Yax's Doodles: I'm in Heaven!!!

...shopper's heaven, that is!!! :D

{22 oct, sat}
Wanting to go to Divi for the longest time, Yna, Aion, Jon and I finally found time to pay a visit to this shopping mecca. The last time Jon and I have been here was before our wedding when we had to buy tela for the entourage's gowns. So anyway, we met Yna at Shell Select, had breakfast there and proceeded to 168 Mall, the newest place-to-be in Divi. =D We got there just before noon and what a lucky day, coz we had the best parking slot available! Armed with a big bag and a bottle of water, the quest for great buys was on. =)

168, baaaby!

Us couples separated for a while and agreed to meet later to eat, but lunch was far out of our minds as we got so excited and busy looking around and making purchases that were really quite a steal! But since some of us needed lots of energy, we decided to have lunch at around 2o'clock already. Here's a tip for all of u who plan to go there: food court at the 3rd floor, look for Mitzi's Chinese Resto and order their Lechon Macau or any of their pansit, they're tops! Although u have to fall in line for about 20 minutes before getting your food, it's worth the wait, i promise. Our food consisted of yang chow fried rice, lechon macau, pansit canton-bihon, pechay with garlic, and fried dumplings, washed down with ice-cold C2 lemon light, all for the price of 500+ (u do the math...).

After eating and resting for a few, we separated again and continued shopping (after all, we had enough energy to last us with all the food we ate... hahaha!). Sigurista that i am, we started from the first to the last row of stalls, not wanting to miss any good find. Heheh. Finally, at half past 4, Jon n I were through going around 168. We dropped off our purchases in the car and waited for Yna and Aion to finish, but then, we found out that they were already at Tutuban mall, still not through with their shopping and asked us to come with them... u think i said no??? 'course not! :D Off we went again and explored tutuban and found many a great deal once again. =)

Finally finished, tired and hungry at past 7pm (we were there for EIGHT FULL HOURS, imagine!!!), we were ready to go, but not before we bought different fruits for pasalubong. I suddenly had a craving for bulalo and giant burgers and wanted to try Dayrit's resto at Magallanes but our car took us somewhere else (*wink*)... Market, Market!

Before dinner, we had some freshening up to do at the car (I even had to change my bag and slippers coz i feel so dugyot already). We chose Marina and had bulalo, crispy crablets and tuna belly for dinner. Sarap eh! :D And then we finally headed home...