About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Botikang Pinoy with a crate of mysterious herbs and powders. As he stepped inside, an old man behind the counter whispered something in Tagalog, causing the driver’s eyes to widen. The driver glanced around nervously but saw only empty shelves and dim lights. ‘Para saan yan?’ he asked softly. The old man smiled mysteriously and replied, 'Para sa kalusugan mo.' The next morning, everyone was talking about how the store had suddenly run out of cough syrup!'
2. Early in the morning, when most pharmacies were closed, a delivery driver pulled up to Botikang Pinoy with a crate marked ‘Special Order’. The neighborhood grocer, dozing behind the counter, noticed something unusual—each pill bottle had a tiny note reading, ‘Take only once per lifetime.’ The grocer shrugged and took one pill himself, thinking it might be some new miracle drug. Later that day, everyone in town was talking about how they felt lighter than air—and then promptly forgot where they parked their cars. It turned out those notes meant ‘once per LIFETIME parking spot,’ not medicine.
3. Early one morning, when Botikang Pinoy’s neon sign glowed like a lone lighthouse, a delivery driver pulled up with a crate so heavy he needed both hands. But inside that crate was something even more unusual—a live chicken, flapping its wings and squawking as if it had just woken from a deep sleep. The pharmacist, half-asleep, reached for his phone to call the supplier. Instead, he picked up a nearby box of aspirin and threw it towards the chicken. The pill packet sailed through the air, missing the bird but hitting the wall with a satisfying thud. Everyone in the shop burst out laughing, including the delivery guy who finally realized what he’d delivered—an early-morning surprise for everyone.
4. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Botikang Pinoy with a crate. In the dim light of the parking lot, he noticed something peculiar—a small plastic baggie nestled among the boxes. Curious, he picked it up and found it contained a single banana, wrapped meticulously in tissue paper. Smiling, he unwrapped the banana, only to discover that someone had drawn a tiny smiley face on its peel with a marker. Shaking his head, he muttered, ‘Another day, another mystery at Botikang Pinoy.’