Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Tela Hunting at Divisoria

Last weekend, Yeng and I went to Divisoria to canvass for fabric that we will be using for the suits of our male entourage. We parked by J. Luna St. (PhP50 for first 3 hours) and even if we didn't know how to get to Divisoria via public transport we boarded a Divisoria San Nicolas jeep. After getting stuck in traffic, we just decided to get down the jeep and asked around how to get to Ilaya.

We eventually found ourselves in Tabora St. which is famous for souvenirs and abaca crafts. We looked at some shops and canvassed for some materials we thought might look good on the invite and as added accents for the wedding reception.

We walked farther along and upon reaching CM Recto we turned right and right again to Ilaya St. This street is famous for fabrics. We looked around and asked for the prices of some fabrics we liked. We saw one that we liked but it was over our budget. We then went to a stall referred by our friend and though the prices of the fabrics were very good, we did not find any fabric that we liked.

Now hungry and tired, we walked back to J Luna. On the way we bought a couple of huge seedless oranges (4 for PhP100) from a swidewalk vendor. We also dropped by Mcdo to grab lunch.

After lunch, we headed to the Tutuban mall and we looked for this store famous for papers. We were greatly disappointed at the stocks that we saw at Papermart, and I personally think that Nat'l Bookstore had more variety.

We headed to the next building were we saw some fabrics. We found one fabric that was exactly the same as the expensive fabric we saw at Ilaya but was only 60% of the price. After a little bit more haggling we got to a price point that we were comfortable with and we bought 45 yards of the fabric. We also bought a darker shade of fabric to be used by our respective fathers.

If you are looking to save money and have the time, patience and grit to walk the streets of Divisoria, I would recommend that you do so. It will save you a couple of thousand pesos. You'll also get some cheap but delicious juicy oranges too.