Most of the stores are starting to open at 8am. Every store is settled by 9am. We started checking out 999 mall. We started our way on the very top floor and worked our way down. There was a wide variety of cool clothes – from pull-ups – to hipster and festival clothes – to summer clothes. The pull ups cost P150 each. We were kinda surprised but maybe because it’s already out of season. There were too many to choose from and we didn’t know where to start. We wanted to check out the whole floor before buying anything.
Every time I go to Divisoria, the first buy is always the struggle. It is so hard to make the first purchase but once you finally did it, spending money is a breeze or even faster than the wind. And as expected, that‘s what happened.
Divisoria is known as the mecca of inexpensive goods and with that is a notion that all the products sold there are low-quality and fake. It might be true for the most of the products there but not all. We were able to find a store that sells original products but with lower price than the mall.
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| Goody brush for P160.00 |
It does not always mean that when it’s cheaper or not the original, it is low quality. It is more commonly known as imitation or replica but why would you pay for more if it does the job.
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| Ouchless hair ties (P100 for 3 sets) |
After checking out 999, we headed to 168 and it gets more interesting. The prices are cheaper and it had more variety.
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| Bunny hair ties (P80 for 20pcs) |
We also found a store for arts and crafts.
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| Hanging paper frames - P60; Scratch note - P50; Mettalic tattoo - P25 each |
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| Loove this cat paper tape - P35.00 |
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| Embossed stickers - P100 for 5pcs |
We also found a store for charms. It’s a little bit late for the Chinese New Year but no one is late for good luck or feng shui. I took the one with my year sign and this year’s sign. And it’s P100 for both.
After this, we headed to the top floor of 168 to check out the boutiques there. Some of them have clothes from Bangkok and others are rip-off (if you know how to look). By this time we were already tired as we already lost a lot of energy and almost spent all our money (haha!). We were already planning to go home but we decided to have one last stop, which is Lucky China town. My officemates never had been there so it was a great time to have them check it out. So we went there and we end up going to Daiso. Lubusin na ang pagka-cheapskate. We bought a few things and called it a day.
A day in Divisoria gives me a sense of fulfillment cause aside from braving the heavy human traffic, there is this feeling that I got more than what I paid for. I always get out from Divi with a big plastic bag or sack and it really feels good especially when I get home and starts to unpack all the things I bought and gets the assurance that I got more than my money’s worth.
