Just in time for Christmas: Cath Kidston in Manila opens on December 5 December 6!

UPDATE: Apparently, according to my sources in BGC right now, the December 5 opening is a private launch event, the store will be open to the public on the 6th (Saturday).
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While the world is busy thinking about Santa coming to town, here I am, with my full attention on the Home of Modern Vintage coming to Manila.

Words cannot express the feeling I had when I first went into the Cath Kidston store in Cambridge. I was in awe. If it wasn't for trying to look normal and not a psycho tourist, I probably would have cried. (I'm not even kidding).

 

#KNOWvember Mind Museum Winners!

We've only got 2 questions for today's draw and the answers are as follows:

The Burger Project has been out there for a long time, so most of you might have already went down there to pig out years before I did.

I've decided to give them a try and visited their Makati Branch somewhere along Jupiter Street (right across Bureau of Immigrations) a couple of days ago.

The place was really small but it looked like they have managed to squeeze tables enough for about 30 people.

 

I know. Gadgets may not be the obvious gift choice for ladies, but I am probably not the first to say that women love technology, too!

You might think you are better off giving her perfume or fancy dresses or signature bags, but screw that, she's going to buy that for herself! Might as well give her something she wants but she won't. (within reason, of course). Imagine not having to go inside Etude House to pick up a box of Wonder Pore After Sun Special Set. You're probably even wondering what in the world Etude House is, but that's exactly my point!

 

Here's a little tip, the secret is, it has to be at least 2 of the following things: CUTE. INTERESTING. IN HER FAVORITE COLOR.

 WARNING:  This might be a list for the SPENDY.

#1 Power banks

O!tool D26 Power Bank by Ozaki - PowerMac Center, SM Aura, P1,995

Talk about cute and interesting. Everyone who has a smartphone could use a power bank. This is just too cute to resist.

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I knew it was time for me to get a new camera, and if you have read my previous posts, you probably think so, too. After a lot of window shopping, review-reading and serious deliberation, I finally decided to order the Sony Cybershot HX60v. This can be my first Gift-to-self for this year's Christmas, can it not!  I remember I posted a wishlist, but I didn't have the time to add this one because I was seriously busy researching. Well, well, the irony.

The decision has been made. The money has been spent. And we hope for no regrets.

So I have here the basic package, which includes:
- Camera body with the fixed lens
- AC Adapter
- NP-Bx1 Lithium Ion Type X Rechargeable battery
- Micro USB cable
- Wrist strap

This is how the box looks like. Mine is a little dirty I don't know why, but it wasn't damaged so I didn't care so much.

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When you open it, there's an upper layer that holds the Wi-Fi information and instructions manual. Nothing much to see there.

When you lift that up you get the camera sitting on top of some sort of

I have shopped internationally countless times, but for some reason, I have not yet tried cargo forwarding. The idea is, basically, the forwarders give you your "own" US address (which I would guess an address of their facility) then ship them to you. Johnny Air was making a lot of noise in this industry but for this shopscapade we're doing, I'll be using My Shopping Box (MSB).

I recently found out that BDO customers can sign up for My Shopping Box and get the first year subscription for FREE (regularly priced at $25/year), so I thought, heck, let's give this a go.

Note that this shopping experience is not yet complete as of writing. I thought it's a nice idea that we run through it altogether so you can kind-of feel the experience firsthand-ish, too. Am I making sense?

Anyhoo, this is the item we are going to get:

[caption id="attachment_509" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] It's a leather case for my Sony HX60v (Review soon!) (The items says it's for HX50, but that's okay. They're of the same size.[/caption]

So we are shopping from Amazon.com (US).

 

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Hi geeks! It's #KNOWvember!

The Mind Museum, is a science-themed educational facility in Bonifacio Global City. It's been operating for more than 2 years now, but if you haven't been there yet, read on and get a chance to get in for FREE!