Not A Shopaholic

We have less than a month to go and our long holiday will be over. Wow! I can’t believe that it’s going to be finally over. But then, I’m also thankful that we’re going back to work next month.

I’m thankful to God that on our 1 year break we were able to rest, spend time with family at the same time, we were able to travel to different countries. We didn’t go for an RV holiday since we dont’ have that here in the Philippines nor Malaysia. But it’s quite an interesting holiday and it’s only now that I know that one should have and rv insurance for this.

Anyways, I’ll have to enjoy the rest of the weeks and savor this holiday.

I just love to drink coffee may it be the regular instant coffee or brewed. But recently, I’ve been enjoying using my Mom’s coffee maker. You see, my brother gave me a Vietnamese coffee a few months ago, but wasn’t able to enjoy it since we didn’t have coffee maker at home. But now, I can’t seem to have enough of it because the vietnamese coffee really tastes soo good!

But sad to say, our coffee packet is almost empty. I just hope I get to see my brother again so, he can bring me more of Vietnamese coffee.

Cogon Area. The Haven for  DVDs and VCDs. We just went there this morning and saw that indeed there are a lot of DVDs there. They even sell titles that haven’t been shown in the theaters yet.

We just went there to buy some cartoons for our li’l ones. We won’t get all these when we get back to Thailand since everything there will be Thai. Our li’l boy wanted the Jollibee  and Barney Vcds. It’s good that he already knows what he wants even at the age 2. I’m sure he will also want some xbox games when he grows up. But I won’t think about that yet at this time.

We just came from the Taiwanese Shops in the Cogon Area here in our City ( Cagayan de Oro City). I was able to buy 2 cheap pairs of shoes for my li’l boy. We only get spend 240 pesos for both pairs of shoes!! It’s actually just imitation products of Crocs and Adidas Shoes but I don’t mind letting him wear imitation stuff since the original shoes would be too expensive for us.

There are actually a lot of things that you can buy at the Taiwanese shops. We’ll surely go back there again to buy more stuff for us.

I’ve just seen a brochure from one of the local computer shops here in Cagayan de Oro and I could easily compare the prices from here and Malaysia.

I think computers and netbooks in Malaysia are really much cheaper compared here. Our friend just bought a Dell mininote ( 250 GB memory) including a lot of freebies like headset, thumbdrive, netbook cooler, case and etc for only 1,299 RM. While the notebooks here in the Philippines are usually priced at 20,000 pesos and above ( 1,700 RM).

And if ever you plan to buy computers and netbooks in Malaysia, you must check out the Low Yat Plaza at Bukit Bintang area for the cheapest deals on netbooks, computer, industrial computer, accessories and etc.

We truly thank God for His great favor! As mentioned earlier, my Hubby won the major prize of a contest and one of his prizes was a 200 Malaysia Ringgit Voucher at any Watson Stores.

So last night we all went to Watsons for our free shopping spree! We don’t normally shop at Watsons so yesterday was our first time to buy 200 Ringgit worth of toiletries and beauty stuff.

So, we all bought things that we normally don’t buy ( due to budget restraints) like stuff to pamper or beautify ourselves. Hehe!

Too bad they don’t sell equipment such as hair dryers, hand dryers or hair straighteners because it would be nice to have one of those. But then, we are already so happy and more than contented of what we bought for FREE! Thank you Lord!

My Hubby just won the First prize of KLM’s 90th Anniversary Contest. I’ll blog in detail his contest prizes once everything is confirmed and after he has received it already.

But one his prizes include a 200 Malaysian Ringgit Voucher from Watsons. My loving Hubby told me that he is giving me this voucher as a gift. And now, I’m already busy thinking what to buy with this voucher. Maybe I should buy something to beautify myself huh? A make up kit perhaps or maybe boxes of slimming pills ? LOL! Anyways, let me wait for my Hubby to get the gift voucher first and then, I start to plan for my Watson’s ‘shopping spree’ !!

Hi! I would like to make a request from you. Please vote for the photo that I’ve submitted in a contest at Parent Thots. I’m doing this contest for my li’l ones. You see the contest prize is a very nice and educational toy from Disney that my kids would truly love.

To vote: just click this link from Parent Thots and look for the photo named ‘jesu_d‘ ( the last photo) and click vote. It’ll just take a few seconds of your time to do this. Voting ends on November 10. Thank You so much and I truly appreciate your time.

I’ve mentioned in one of my previous post where Hong Kong has implemented the the use of recycled bags in the supermarkets. Doing this can greatly help minimize plastic trash and at the same time save the environment.

But do you know how we can further save energy,costs and time when it comes to shopping? A recent green study has shown that shopping online can not just save money and time but as well as save the earth. That is because shopping online consumes less energy and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 35 percent compared to shopping at traditional retail stores. Hmm.. 35% is indeed a great number that can create a big impact in the environment.

So, you want to take part in saving the earth? THen, shop online!

Hong Kong is really known as a shopping paradise for many people. And as we went around the city, it really has a lot of high end boutiques all around. I’m amazed that many of the women are wearing Loius Vuitton bags and other signature bags, though I’m not sure if they’re wearing the original brand or not. But the signature boutiques are just everywhere. And seeing from outside, their a also a lot of people inside the shops.

I on the other hand never attempted to go inside these boutiques since I know I’ll just be shocked with the prices. And with kids trotting along, I’m afraid they might break something inside. Hehe!

But for those who have the luxury to shop in Hong Kong, I’m sure they’ll enjoy shopping here as they have everything a woman could ask for, signature shoes, bags, loose diamonds, clothes and accessories.