks this year. Most of them are imported from the factories directly all over Asia.
The shopping style is get a crate then once you pick something interesting, grab it immediately and put it in your crate. When you fill up the crate, then head to the fitting rooms to filter out that items that fits and those that passes your second thoughts judgement.
Indeed fashion with an attitude. I'm glad that there are evaporator airconditioners installed in the warehouse. But still, it was still hot inside with lots of people shopping. BTW, softdrinks are free so grab one while you are shopping.
As early as 10am, the cashier already looks like this.
There were good selection of Polo shoes and this was the only item I bought during the sale. My wife and friends continue to rave about some items on the way home.
Aidan is happy pushing this cart to our car. As early as 9am, you can already see the long line of parked cars outside star trends.
Don't expect too much when you visit this sale. It's not your usual shopping place but it is a good bargain factory sale place. Also, some items are more expensive than Divisoria prices if you are aware of them. This is indeed, a bargain hunters heaven!
November 30, 2006 in Bargains | Permalink | Comments (108) | TrackBack
Krispy Kreme, Manila -- Happy Happy Birthday!
On a cold Nov. 30 morning, Krispy Kreme in Manila was born @ exactly 8.30am Manila, Philippines time. Before going to the Bulacan Sale, we just had to say Happy Birthday to Krispy Kreme in City Center the Fort!
There was a long queue and this was the tail end of the line at 8.30am. The queue was a snake already and it goes all around up to the Krispy Kreme main door opening below the Red building on the left. There are still a lot of people who lined up which is a mix of students who has nothing to do because of no classes, employees who aim to get 4 dozens of Krispy Kreme donuts to be seen as cool in the office, and gym rats coming from fitness gym the Fort who wanted to reward themselves for the morning's workout. I'm not sure how long the queue was and I estimate that waiting time can easily be 2 hours in the morning.
Is there any readers out there who lined up this morning?
Aidan's face says it all. Please help me escape from this long queue! BTW, what's the frenzy about these Krispy Kreme donuts anyway? I'm actually just curious on who won the one year supply of Krispy Kreme donuts?
November 30, 2006 in 07. Foodie Discoveries | Permalink | Comments (20) | TrackBack
Wunderground.com -- Best Weather Service Online
Just wanted to share with you another weather service secret. I don't rely on PAG-ASA reports anymore and in fact, I don't use TV anymore to help me predict typhoons in the Philippines. The MOST reliable weather service that predicted Hurricane Katrina in the US is www.wunderground.com. In fact, the local officials during the Katrina was saying that they did not get any warning but wunderground.com has been predicting it already. It is very critical specially for travelers and people who wants to go on road trips like me.
Let me share with you as an example. Ivan and I with friends were planning to go to Mt. Pinatubo on Dec. 1 friday and we arranged this way back. As early as Monday, I told Ivan that we will cancel it because wunderground.com is predicting that Super Typhoon Durian (locally called Reming) will hit Manila on Thursday afternoon. At this point, there were no news about it in the media. Ivan kept on asking me when I can confirm it and I just said to him that I'll keep on tracking the typhoon via this online service.
In fact the photo above is the latest tracking of the typhoon. It will hit Philippine shores by 9am today. In the afternoon, it will hit Category 3 status (111-130 mph) similar to typhoon Milenyo. Originally, it was forecasted to be Category 5 so fortunately, it slowed down a bit. If it remained as a Category 5 and hit Manila, I would be staying at home definitely and pray.
Another story. We were suppose to go to the Bulacan Sale this afternoon, but I insisted that we go this morning. The typhoon is predicted to get soo big in the afternoon. that we might get stuck in the floods of North Luzon highway. So, I was able to convince my wife and friends to go first thing this morning.
The internet is so powerful that you just need to know how to seek the right information. I do hope this tip could save lives and your family in the future. Btw, we use this weather tracking system in our company and we plan accordingly based on this. This usually gave us 1-2 days lead time and planning ahead of any weather warnings from PAG-ASA.
Thanks Wunderground.com!! You guys save lives :)
November 30, 2006 in zz. Internet Marketing, Cool Sites, Other Interests | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack
Saturday, November 25, 2006
THE BIG GARMENTS SALE Nov30-Dec2
I'm actually sick since Thursday. I guess the fatigue of hosting our regional guests got to me. I'm resting the entire weekend and no blogging for me until Monday (hopefully). I'll leave you with this post on the next Bulacan Sale since most of you might be planning for the long weekend. You need to have the email invite to be able to enter this sale. In the invite, they don't have Mango brands anymore for this sale but instead here are the other brands: CK, Diesel, A/X, D&G, Replay, A&F, True Religion, Hollister, FCUK, AEO, Esprit, Zara, Anne Klein, Tommy, Juicy.
November 25, 2006 in Bargains | Permalink | Comments (111) | TrackBack
Friday, November 24, 2006
Up close and personal with Ms. Earth Candidates
I have a hectic week now because my team are hosting our regional team mates for a week's conference here in Manila. Being a Filipino host, I would like to make sure that our guests had a good time (in a good sense) and enjoy memorable experiences in Manila. I surprised them last night and I was able to pull off an awesome surprise.
My plan was to invite them to the World Music Room for a Karaoke gimmick. Little did they know that there was a Ms. Earth party where you can be up close and personal with the Beauties. Upon arriving at the second floor of the World Music Room, it took them 30 whole minutes to finally figure out that they are partying with real Ms. Earth beauties. They can't believe it at first and thought that the sash was made up and everything was a hoax. What a clever gimmick huh? It was cool fun and they left with smiles on their faces including our lady friends :)
I do hope that they had one memorable fun evening. Unfortunately, Ms. Earth Philippines and Canada were on another batch for a different event that night. This the second consecutive year that we were fortunate to have the Ms. Earth pageant held here in the Philippines. To all the ladies, Good Luck on Sunday!!
Adrian, our Australian friend, was noticed immediately by the ladies. Too bad, by the time, he realized that the Ms. earth ladies were for real, it was time for them to have their beauty sleep.
Job, our Thailand friend, finally found the chance to have this photo with Ms. Thailand. We were wondering why Ms. Thailand do not know how to speak Thai. A controversy maybe?
Prem, our Indian friend, chose Ms. Slovak Republic as the most beautiful Ms. Earth candidate of the night.
The event was open to the public for P500 which already includes a beer. Thanks to Wars and our Jaycee friends for the invite to this awesome party! I'm not sure if OAP readers will be interested to know about parties like this in the future. Who knows, the Ms. Earth pageant might be held in Manila again in the near future.
November 24, 2006 in 13. Awesome Happenings in Manila circa 2005 onwards | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
