ThOuGhTs, iDeAs, oPiNiOnS, cHaTtEr

Shopping!!!

It's a holiday and my usual day of shopping for Christmas gifts. With my niece in tow, drove my car (the only time of the year I do) to Park Square 1 so that we can put the gift-wrapped items we bought in its trunk.

We were one of the first people at The Landmark (must be because of the curfew declared last night, people were on a wait-and-see attitude before they decide to go out). Choosing toys and having them wrapped (the department store do this for free for items sold in their store worth P300.00) is a breeze. Since I have free Misono beef from Tokyo Tokyo, we decided to have lunch there. Then, proceeded to National Bookstore to buy more gift items. As we continue looking at the shops, we passed by Art Work. Decided to ask them when the winners of the t-shirt design contest my niece joined will be announced. Learned that the t-shirts would be displayed today at Trinoma starting 11AM.


So, instead of watching a movie, decided to ride the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) to Trinoma to catch a glimpse of the entries to Art Work's T-Shirt Design Contest. It is also a good excuse to finally visit Trinoma. There were a lot of people at the mall. It is a cross between Glorietta and Greenbelt (since Trinoma is also owned by Ayala Management). The Landmark at Trinoma is a surprise. It definitely is bigger than it's original store and the design concept is similar to Rustan's (pa-sosyal).

We finally saw where the t-shirt would be displayed. We saw the names of the winners but the t-shirts were not yet on display. This we learned that it will be formally opened that day around 6PM. We decided to do some window shopping before returning to Ayala Center.


Back to Glorietta 4, we watched Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (after having an early merienda at The Pancake). A fantasy, comedy film, it stars Dustin Hoffman as the 243-year old Mr. Magorium who decides to retire and leave his magical toy store to Molly (Natalie Portman), the store's insecure manager. But this decision causes the store to throw an unusual tantrum. There's not much of a story and the film throws in special effects for the "magic". Actually, if I were Mr. Magorium, I would have left the magical store to Eric (Zachary Mills), the nine-year old who helps around the store. But what the film tries to impart is that one can find the source of magic inside oneself.

After the movie, shopped some more to cross-out the items in my Christmas list. Finally, decided to head home after stopping at a gas station to fill-up my car's gas tank.


But, then again, remembered about the delicious Mango Bravo of Conti's. Thus, borrowed my brother's driver, Manong, to drive us to Serendra, dropping me and my niece at Bonifacio High Street (infront of Serendra) to have a look-see. We then proceeded to Conti's at Serendra for that cake. c",)

posted by ~GFA~ @ 11/30/2007 11:25:00 PM