I Am Now Ready For The Rain

From my August 27, 2012 post. 

When the skies look like this...

...rain is sure to fall at any moment. And if rain does fall really hard, the Taft Avenue looks like this:

Me no gusta!

I have experienced traversing a flooded Taft Avenue from the Manila City Hall to Pedro Gil and it's not something good to remember. I could still remember how I cringed as I took the plunge on the disgusting, leptospira interrogans infested water. Before I get started on enumerating the stuff I saw floating in the water, let me just say that this will never happen to me again. EVER.

Since I already know the areas where the flood is shallow (read: at mid-calf level), I decided that having rain boots is the best way to go. Problem is that I don't know a place that sells durable but cute rain boots for women. Good thing I remembered Plueys rain boots and I searched for local distributors online. That's when I came across Ready For Rain.

Ready for Rain offers a vast collection of rain gear for men, women, and children. I was thrilled to find lots of cute designs for the women's rain boots. My personal choice is Matchpoint because it has my two favorite colors, blue and green together with a tennis racket print. Ordering from them is such a breeze and they have a lot of payment options for you to choose from. I paid by credit card for faster transactions. Although I got my boots a week later due to weather problems, I'm still happy because I finally have these boots that can protect my feet from flood water. Goodbye, wet and squishy shoes! 

My new babies. Mrhrhr.

This is really convenient for me as I travel a long way from Taft to go to the hospitals where I rotate. Downside is that since the weather is erratic, I have to carry it with me when the weather is acting up. But the mere thought of my feet not getting is wet is enough reason for me to lug it around.

If you want a pair of these gorgeous rain boots, just go and visit their online store by clicking here.

I Love Rubi Shoes

Taken from my October 9, 2011 post...way before Cotton On opened their first outlet in SM Mall of Asia.

Whenever I go to the mall, I never fail to look at shoes. A lot of people ask why do I like shoes. The answer is simple: 

Nah, just kidding! :)

I think that shoes are the only things in my closet that don't make me look fat. Haha! And during our tough times, I never had a chance to buy new shoes. So probably I'm making up for it or something.

Anyway, my previous posts about Malaysia reminded me of Rubi Shoes. I fell in love with that store when I went to Ion Mall in Singapore. That's the first time I've ever entered this haven for shoe addicts. Naturally, I bought something...on sale. Lol.

I cannot forget how thrilled I am when I saw a Cotton On store in 1Borneo. I literally squealed with delight because even if it's Cotton On, I know that they sell shoes because Rubi Shoes is a sister company of Cotton On, an Australian company. It's like I died and went to shoe heaven, especially when I saw this sign:

That's 50% off.

...I knew my wallet is toast. :))

But since they're on sale, I bought 2 pairs of sandals and a pair of flip flops for only *drumroll* Rm15 each. See photos on the sides..

That's Php225 if you convert it using the conversion rate of Php15. The Forex rate during that time is RM1 = Php14.45 so that's about Php217. Original price is Rm99 so it's Php1,485 for the 15 peso conversion rate. Pretty nice, eh? Too bad, we don't have these kinds of discounts here in the Philippines.

I seriously love that store because they sell cute shoes of good quality without the hefty price tag. Not only that, since it is not locally available, there are less chances that you'd bump into someone with the exact same shoe. Haha! I love it even more when it's on sale. Since I'm such a freak, my mom tells me not to buy shoes anymore but I can't help it. :D

So now, let me show you my Rubi shoes collection:

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It's not much but I hope that I'll have many more of those in the near future. :)