Are you a #Daiso fan? My wife is. It’s a place where you enter without anything in mind to purchase and leave with a bag full of items you thought you’ve been looking for all your life. We were in one such store branch in HK near our hotel one vacation time. Never mind what’s in my wife’s cart but I found this pick-up rod made of a long thin aluminum shaft connecting a pistol-like handle on top and a clamp at the bottom. Press the handle to activate the clamp. I immediately fell in love with it and carted it away. Although my family thinks its 84cm length won’t fit in any of our luggages, I was dang SURE it would.
It didn’t. My fondness undermined my engineering expertise. Can love be blind, really?
At the airport counter, I asked the lady if it was possible to check it in as a separate item. You know what -she agreed! And because of its fragility, she even put a FRAGILE sticker on it. Yay, #Cathay!
Fast forward to NAIA airport, I was excited to be reunited with my stick. All the luggages have been pulled out and the conveyor has stopped but no stick. When the conveyor resumed rolling, there it was -but damaged. It was crack-bent at the middle but its mechanism still worked. Boo, who? Airline or airports?
I wanted to file a complaint but my family was against it. Isn’t a HK$10 tool worth fighting for?
Nevertheless, it remains one of my favorites in the house. A toy or a tool doesn’t have to be so intricate and expensive for one to enjoy and use.
Cheers! #MyCafeNotes
Agree with both of you...ganyan din ako...hehehe
ReplyDeleteIt’s so tempting to keep on putting stuff in your cart because prices are so cheap and before you know it, caching cash register shows $$$$
ReplyDeleteReng David-Morelos parang Uniqlo & GU & Muji & Ikea. Sama mo na rin ang True Value & Decathlon.
ReplyDeleteEspn Ren , correct!
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ReplyDeleteGot a bamboo rake at Daiso, Osaka! Went arguing w my sister that it won't fit our luggage! True enough, it didn't. Talked to Jet Star ground staff n after every1 in the family silently prayed to all the Saints, she agreed to hv it stashed in chk in! Now it hangs abv the skl sink...sampayan ng hand towel!
ReplyDeleteGd thing hindi nabungi o nabaluktot. Iba talaga magtrabaho ang mga Japs! Bow ako s work ethic nila.
ReplyDeletetlagang inistorbo pa ang mga saints for a bamboo rake haha!
ReplyDeleteEspn Ren dyan ka mamamangha, ganoon s maliit n bagay, hanggang sa kahiganteng suliranin, sanay n sanay n ata sila s amin! Tenk GOD!!! Sana huwag sila magsawa sa amin.
ReplyDeleteEspn Ren , fyi, sa convent nakatira si Lydia
ReplyDeleteReng David-Morelos oh, sila pala ang Vincentian sisters!
ReplyDeleteEspn Ren nakuha mo rin! Mga boyz n counterpart namin nasa Tandang Sora main road!
ReplyDeleteI’m laughing but I agree that you should not have been deprived of playing with that “toy”…… airports!
ReplyDeletewhat or how does it look? intriguing haha! ... and yes, Daiso is a place of 'discoveries'.. i go in empty handed and go out with my full eco bag!.. small items, big items.. etc etc.. and agree with you with True Value, Uniqlo, Gu, Muji and Ikea. $$$$$$
ReplyDeleteChelle Crisanto this is how it looks now with its leg in a cast
ReplyDeleteEspn Ren pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteSama mo pa H& M & Cotton On & Forever21....hahaha
ReplyDeleteDaiso fan here! Stress reliever for me! During the first months of pandemic here at Isabela, when it's total lockdown... only health workers are allowed to go outside and ONLY supermarkets are open, I found myself literally crying outside Daiso... touching it's glass door from the outside. I can't help it, naiyak talaga ako. By the way, we have 3 of those! (Clamp/pick-up) Cheers to our toys Espn Ren!!!
ReplyDeleteCheers !
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