Advertising and marketing, Saipan style!

"EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK." That's the sign posted on the wall of a restaurant, reminding customers that fish dishes are served with bones.

Years ago, I heard this radio ad: "H-MART, WHERE PARKING IS NOT A PROBLEM." (okay, okay, don't mind about the items sold in this grocery store. yup, due to limited parking space in some retail establishments, i think making a pitch for parking IS a good idea)

"TOM TEDDY BEAR ENTERTAINING PLAZA." the name of a commercial establishment in Chalan Kanoa.

"BERWED COFFEE." Written on the menu of a defunct food store in San Jose.

"CREARANCE SALE." Need I say more?

A house for rent ad in the paper: "NICE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD." it's near a cemetery.

One of the requirements stated in an ad for a job opening: "MUST BE HIGH GRADUATE."

"MAGANDA UTANG." This is the name of a store in Garapan. In the Filipino language, this means good credit; others would argue that it means "it's good to have a debt."

"NO PARKING HERE." That's a sign on the side of a road in Garapan. But one day, below the same sign, was a parked police patrol car.

"MOST WANTED CK BOYS," graffiti in Chalan Kanoa.

"POST-CHRISTMAS SALE." But then, you see the same sign throughout the year. (Whatever happened to the CNMI government's advertising regulations?)

"PARASIGHT" is in fact the name of a Japanese cafe and bar in Garapan, not something else.

Guangdong Hardware's slogan, "NEVER SATISFIED UNTIL YOU ARE" sounds more like a slogan for service industries like massage parlors and beauty salons.

An "AOTO SHOP" in Koblerville.

A defunct Garapan business involved in "WEEDING VIDEOS," etc.

"SIZZILING SISIG" says the menu in a Garapan restaurant.

(To be continued...)