Philippine Travel Notes

I went off today, a Tuesday to SM Marikina to grab some things for the house lest I not be allowed to enter my own abode as I promised to get those things last weekend but did not. Left my dear office at exactly 7:02PM and was there just about an hour after. So I had an hour to shop – and trust me, it was more than enough. Yes, and I really heartily mean this – one hour was more than enough! Been to this mall sometime ago just a few days after it opened, so I might as well do some little descriptions about what I remember of this new mall. But first, the lesson learned: If you are serious at buying something or things from a mall, do it on a weekday evening just before they close. That was my lesson learned and I resolve to do so as long as I ever can! Everything will be convenient and stress-free wherever you go. I may have to shame myself with what I am saying now, BUT, I can honestly say, it was only today that I appreciated going to a mall to shop and even window shop. Not that I w...

Who would have known, who would have imagined? That yes, there is a park in this country named after the "butiki". Yeah yeah, the lowly harmless common house lizard that some of you are afraid of and some pretend are afraid of! When I saw the sign that said Butiki Park, I first imagined the word was some kind of a contraction or portmanteau of some long phrase like CaMaNaVa or CaLaBaRZon. But I saw the big figure of the lizard. So it really is a park named after the butiki. Eh, no one there could tell me a plausible story why it is named so! This is somewhere on the eastern banks of the long Marikina River Park. Just a strollers' area called a park, nothing to pack your bags about. Gosh 'no?! Who knows, there might be a "lamok park", a "kulisap park" or a "gamu-gamu park" and so on, that I haven't just encountered. Then the butiki would probably love those hehe! Oh well, the weird nomenclatures of our times...