You've just visit the philippines? So what country you came from, based on your post history you're a local of philippines, right?
But hey, that's a good thing, if the store is using any other wallet or merchant I guess sending money would take for several minutes unless they used coins.ph and there client as well, so btc/fund will be transfered instantly without waiting of any confirmation.
It could be that OP is an OFW or some sort of dual citizenship. Regarding the topic I love it to hear about local merchants that offers services and accepts Bitcoin payments. I never heard this locally but good to know it here in this Bitcoin community. I believe that Bitcoin will be getting big in the near future not only in the Philippines but also arround the world as adoption continue to surge.