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[GoonerClank]

HAVENT GOT THE CHECK YET,,,,THANK GOD OR IT WOULD BE SPENT ALL ON THE LEAVING CELEBRATION LOL,,,,BUT NOW I NEED TO FIND A NEW JOB

You could deliver mail

 

[Steph C]

i would also recommend getting a 3/4 length jacket. (One that covers the butt).It makesa big difference than just a waist length one.

You can look at columbia website for a general idea of what jacket will cost.

http://www.columbia.com/sale-discount-womens-jackets-vests/outlet-women-jacketsVests,default,sc.html

depending on your size it may end up being 3/4 length by default

 

[Jhou]

3 DAYS 23 HOURS JUST STARTING THE CLEANING PROCESS AND KILLING THE BED BUGS

;D bed bugs are everywhere! )

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

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;D bed bugs are everywhere! )

3 days 13hours 21 minutes

 

[cranberries]

Sorry for budding in.. Here in Ottawa it ranges from $50-60 low end but decent and all the way up to $400-600 for down filled Canadian goose brand parka. Colombia's are approx $80-150.

hubby keeps telling me to just bring 1 or 2 and i can buy the rest there. when he told me the price range i was like no way i'm buying shit there. even the cheapest is expensive. esp if you convert it to peso

 

[superman08]

Why is everyone still here?


Anyway. I am having a hard time convincing my wife of the clothes she needs to get to be warm. She wants to buy all the cheap crap from Giant Tiger. We are not rich but she needs to invest in good quality winter gear and that is not cheap. I guess I will have to let -30C convince her I may know a thing or 2 about winter.

Hello I also want to buy winter jacket here in the Philippines, it is cheaper here than in peg but my hubby keeps on telling me that it is much better to buy there for me to have enough space on my luggage. I understand your wifey but you have also a point. somehow I can also convince your wifey when we talk again on fb. ;D ;D ;D

 

[Pauluz]

I guess the best and cheapest way to buy winter clothing here is to buy used ones from the thrift stores (is. Value village, goodwill, etc) I was just there earlier and found really good ones. I found a north face jacket for Under $30 and a high end Colombia (3 in 1 inner fleece and outer shell) for $50. That wud have cost over $250 new. They may not be the best but they will be good as starter winter kit.

I just don't see the logic of buying winter jackets in a tropical place like the Philippines. A good jacket is bulky and can honestly occupy half a suitcase and when I bought one there before, it was definitely not enough for -20, and useless when temp dropped to -30. That's without wind chill. At least in here the selection is better and you can load ur suitcase with more useful stuff instead of winter jackets

 

[Steph C]

You guys, I don't think buying a winter jacket in the Philippines is a great idea.. unless you are headed to Vancouver where it won't matter. I looked at jackets there myself and they were all way too flimsy. Just a little bit of quilted fabric isn't enough for our winters.. you should put it on and sweat right away. You shouldn't be able to pinch the fabric and feel your fingers contact each other.

 

[Steph C]

I guess the best and cheapest way to buy winter clothing here is to buy used ones from the thrift stores (is. Value village, goodwill, etc) I was just there earlier and found really good ones. I found a north face jacket for Under $30 and a high end Colombia (3 in 1 inner fleece and outer shell) for $50. That wud have cost over $250 new. They may not be the best but they will be good as starter winter kit.

I just don't see the logic of buying winter jackets in a tropical place like the Philippines. A good jacket is bulky and can honestly occupy half a suitcase and when I bought one there before, it was definitely not enough for -20, and useless when temp dropped to -30. That's without wind chill. At least in here the selection is better and you can load ur suitcase with more useful stuff instead of winter jackets

That's true.. thrift stores are great especially in typically lower income areas like Ontario (not here in BC.. bah) I picked up a brand new, cute blue pair of merrel snow boots for $8 last year.

 

[Pauluz]

Its just people who never experience cold Canadian winters will have a hard time imagining what cold really is. I was there before . People die of hypothermia if exposed to the cold, or loose fingers to frostbite or get really really sick from it.

 

[Steph C]

Its just people who never experience cold Canadian winters will have a hard time imagining what cold really is. I was there before . People die of hypothermia if exposed to the cold, or loose fingers to frostbite or get really really sick from it.

Right, and imagine how cold the Canadians are and multiply it by 100 for how cold the balikbayans will feel.

 

[Pauluz]

That's true.. thrift stores are great especially in typically lower income areas like Ontario (not here in BC.. bah) I picked up a brand new, cute blue pair of merrel snow boots for $8 last year.

Oh my! You just insulted mister Ontario (that wud be me)!! Oh well, off to the welfare lines and the bum house for me I suppose

 

[Steph C]

Oh my! You just insulted mister Ontario (that wud be me)!! Oh well, off to the welfare lines and the bum house for me I suppose

LMAO.. I mean there's more of a social strata back east, a few more layers then is afforded by the cost of living here we just have rich and poor, not so much of the working poor that you generally see in the rest of the country.

 

[Pauluz]

LMAO.. I mean there's more of a social strata back east, a few more layers then is afforded by the cost of living here we just have rich and poor, not so much of the working poor that you generally see in the rest of the country.

I guess you're right. I was posted in esquimalt when I worked for the CF. Didn't see any poor folks in Victoria. Same observation noted in Comox, Nanaimo and Prince Rupert

 

[Pauluz]

Oh lol its 2am! Waay past my bedtime. Goodnite steph! Say hi to moses for me