For the past four years, I've mainly been doing my grocery shopping by myself. This is not the norm among Filipino youth. The normal cases would be that the mother (or the head of the family) does the shopping or the children does it with their parents/guardians. In any case, the decisions to buy are made primarily by the parent, the one who pays for it.
That being irrelevant really, I'd like to share something about something I noticed about myself when I'm in the grocery store. When I have a little time to spare and not in a hurry to go somewhere else, which products and brands I choose to buy are influenced by a number of factors, but notably where it is made or which country it comes from. When I buy my stuff now, I usually prefer weighing the factors of price, availability of variety, and the country of origin.
I prefer getting stuff wither from the Philippines or a developing country. I find that it's the least I can do, and not like the products are really that much different! And most of the time, I prefer not buying stuff made from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and India... not that I have any bias or discrimination against them but it's just that I think they're wealthy enough and the others need a bit more pushing! :D So, are you shopping for your country?
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