I know nothing is great about the global crises which started in the US, the world’s economic leader. It of course has snowball effects and the Philippines is one that is mildly, or hardly, hit. Our manufacturing and service sector is affected because large percentage of which rely on US market. The forecast is things [...]

The news for tonight featured the different mall and bazaar sales all over the metro. You can see the influx of shoppers everywhere. I can attest to that. Just this December, I have gone several times to the bargain capital of the Philippines, the Divisoria, and the traffic of people shopping there was close to [...]

  Is online shopping affected by  the global economic crisis? Jeff Vandam of NY Times wrote an interesting article about the drop down in online buying trend this year that was expected an all-time high during the day after Thanksgiving weekend. Here’s the report from the NY Times: For all the significance attached to Cyber [...]

I was very elated because the long holiday after Christmas was already declared by Malacañang as a long holiday! Hooray!   I was really excited because last year, only some days were declared holiday, not enough to really feel the spirit of Christmas. It’s always nice to have more days spent with family and loved [...]

The other day, got this text message from a good friend: Mare, an officemate whose our age died of cancer today. I am so sad, let us take care of our health more. It’s really troubling since just this year, there are more than three deaths of yuppies in my friend’s office, young people our [...]

The Japanese Search Engine Goo made a very interesting  survey among Japanese consumers on what they buy on impulse this 2008. Not surprisingly, Nintendo’s Wii Fit and the WiFi iPhone of Apple topped the survey for the top gadgets Japs consumers impulsively buy. First on the list are salted sweets followed closely by raw caramel. [...]

It’s shopping time once again! My Christmas list is quite long this year so I had to plan my shopping as early as possible. Fortunately for me, a good friend of mine love going to Divisoria, the bargain shopping haven in the country! As much as I love Divi, I can’t go there alone so [...]