Shopping at "Kultura"

Kultura Filipino store

Traditional costumes

Bicol-made bags

Lo with her tiny shirt

Lo and Ate Myrna at pearls aisle

I went to Kultura with my "balikbayan" friend Lorna and her mom Ate Myrna and was surprised that the Filipino products specialty store now occupies even more space at the 2nd floor of SM Makati. We had a lot of fun admiring the craftsmanship of the products there from handicrafts to souvenirs but we spent most of our time in the bags, clothes and pearls aisles.

We were excited to find some cool Cory Aquino shirts but sadly they didn't have the yellow ones in my size--anyone who knows me also knows that I hate yellow but I thought if I'm gonna buy a Cory shirt it might as well be in her color otherwise, what's the point? Lo is super slim so she got one that fit her. The shopping day wasn't a complete bust for me though because Ate Myrna bought me some delicacies that I have not had for a while, yay! They are SO good. I'll post about them soon...

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Gadget Shopping: BPI Installment Madness at Glorietta Mall

check your promo credit limit here first

I received a text message from my bank BPI a couple of weeks ago that there will be a "BPI Express Credit Installment Madness" on December 9-27, 2009 at the Glorietta mall. This promo increases your credit limit up to 3X your regular limit offered to BPI credit card holders every quarter (you have to be a card holder for at least a year). So if you'd like to buy high-priced gadgets this is a great offer since you could pay for it at 0% interest for up to 12 months.

these gadgets are pure temptation

Since I'm supposed to purchase my sister Mayet's birthday gift to our nephew Jian, I thought I might as well try this. So off I went to Glorietta. After checking how much I'm allowed to spend on my Edge card at the BPI desk (alarmingly high, it turned out), I started to browse the gadget aisles. If you are weak-willed--I would advice you not to go anywhere near this promo. I'd like to think I'm a prudent person but I was mightily tempted to charge every gadget I fancied on my credit card. That was scary.

my new 'love'

Fortunately I sobered up soon enough and talked myself out of buying a backup netbook for my perfectly working year-old Lenovo Y410 laptop. Anyway I was just supposed to buy Jian a new cellphone but his mom decided to buy him a laptop instead--I tried to foist the Acer netbook I was drooling on on her but she was ticked off because her Acer laptop's LCD conked out on her within 2 years. So she chose a Compaq Presario instead. I ended up buying a new iPod Touch as a gift to myself so I'm not too bummed. All in all a good day for gadget shopping.

Update: BPI text message ~ promo extended to January 15, 2010

Update 2.0: summer BPI installment madness promo @ Glorietta mall, March 3 to April 15, 2010
Update 3.0: back to school installment madness @ Glorietta, June 9-27, 2010

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