Monday, June 14, 2004
My sister and I went to Divisoria last Thursday to buy stuff for my nephew's first birthday bash. Since the theme of the party is going to be "Kiddie Olympics", we immediately began looking for toy stalls as soon as we set foot inside the building. In no time, we were surrounded by hanging balls (haha.), plastic badminton rackets, miniature billards tables and a lot of people. It was unbelievable how cheap everything was (that was, after all, the reason we chose to shop there in the first place.). Divisoria is a shoppaholic's paradise. If you have the eye for quality and a few hundred bucks in your pocket, you will definitely be able to leave the place with a bag full of great buys.
In the midst of all the squeezing into tight places and haggling, there were a few Laugh Out Loud moments which cracked us up, especially during the ride home.
- Since the theme was sporty, we were looking for toys with balls as a design. We found a gun with a plastic soccer ball attached at the top. It looked interesting, and it definitely fit the theme so we picked it up. When we pulled the trigger, though, the ball spinned opened, revealing a small chinese statue inside. Oh, and while this happened, The Lambada played in the background. Can't imagine it? We can't imagine how this toy was thought of either.
- We found small plastic eggs being sold in one of the stalls. My sister picked it up, and when she opened it, we found a bubblegum-like paste inside. The next thing we knew, both our hands were covered in the sticky substance, and we had no idea how to get it off. The owner of the stall, a pleasant Chinese middle-aged man, apparently took pity on us and patiently showed us how to get the gunk off. We just had to dab our hands with the whole platic egg with the gunk inside. The sticky stuff eventually came off. We were so embarassed, and we ended up buying the darn plastic egg.
- We were looking for a new casing for my sister's phone (her cellphone is her son's favorite toy, and it isn't spared from the banging and drooling), and we found a very nice-looking color which looked really good on her phone. When we got home, our other sister pointed at the cardboard box from which the casing came. It read "MOKIA".
- We were thinking about what kind of candies to put inside the lootbags, since my sister wanted even the candies to have a sporty theme. We were looking inside a candy store when a jar on the topmost shelf caught my eye. Inside the jar were small candy balls wrapped in aluminum with numbers on them. I assumed they were small billard candy balls, and I had the helper climb up and retrieve it for me. After much effort on his part, we had the jar in our hands. We looked around for more candy, and when we were ready to pay for everything, my sister gave the candy jar a closer look. Upon inspection, we discovered that they weren't candy billards balls. They were candy lotto balls. No wonder there was a ball with the number 23.
- It must have been pretty obvious to everyone that we were shopping for a children's party, because as soon as we stepped out of the establishment with everything we had bought, a man came up to us out of nowhere, handed us a "calling card" made out of a cigarette carton cut-out, and said, "Ma'am, kailangan nyo po ng clown?." At first, we were bewildered. We later on realized that it was because I was holding a big plastic bag full of plastic balls, and my sister was carrying a bag full of candies in one hand and a pabitin in the other. Can't get any more obvious than that.
Divisoria is a whole new world. I had fun shopping there, but I can't imagine how people regularly go there. That place is insane! Oh well, my sister and I are planning to go back sometime October to shop for clothes. Wonder what moments we will go through then.
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