Filipinos celebrate Philippine Independence Day every June 12 since 1898. Since then, we have had government corruption, an aborted tiger economy, several succession of presidents all belonging to a dynasty that most of its gullible people are unaware of, and a 90% population living below the poverty line.
When Japan isn’t hosting game shows where losers have to smell man-farts, or engaging in tug of wars with face pantyhose, they’re actively seeking out new places and new countries to ship all their weird shit to, and the Philippines has always been a favorite dumping ground of sorts. Case in point: a Japanese surplus store (similar to dollar stores in the United States) called Saizen, ran by an actual Japanese company called Daiso, and where most of their items are priced at P85 (roughly $2) or less. While most of the goods they sell can be found in most other regular mom & pop stores and are of pretty good quality, others just make you go wtf. My Top 5 picks below.
