Nosebleed

And the tourist guide in me strikes again...

Yesterday, we took our cousins and the cousins of the cousins shopping. First stop was Greenhills. We were there even before it opened. Excited much? But to our surprise, it was closed for renovation or something. I could tell my cousin was disappointed. She has heard so much about this Greenhills place and when she finally steps foot on it, it is closed. Major bummer. So we just made the best of the situation and tried the other malls in Greenhills. We tried Theatre Mall but their stuffs weren't as varied and cheap as the tiangges. And there weren't much knock-offs. I think that was what they really wanted to buy. The tiangges will be back on Friday but by then they would be on their way back to Canada. Wrong timing. But still they were able to buy something.

After spending half of the day in Greenhills, we went to Megamall. They didn't like to go to the mall... they really want the "market" aka tiangge. So the closest to Greenhills would be the St. Francis tiangge beside Megamall. We went to St. Francis but I guess they didn't find much either. The stuff they're selling there weren't as good as the stuff you'll find in Greenhills. And their knock-offs weren't as good as the real thing (as they are in Greenhills). But they still had managed to get a few shirts from the place...

What's funny was their cousin Melvin was a hit with the salesladies in St. Francis. He looked like those Korean/Chinese actors on tv with his chinito eyes. Ergo, the girls were going gaga over him. He was speaking in English, as he grew up in the States, and so the girls kept making remarks about him in Tagalog. They didn't know he could actually understand Tagalog or that we, his companions, can understand them. He was swarmed with giggling girls trying to sell him rubber shoes. One after another, the girls from other stalls would come over to where he is and take a look at him. I even heard some say, "Ang guapo niya," and "Ay oo nga ang cute ng mga mata." Haha. My sister who was tired from all the driving and walking, sat on the stool nearby but then the sales girl took it from her and made Melvin sit on it. The horror! So now I know why Filipino men are spoiled rotten. But Melvin was actually oblivious to all the attention the girls were pouring on to him. But we noticed. Everyone who was with him noticed. Jaime, our cousin, even said "You guys are not shy ha." So we told him and his mother that he should stay here and we'll make him enter showbiz. Bwahaha.

After Megamall, it was time for us to head home and have dinner at our house. By this time, low-batt na lahat. The guests had literally shopped 'til they dropped.