i paid a visit to a nearby thrift store with a specific objective: to buy these booties i’ve been eyeing for weeks. and that’s it. i told myself i wouldn’t buy anything else. but of course, i couldn’t resist the urge to look around. so i checked some of the racks of clothes (they were…

i first discovered second-hand stores early in high school. i was told that it was called ukay-ukay, like “hukay”, because you’ll have to literally dig your way into the clothes and hopefully come out with a hidden gem (or ten). Ukay-Ukay is Visayan for “sift through” or “dig up.” Up north the term is wag-wag,…

after years (most likely weeks, but it’s been so long that it feels like years) of not being able to visit thrift shops, i finally had the time and energy to go to a few ones near my house. by walking a mere block or two, i found myself facing endless possibilities. almost all of…