Whenever my balikbayan relatives come home, they always request me to take them to this one place where the whole town sells mostly slippers: Liliw, Laguna. They always say that they cannot find slippers anywhere in the world as durable and as comfortable as the ones they get from Liliw. Of course, it also helps that the ones from Liliw are also very cheap.
To make sure that they get the right sizes, my balikbayan relatives always have this cardboard cut-outs traced from the foot of their grandchildren, daughters, siblings and even neighbors abroad. They would go from store to store looking for the right fit using the cut-outs. “That red slippers is for your Tita Baby,” I would always hear them say after finding the perfect pair.