Shopping Finds

If you’re looking for the perfect combination of blooms to celebrate your love’s beauty on Valentine’s day, try the Dangwa Flower Market in Santa Cruz and Sampaloc, Manila. It’s located along Dos Castillos street and is heralded by the Manila Times as one of the most famous landmarks in the area. You definitely won’t miss the row upon row of colorful flowers. The Dangwa Flower Market is a great place to buy flowers, not only because of the wide selection of beautiful bouquets, but also because of the price. A bouquet costs around Php 200 – 250 each, or $5 per bouquet. And if you’ve learned a thing or two about haggling from your wife or your girlfriend, you can even walk away with a better deal!

The Dangwa Flower Market is a a fresh flower produce market. Prices of cut flowers like roses, zinnias ,marigolds, chrysanthemums, Daisies, are quite affordable. Right now, a bundle of [tag]flowers[/tag]can fetch as much as 250 pesos or $5.00. During [tag]Valentine’s Day[/tag], the bouquets could probably reach three times the prices today. But it is still cheaper to buy the flowers in this market rather than the neighborhood [tag]florist[/tag] or [tag]flower shop[/tag].

View photos from Dangwa Flower Market

My daughters wanted a Siberian Husky. Siberian Huskies are strong, compact, working dogs but they ran after small animals. We have two adorable cats at home and we just can’t allow a dog to hurt them. Looking at this Husky reminds me of a wolf staring at me. He really looks intelligent and perky. But the cats have been a household member for a long time now. We really considered their feelings in choosing a dog breed.

Imagine a hermit crab dressed as Superman, or as Winnie the Pooh ?

I caught these hermit crabs in different arrays of “costume” at the Park Square mall .

Sold for 100 peso each, I wonder what one can do with a pet hermit crab. Although hermit crabs might look harmless, they can use their claws to grip things tightly. I think it’s cruel to paint their shells.

view other hermit crabs

I thought that the Salcedo Saturday market is mainly a market for food stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to see these beautiful decorative plants and flowers that would blend well with the house.

View photos of Salcedo Saturday Market