I very seldom go to shopping malls contrary to what most people think. I only go when there’s something specific that I would get or look at. In this case, my target was to find a gift for husband and for my son.
An hour travel from my office to Rockwell. Heavy traffic takes away years from my life. Instead of being able to accomplish many things, long travel limits my mobility.
Finally, I got it right. J Lindeberg is in Rockwell, and not in Greenbelt or Glorietta.
Mandarin Oriental hotel gave me a brochure of their Christmas goodies. They also sell noche buena gourmet carvings like ham, roasted turkey, baked leg of lamb, rib-eye and Norwegian salmon fillet.
I walked to Ferragamo and tried on hair accessories. I went up to Muji and bought a pen and a notebook, same as the one I left on the plane. Then I suddenly remembered the reason why I went to Rockwell, to look for J Lindeberg. Na-distract kasi ako.
Omb———Hello anak, where is J Lindeberg? I can’t find it.
Oyen——- Beside Rolex. I’m also in Rockwell, I’ll meet you there.
There were nice golf shirts but my worry was baka all of Edmund’s friends already have these kind of shirts, eh di pare-pareho naman sila parang uniform.
My daughter helped me choose one. I wanted to buy a belt but there’s no more Edmund’s size- 34. Merong size 40, merong 30, ang daming size 36, meron pang 28. Meron bang lalaki na size 28 ang bewang? Parang insulto naman sa akin yun. Mas maliit pa sa bewang ko. Pwera na lang yung mga teenagers siguro.
Yehey, I have a gift for husband. There’s a gift receipt inside.
I went inside Massimo Dutti. I saw a navy blazer exactly the same material and style as the jacket I wanted to buy in Mono Prix in Marseille except that they didn’t have my size. In France, it was only 69 euro, the one at Massimo Dutti sells for P12,950.
Finished shopping for now, mission accomplished. Time for ice cream.
On my way out,
eto naman pala sila pony, nasa likod. Eh why was the woman pointing at the big dog?
