Saturday with Maki and the Flowers at Dangwa
Dodan and I were supposed to have spent lunch with RM in Glorietta. Her boyfriend, JP, from the US came and she wanted him to meet us. But it did not push through because JP's uncle and cousin are joining them. We met RM at Glorietta and introduced the two of us to JP. After the brief meeting, we hied to KFC at Landmark's food court for lunch. After lunch, we went upstairs to the toy section. Dodan is into collecting action figures, so 'toy' shopping/seeing is always in our agenda whenever we're in malls. He's actually shopping for his friend's (who shares the same passion for collecting action figures) request, an X-Men figure. Minutes after deciding, whether or not to buy, we left empty handed.
We got on a cab afterwards for Maki's birthday party at the Jollibee along Macapagal High Way. Below are the party pics.
Proud Daddy with the birthday celebrator.
Alexi, Dodan's niece from a cousin.
Beaming Lolo. But he refuses to be called Lolo, Maki calls him Papa.
The party was finished at 3PM. We went back to Glorietta and Dodan finally bought the X-Men figure. We roamed and roamed until our feet got tired. Dodan wanted to watch V for Vendetta, but I'm not in the mood for movies. I told him I want to see Dangwa. And like that of our zoo escapade, we dashed without even thinking. We caught the first available cab and instructed the driver to take us to Dangwa. The two of us don't actually know how to get there, we only know that Dangwa is near UST. Good thing the driver was kind enough to take us directly without going multiple rounds just to inflate the meter.
As we got down, we were greeted by merchants who fervently offered their flowers and other flowery services.
"flowers po, para san po ba? sa patay, sa buhay, sa kasal?"
While we politely declined to most, we were not able to escape some. One of the seller who approached us has a photo album in hand already. So, we surrendered. I leafed through the album and asked for... uumm.. the price of a bride's bouquet -- I don't know what else to ask.
"kelan po ba ang kasal"
I wanted to reply "not in ten years, manong!" But I held back. I don't want to get thrown away, not when I'm wearing a dainty white skirt.
At least we learned that flowers are cheaper on rainy season. And obviously, prices go up in the months of December, June and Febrauary. Dangwa is known as the Divisoria of flowers. Flowers are sold way cheaper. For a comparison, a bouqet sold for 300 pesos on other places are sold for only 100 pesos.
The sun was already going down and I still haven't got my camera out of the bag. I was hesitant, the sellers might drive us away. We went to a store that sells the most number of mums. Mums are better to shoot, they're more colorful. Dodan bought me a bouquet, so I could shoot around freely. I asked permission from the seller first and after she hastily agreed, I began shooting.
