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In one of the alleys of Dapitan Arcade. Stalls were selling colorful household ornaments and since it's a few months before December, Christmas decors. The alleys were too narrow, and it wasn't even that crowded yet.
Mama asked me to drive her to “Dapitan Arcade” where, supposedly, bargain household ornaments (and other aesthetically-pleasing but otherwise utility-less) items can be had. It was a lazy Sunday and I didn’t want to do my law books that afternoon, so it was fine.
November 09, 2009. Before we headed off to the airport for our flight that evening back to Manila, the family decided to go shopping in some of Seoul’s shopping districts. We went to two, Dongdaemun and Itaewon.
Dongdaemun Market is near its namesake ancient landmark, Dongdaemun, or the Great East Gate. It is apparently the largest shopping district in Seoul with over 26 shopping malls and tens of thousands of stores that sell everything you can think of. Unfortunately, the shopping malls were closed when we were there (not that we would be able to get around much, given that we only had an hour or so to stay). We ended up in Pyounghwa Clothing Market since we were looking for things we could conveniently bring home to the Philippines for ourselves, and for friends and relatives as pasalubong.
The place sold, obviously, things one can wear, from socks to undergarments to coats and ties to hats and caps. Since it was nearing the winter season, most of the clothes available at that time were coats and other clothes appropriate for cold weather, ergo, clothes not appropriate in the Philippines.
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