Over the Christmas period Wendy wanted to buy a new watch so, along with Bonnie, we went shopping. Admittedly, we were in the poshest mall in Manila (although we also went into another mall too) but even so for the cheaper range there were few choices of watches. In the more expensive range there was more choice but still not much when you think how many pages of watches there are in the Argos catalogue for instance. However, if we had wanted sunglasses they were a pair a penny. I thought it made an interesting and very cool comment on the culture here: time is not that important, it is more of a status symbol. (Relationships are very important so time is subjective to relationships). But the sun is ubiquitous!
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