Shopping in Quiapo


I promised my friend Sheela, who's in Davao to buy her a VCD of "Sassy Girl"...never heard of that movie but I think it's a hit Korean flick. So today, I decided to go to the "pirated CDs" capital of the Philippines, Quiapo, Metro Manila. Going there was uneventful, though I decided to travel an alternate route by going off Cainta Junction, then ride a jeep up to MRT 2 and then stop at Recto station, where Quiapo is situated nearby. I saved an hour, if I travel via bus, I think it would take me 2 hours. Anyway, back to the story. After that, I headed straight to the pirated CD nooks. Wait but before that, I decided to enter the famous Quiapo church, where the Feast of the Black Nazarene is held and where the movie, "Santa Santita" was shoot. Well, it was exactly the same like it was shown in the movie. There are those praying ladies at the corner. Well back again, here in Quiapo, is a home of a block of stalls of pirated CDs and DVDs. You can find several kinds of DVDs, like latest movies, concerts, cartoons, animés, "teleseryes", fashion shows. So Mr. Edu, how's the raiding doing? Not really good, eh! So I entered each stall one by one and in the end, I bought a Celine Dion and concert of Bond DVD. Cool! Though, I never found, a VCD copy of "Sassy Girl" but found a DVD copy instead. I texted Sheela and she told me that "wag na lang" and even warned me to secure my DVDs when I go back to Davao. The law officers might confiscate them and I might go to jail... (No!!!) Just when I decided to go home, I passed by a very dark nook, disguised slightly in front by an "ukay-ukay" store. It was a very dark path, leading to more stalls. It was so freaking hot in there and for a while, the place starts to brighten up and I was in a section full of porn CDs and DVDs. COOL!!! Wow, they really secure this place. I was just passing by, ogling at those big-breasted models and I can't bear the heat any longer, so I left the place. It was almost evening when I went back to Recto Station. Well, that was it, my day in Quiapo.