Ahhh, ukay-ukay. Haven for the bargain hunter. Stalls upon stalls, rows upon rows and nooks and crannies of shirts, pants, dresses, coats, jackets, t-shirts and shoes -- all used, all cheap.

I used to not like going to the place, because my allergies will always act up. But, thanks to Nasonex (my new bestfriend), I am able to walk among the molds and the mildews in search of a proper way to spend my 500 pesos. Indeed, 500 pesos goes a long way if you know what you're looking for. My wife picked up an Armani Exchange dress, a Jill Sander sweater (yes, Jill Sander), and a few more J.Crew sweaters all for under 500 pesos. All nice, and all (unfortunately) dry clean only. That said, last time she was here, she picked up some nice dresses (one from Comme de Garcon) that were exquisite and machine washable.

Onto me: last time I was here I picked up a vintage Mijatovic Real Madrid Jersey (the real one goes for about U$ 50 on Ebay) and a nice DKNY sweater -- both for 200 pesos each. This time around, I found two Adidas gym shirts (perfect condition) and an original Nike Team Holland (Orange Brigade, yay!) jersey (no number in the back), all for 450 pesos. There were plenty of Class A fakes so I had to be careful.

All in all, about 2 hours of rummaging through other people's clothes. Then, on the way back, karyoka (deep-fried rice cakes -- very chewy) fog coming in across Burnham Park and blogging on a dial-up connection.