[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 01.25.10 under Our House Project, Services, Shopping
Buying construction equipment in Iloilo for our house building project in Tigbauan, Iloilo – cement mixer, concrete vibrator.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.28.09 under Shopping, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Locally grown organic rice is now available in Tigbauan.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 09.28.09 under Manila and Makati, Shopping
Indian/Pakistani groceries and spices are available in Manila at the Assad Ali Minimart, UN Ave, near Paco Park. Phone 02-526-1349 or 02-526-5034
[ 6 Comments ] Posted on 07.14.09 under Shopping
Why I’m buying an Asus laptop computer for use in the Philippines. I’ve been a Macintosh user ever since I gave up in frustration trying to install a device on Windows 3.1. I dumped the PCs and bought Macs for my business and for my own use. With regret, I’ve now ordered a Windows laptop [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.08.09 under Shopping
I had a hard time finding a good quality tarp to cover the leaking nipa roof of my construction office. I finally found just what I was looking for at Espanola Upholstery on Iznart Street in Iloilo City. The address and phone number can be seen in the image above. But, shop around. After we [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.06.09 under Manila and Makati, Shopping
A list of our favorite bookstores in Manila and Makati.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.03.09 under Shopping, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Emergency lighting. A couple a months ago we moved from Iloilo City to Tigbauan, Iloilo. That gave us a new electric power supplier. In Iloilo City we had “PECO” – Panay Electric. In Tigbauan we have “ILECO”. ILECO has proved to be far less reliable and that’s not to say that PECO was so great. [...]
[ 3 Comments ] Posted on 02.16.09 under Iloilo City, Services, Shopping
Cathay Pacific Iloilo, Manila, Philippines. We’re delighted that Cathay Pacific Airways has opened a ticket office in Iloilo City. It’s located on General Luna Street in the city proper, in the new “Arthur Suites” building. There’s a big Cathay Pacific sign, so you can’t miss it. When it first opened we thought it was just [...]
[ 3 Comments ] Posted on 02.01.09 under Shopping
When we moved to the Philippines from the U.S. we shipped some of our household goods, including some antique table lamps. We threw out the lamp shades thinking it would be easy to buy new ones in the Philippines. We ended up settling in Iloilo City. We looked everywhere trying to buy new lamp shades [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 01.09.09 under Iloilo City, Iloilo Public Markets, Shopping
Want to buy a boquet of flower for your sweetheart? Head to the stalls at the Iloilo Central Market where you’ll find several vendors along the outside of the market on Rizal Street. Not in Iloilo do do your own flower shopping. On our next visit we’ll try to get the phone numbers of some [...]
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 12.14.08 under Shopping
December 14, 2008 We just got back from grocery shopping in Iloilo City and thought we’d share the prices we paid. Iloilo Central Public Market: Pork loin P140 per kilo Squid P150 per kilo Mangos P80 per kilo Bananas (Lacatan) P40 per kilo Cucumber P40 per kilo String Beans P30 per kilo Squash P20 per kilo Cabbage P60 per kilo Large Eggs P60 per dozen Red Onions [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 12.12.08 under Shopping, Where to Dine?
Indian/Pakistani restaurants and food/cooking supplies in Boracay and Iloilo City.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.01.08 under Iloilo City, Iloilo Public Markets, Perspectives, Philippine Retirement, Shopping
We live in Iloilo City and keep quite close track of our food expenditures. We had read about soaring food price inflation in the Philippines so we decided to see how much our own food expenditures had risen.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 09.13.08 under Iloilo City, Shopping
The centrally-located “Atrium” Shopping Center on General Luna Street, contains a parking garage, the Day’s Hotel, a large branch of the Iloilo Supermarket and several restaurants (including a two-story McDonald’s) and shops. The “Home Store” is one of the best places to buy fancy kitchen and household appliances, equipment and accessories. The Iloilo Supermarket at [...]
[ 4 Comments ] Posted on 08.31.08 under Iloilo Public Markets, Shopping
The markets of Iloilo Province are listed below, but first a few comments on why I love to shop at the markets, using the Iloilo Central Market as an example. The Iloilo Central Market is everything the modern Western supermarket is not. The Central Market is vast and cavernous, it’s dark, damp and smelly, with [...]