Ukay-Ukay in Cebu, Manila, Singapore, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi

            Ukay-ukay rocks my world. An exaggeration. I remembered when I was five years old , I used to babysit my cousins (Zeneth and Zonova) on weekends for ₱2/day . My Tiya Corang dove on ukay-ukay bundles opened by the Ukay-Ukay seller in Initao named Sayong. My Tiya Corang made money out of reselling the items especially to high school teachers in INCH. 13 years after, I found myself selling ukay-ukay to my teachers from the Ukay market in Marinaut Marawi City since I spent my two last years at MSU-Marawi.

            As I am adulting, I have made a lot of changes in my life-work, home, career, and the one that I haven't changed is  my love for ukay-ukay. It is just like treasure hunting. I worked in different places and what excites me the most is finding ukay-ukay shops in those locations. Year, 2006 in Cebu, ukay-ukay shops are around the market of  Gun-ob,  Lapu-Lapu and along Colon, Cebu City. In Manila, cheapest ukay-ukay I've visited is in Novaliches Market and Balintawak Market in Metro Manila.

          So, I never give up ukay-ukay when I was in Singapore year 2014 , it's in Orchard Road , Lucky Plaza, the top floor. I usually dawdled the building's 6th floor on weekends where flea market was usually held. Most of the owners are Filipinos. Aside from the items sold from bundles, you can opt to buy second-hand garments from Singaporian teens and adult sellers. The good thing about it is that clothes are not worn out ,stylish that  are seemed  tailored, and are still neatly ironed. Well, considering the cost of living in Singapore, the items there are a bit pricey ranging from 1 to 5 SGD. I wore those ukay finds while applying for jobs in the country. 

           Now, I'm in the UAE, and this year is 2015,  there are many ukay-ukay warehouses in Sharjah, mostly in industrial areas. One downside would the location since it's a remote area and that you have to get there  by taxi or foot from Shrajah bus stop. The garments are not worn out. Some still have tags on them and are cheaper than the ukays in the Philippines.  In Abu Dhabi, Ukay-ukay shops are somewhere in Hamdan area. 

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