I'm one of those people that Twitterverse calls "typical atat Pinoys" who braved the opening day, along with my college dance troupe friend, Jayson. It was not planned, we found out about it and spontaneously decided we should go right after our shift. We were both on night shift so we thought it'd be a good idea. Not.

Especially if you're really impatient, like me, it is never a good idea to go shopping in an opening day. I guesss I just had to experience it for myself as I missed Forever 21's chaos. I must say, it is a good life experience. Will I do it again? Maybe, if there's good company. Also, most probably, I will, for Cotton On.

So here goes. I tried sneaking up on people to take shots. Sorry if I can't post your names here. If you are in the photo though, just holler and I'll include your name.

Old guy happily walks by with his purchase.

My favorite subjects were mostly my line-mates since Jayson has still not yet arrived. Again, sorry for invading your privacy. I must say that I really loved the crowd. Everyone were wearing comfortable clothes, you won't see girls in frilly dresses that look alike. Just lots of line photo-taking and nice people.

Cute shoes! I want.

And when he finally arrived, we also got to swap taking photos of our haggard selves to remember this day by.


In fairness to MOA, even with the shizoprenic airconditioning, the lighting is really good. You can almost say that we had an 8-hr sleep. Almost.

I'd say the long line going to the store was nothing compared to the chaos inside of the store. I wasn't even able to take photos because there were too many people you'd bump into. The line to the cashier was another story, it was painful. It spanned all over the store, zigzaging into aisles. You could even do your shopping while in line to the cashier. But since I didn't want to stay put, here's when I took advantage of taking product shots, if you could call it that.

First off, the ones I really wanted to just buy stuff from the items currently on sale. Jayson, on the other hand, kept on getting clothes that aren't.

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2Lbs. Original Price: Php800. Sale Price: Php500

March 28, 2012.
On our lunch break, me and my teammates decided to spend hard-earned money on the S&R sale. We went to the nearest branch, which is the one in BGC and right off the bat, had problems in inching our way to the parking lot. So we decided to fall in line first, while the designated driver parks the car.

Such a letdown, that day. Imagine our frustration when we saw the line before the door, only to be pushed down further when we saw that line going through the whole parking lot, up to the parking exit.

But do you know what was more irritating? That is to know the next day that THE line was for the pushcarts. If you were to go, cart-less, then there wasn't a need to fall in line. It's not as if we'll do bonggang shopping. We just went to buy stuff we want, at a fraction of the regular price, like chocolates, SPAM, etc.

Come Thursday, my teammates returned. I didn't. I was working from home. My teammates, knowing how much I liked pistachios, asked me if I wanted them to buy me a bag. I said yes. Needless to say, it was a good bargain. And surely, I will be registering for my own membership card and shall gear up for the next S&R Sale around September (?)