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Category Archives: Metro Manila

Retailing Practicalities

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on January 30, 2014

Receipt housing and barcode tag pigeonholes repurposed from taped carton as seen in Landmark Department Store.

To protect the fragile receipt pad.

Pigeonhole system to organize barcode tags by price.

Improvisation, Makati, Receptacle, Repurposing barcode, housing, Landmark Department Store, organizer, pigeonhole, receipt, retail

Cat Casita

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on January 24, 2014

I always pass by the guard post at the loading dock for trucks of Landmark Department Store/Supermarket building and have noticed a couple of stray cats hanging out in there having some kind of friendship with the security guard.

Recently the cats have already a boardinghouse built from carton complete with roof, loft with bedding and windows and presumably constructed by the security guard who became too attached with these felines.

“TOM & JERY HOUSE!!” says exactly the writing at the roof truss.

Creature, Improvisation, Makati, Structure boardinghouse, casita, cat, cat house, feline, Landmark

Apt Art

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on November 29, 2013

An art that is apt for the place.

Art, Metro Manila Heart Institute, painting, St Lukes Medical Center

Banana Kariton

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on November 27, 2013

Sight of a green banana cart in a car congested city is something I’d rather see during heavy traffic than a vision of highly urbanized Philippine city where everything is contained in one place (like mall) and streets devoid of something distinctly local like a banana cart.

Makati ambulant vendor, cart, green banana, kariton

Personal Pepper

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on November 22, 2013

Planting chili peppers instead of ornamentals is the most natural thing to do for someone who likes it hot.

Siling labuyo plant that's fruiting with cream colored sili

Better to have a potted sili than a potted ornamental

Germinating siling labuyo in eggshells. The more sili the merrier

Garden, Metro Manila chili pepper, egg shells, germination, siling labuyo

Check and Stamp

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on November 21, 2013

During store checkout, each receipt needs to be stamped with a number code after checking each item with a pen and so the Landmark Department Store ladies taped the rubber stamp around the pen to handily do the ‘check and stamp’ job over and over again.

Improvisation, Makati cashier, checkout, Landmark Department Store, pen, rubber stamp

Jollijeep Unusual

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 24, 2013

Kinunot na pagi - stingray in spicy coconut cream with malunggay leaves

Food, Makati coconut cream, gata, jollijeep, kinunot na pagi, Legaspi Village, stingray

Bangketa Unusual

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 23, 2013

One can see all sorts of stuff being peddled in the sidewalk.

Pitcher plants from Cebu says the peddler

Bottled honey and honeycomb

Metro Manila, Negros Occidental, Sidewalk Bacolod, bangketa, honey, honeycomb, Maynila, pitcher plant, sidewalk

Colorful Street Wares

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 11, 2013

Assortment of wigs

I've always liked those weaved rugs at the right

Dolls in knitted wardrobe at Php45 each

Hanging ornaments

Metro Manila Divisoria, Juan Luna, street vendors

Street Peanuts

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 7, 2013

Peanuts, beans, etc and the small brown paper bags for packaging

Food, Metro Manila peanuts, street food

Vacuum Coffee Brewer

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 6, 2013

Left over coffee from previous brewing in one of the three glass chambers. It won’t be served instead they’ll brew a new one for you in this Chinese restaurant along Benavidez street, Binondo

I’ve noticed some small Chinese restaurants or food stalls use the old school vacuum coffee maker. Unlike other coffee makers, this one is fun to watch, as water once heated, goes up to the coffee grounds, and when the heat source is removed, it goes down leaving spent beans in the upper chamber and freshly brewed coffee in the lower glass chamber.

Stirring coffee with siphoned hot water coming from the lower glass chamber into the upper glass chamber containing ground beans to brew a new one. An artful way to make very good coffee unlike those state-of-the-art but artless espresso machines

A stall inside a building in Juan Luna street with a vacuum brewer located in front of that customer. Fresh and good coffee lovingly stirred for you at Php25 a cup

Apparatus, Metro Manila Binondo, brewed coffee, chinese food stall, Divisoria, Juan Luna, vacuum brewer, vacuum coffee maker

Cart Wheels

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 5, 2013

Selling wheels in a cart

Metro Manila cart, street vendor, wheels

Santo Vestment

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on October 5, 2013

Peddling wardrobe for santo image

Metro Manila folk catholicism, rebulto, santo, Spanish colony

Improvised Gut Receptacle

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 28, 2013

Plastic wrapped around an iron bar and secured by a rock behind the wooden chopping board as devised by the tilapia monger for catching wastes while cleaning the fish.

Removal of entrails and scales are free services when you buy fish

Improvisation, Metro Manila fish entrails, fish monger, vendor

Talipapa

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on September 28, 2013

Small temporary wet market usually by the roadside. This type of retailing is practical for locals who live on a daily wage thus buying food on a daily basis.