Manila Ocean Park Bazaar
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If you have some leftover Christmas money that you would like to spend, head over to Ocean Park Manila (behind Quirino Grandstand, Luneta, Manila), immerse yourself in the underwater world of dazzling sea creatures, and check out the unique items at the Manila Ocean Park Bazaar. Go to the Concourse Plaza between 9 am to 10 pm and shop til you drop among numerous booths featuring local and imported products. The bazaar has been up and running since November 6, 2008 and will continue to run until January 5, 2009.
Call 567-7777 for more details.
Filed under Shopping | Comment (0)Wrap Your Presents in a Baggu
Now here’s a nifty Christmas gift idea I wish I had thought of earlier. Or rather, a Christmas wrapping idea I wish I had done. Either way, you can use a Baggu as a novel way to wrap a gift box or as the gift itself!
A Baggu is a series of simple but colorful shopping bags designed to reduce material waste and to minimize your carbon footprint on the earth. It is made out of ripstop nylon, which means that it is durable, can carry heavy items, and will last you a long time, unlike plastic bags. Baggus make excellent presents because the receiver can use them for clothes shopping, grocery shopping, even for travel as a beach bag or gym bag. And if you really want to be more eco-friendly this holiday season, consider using Baggus as gift wrap instead of paper wrapper.
Filed under Shopping | Comment (0)Philippine Made Products at the Echo Store, Kape Isla
Supporting Philippine-made products not only helps our economy become a little more independent from foreign investors. Small-scale businesses and cottage industries help the masses rise from their poverty and become self-sufficient producers instead of relying on charity.
Kape Isla at the Serendra Piazza now shares space with the EchoStore, the first sustainable lifestyle store in the country. ECHO stands for Environmental and Community Hope Organization, and it is also a social enterprise retailer that sells handicrafts and other products made by the disenfranchised sectors of the Philippines. The concept for the EchoStore was put together by Reena Francisco of the Figaro Foundation, Jeannie Javelosa, Board of Trustee Member of the Yuchengco Museum, and Chit Juan, co-chair of the Philippine Coffee Board. Through the EchoStore, marginalized people like the families of the Payatas dumpsite, women’s groups, cultural communities, and prisoners slowly improve their lives by manufacturing unique and eco-friendly Philippine products.
The EchoStore is a great stopover if you’re looking to buy Filipino goodies to give out as pasalubong to visitors or relatives abroad. Buy these food products also benefit food-producing agricultural communities and their families.
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