Light Shopping.

No, this is not about shopping less.  This is about shopping for house lights.


My two weekends have been devoted to the house project so I am a little bit exhausted now... really... but, yeah, excited.


It was a good thing that shopping for lights did not bring me to far away places just to get discounts.  The Global City has the glorious MC Home Depot.  It is located along S&R's block and occupies a large area so it can't be missed.

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It is organized much like SM Department Store.  MC Home Depot has its own large store where you will find aisles for the different home construction/improvement stuff -- electrical, tiles, paints, hardware, etc.

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Outside the store, there are smaller stores that specialize on specific home construction products.


In the Depot, we got pin lights, a spotlight, and the ceiling fan for the family room.

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We went outside the Depot store to Akari to get simple lights for the bedrooms and the bathrooms.


Then, we discovered Light Options.

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They have a wide selection of light fixtures... most of it at reasonable rates.

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We found the best track lighting fixture in the building with LED bulbs! LED, by the way, is currently expensive but consumes the least energy and is said to last longer than the normal incandescent, halogen, or even fluorescent bulbs.  We also got the mirror lights for the bathrooms... see the classy look but really... they are affordable.

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The best thing about Light Options is they have the most accommodating sales staff ever.  They did not look irritated with all my questions, managed to entertain all customers, NEVER resorted to hard sell talk and, most importantly, they gave discounts!  Here are Marco and Geron (their supervisor, Charles, was busy with a customer).

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Those were a lot of lights for two weekends but, goodness, I am not done yet.  I still have some more to buy and I have not even started with the toilet fittings.  Too many expenses... I must not bust our budget.  Lord, help me.