Ukay-ukay is just come from the simple word halukay. It's the Philippine stores where secondhand items such as clothes, bags, shoes, and other accessories are sold at a cheap price. I believe that ukay-ukay is derived from a Visayan dialect which has the same meaning as halukay in Filipino which means in English to dig or search.
That morning after having my 8 hours night shift I went to a place near downtown to take care of something important. After accomplishing my task I decided to drop by a store that sells ukay-ukay to look for bed sheets but unfortunately, they don't have the right size I'd been looking for, and since I was already here I just decided that I will try to see maybe I can find something nice for myself.
I think I have been to this store for the 3rd time already and the first one is just a quick visit inside for window shopping and for the second one I bought a pair of shorts and a blouse. The place is nice and the items are quite organized so aside from that they also offer good price so that is the reason why a lot of customers love to visit their store.
Honestly, I like ukay-ukay, but it gives me a headache when I'm in the area because I'm not good at identifying the best items from ukay.
Anyway, After strolling for almost half an hour I got myself this jacket from a great brand "Dolce & Gabbana" which cost me 120 PHP ($2.12) which could be useful for my work.
I got again a pair of shorts and a blouse for both 75 PHP ($1.32) each.
Then I paid it at the counter and got a total of 270 PHP ($4.78)
After having a hard moment finding the nicest and fittest piece for me which I believe I got at a good price I went home immediately because I'm super tired and sleepy already. The following morning I work on sanitizing the items I bought cause it's very exposed to any organism and there are a lot of factors to consider that should be sanitized first before using.
The additional shot is taken outside the store already in downtown Cebu at this time only a few are still strolling around because it was too early but later that day you can see more of those people and there are more #MarketFriday stories that I could share with you hopefully one of these days.
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Dig and search!! That is exactly what is done, yes? We call them Thrift Shops. (thrifty buys! QWe save money) I like the different names of these stores.
I think you did well and it is sometimes hard finding what would be the best bargain - there is so much in there to go through. The joy of all those selections. :) Cebu has such a nice downtown and I am sure there are lots of opportunities to for the challenge! Thanks for taking us along!
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Exactly @dswigle, you just have to be patient in digging and searching until we find the good ones. Downtown is the busiest place in the City for businesses hopefully I can visit there soon again and see the things I can share with your community. Thanks for the appreciation and thank you for the details you share about how you call it there. Best regards!
You are welcome! I hope you have a nice week ahead!
I have been trying to figure out the origin of the word for the longest time.
So basically ukay-ukay is saying "dig dig" 😂... That's another similarity to Jamaicans. They say descriptive things for you to know what something is about:)
Haha, it sounds like that Cam since ukay-ukay is a Cebuano word that is usually described when we need to look/find something and we need to dig or search in that file of stuff.😁