Recently, Leila and I went to Valley Fair / Westfield to do some shopping. Leila wanted to check out some stores and I wanted to go to Roxy to find some shirts to give as a gift.
We had lunch at McDonald's, their mini-meal is one of my favorite, simply because I can actually consume it and it's cheaper too. Afterwards, we went around the mall. Checking the stores and lo and behold, we saw my favorite shoe place, Payless. I wasn't thinking of buying another pair of boots but I just had to. I got a nice pair of gold heels (my very first pair with heels up to here...hehehe) and good old boots for SD weather. I also wanted to buy a new puffer coat for SD weather as well. I knew I was going to freeze when I go there. California winter is nowhere near SD winter...just thinking about makes me shiver...burr...burr...
As usual, we hit Old Navy (which is personally, one of my favorite places to shop) because of their sale and I just wanted to see what they had. Luckily, their puffer coat was 50% off so I got a small white outerwear, plus thermal tops, again for SD weather and a bag which was on sale as well.
There I was, lugging around 2 bags (and believe me, they were quite heavy) and we went to find an ATM as well as the Lacoste store. Leila wanted to buy and check out possible gifts for her nephews. So in we went to the store when we found it. There were suprisingly a lot of people there. So I just stayed near the entrance. I didn't want to have to push and shove people around with my bags. I looked around and funnily enough (well, not so funny in away), I noticed that most of the people inside were Asians and not only that, they were Pinoys. How did I know, well I heard most of them talking and they just looked Pinoy and not Chinese or other kinds of Asians. There was even this one lady who looked at me and smiled. I guess she knew I was Pinoy too. The other guy standing near the door was Pinoy as well. There was this Pinoy dad too talking to his son, saying something like, "It's hot here. Go play der..." Yeah, the kid went running out the store and he followed suit. Just with that accent, I knew he was Pinoy. Then this Pinoy couple came in. How did I know? The woman was talking to her hubby in Tagalog, talking about taking a picture.
So I continued to observe the people around the store. They were all busy looking at shirts and things that the store had to offer. I guess there is something about Lacoste and Pinoys. What is it? Is it something like, now you're here abroad, then you can buy it and show how your status has changed? Hmmm...it's probably more of a status symbol more than anything. Just like Pinoys and their Nokias. Any other phone doesn't seem good enough, unless its the latest Nokia phone. Oh well.
It's sad though. They seem more concerned with outside appearances, your clothes, how you look like and the brand that you're brandishing about. Whatever happened to inner beauty? Oh well, I guess that's just %$#! Hehehehe...That is so pathetic but that's how it is here, I suppose.
Oh well. For the life of me, I can never imagine buying a $117 dollar shirt. Come on, gimme a break. But then again, what do I know? I aint a trendsetter nor a snob...lol. Well, thank goodness!
And nope, I don't have Lacoste in my closet and nope, I'm not jealous. I'm quite happy with ON or other brands from Target or something from Goodwill. Things, are just a means to an end. They don't make me what I am.
We had lunch at McDonald's, their mini-meal is one of my favorite, simply because I can actually consume it and it's cheaper too. Afterwards, we went around the mall. Checking the stores and lo and behold, we saw my favorite shoe place, Payless. I wasn't thinking of buying another pair of boots but I just had to. I got a nice pair of gold heels (my very first pair with heels up to here...hehehe) and good old boots for SD weather. I also wanted to buy a new puffer coat for SD weather as well. I knew I was going to freeze when I go there. California winter is nowhere near SD winter...just thinking about makes me shiver...burr...burr...
As usual, we hit Old Navy (which is personally, one of my favorite places to shop) because of their sale and I just wanted to see what they had. Luckily, their puffer coat was 50% off so I got a small white outerwear, plus thermal tops, again for SD weather and a bag which was on sale as well.
There I was, lugging around 2 bags (and believe me, they were quite heavy) and we went to find an ATM as well as the Lacoste store. Leila wanted to buy and check out possible gifts for her nephews. So in we went to the store when we found it. There were suprisingly a lot of people there. So I just stayed near the entrance. I didn't want to have to push and shove people around with my bags. I looked around and funnily enough (well, not so funny in away), I noticed that most of the people inside were Asians and not only that, they were Pinoys. How did I know, well I heard most of them talking and they just looked Pinoy and not Chinese or other kinds of Asians. There was even this one lady who looked at me and smiled. I guess she knew I was Pinoy too. The other guy standing near the door was Pinoy as well. There was this Pinoy dad too talking to his son, saying something like, "It's hot here. Go play der..." Yeah, the kid went running out the store and he followed suit. Just with that accent, I knew he was Pinoy. Then this Pinoy couple came in. How did I know? The woman was talking to her hubby in Tagalog, talking about taking a picture.
So I continued to observe the people around the store. They were all busy looking at shirts and things that the store had to offer. I guess there is something about Lacoste and Pinoys. What is it? Is it something like, now you're here abroad, then you can buy it and show how your status has changed? Hmmm...it's probably more of a status symbol more than anything. Just like Pinoys and their Nokias. Any other phone doesn't seem good enough, unless its the latest Nokia phone. Oh well.
It's sad though. They seem more concerned with outside appearances, your clothes, how you look like and the brand that you're brandishing about. Whatever happened to inner beauty? Oh well, I guess that's just %$#! Hehehehe...That is so pathetic but that's how it is here, I suppose.
Oh well. For the life of me, I can never imagine buying a $117 dollar shirt. Come on, gimme a break. But then again, what do I know? I aint a trendsetter nor a snob...lol. Well, thank goodness!
And nope, I don't have Lacoste in my closet and nope, I'm not jealous. I'm quite happy with ON or other brands from Target or something from Goodwill. Things, are just a means to an end. They don't make me what I am.
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