It’s a “Mall” world after all
Photo by Stitch
Especially here in the Philippines! Why do I say this? Well, in a recent news article that I read, the Nielsen Media Research reported that around 80 percent of the Philippines population go to shopping centers and around 36 million visit shopping plazas once or twice a month. This in spite of the fact that 40 percent of the country’s 90 million people live on less than 100 pesos a day.
The article continues with the report that we have the 3 of the world’s 10 largest malls, 2 of them in Manila, and going to the mall is such a regular activity that “malling” has become a commonly used verb in our vocabulary.
I’m sure you’ll all agree that malling is almost like part of our bloodstream. Even here in Answers, I see some mall rats asking and answering questions related to malls and malling. Pikoi06 asked the community if it’s true that the 3rd largest mall in the world is in the Philippines. Trojan answered him comprehensively by sharing that the SM Mall of Asia is the largest shopping mall in the Philippines and the third largest shopping mall in the world in terms of gross floor size. In short, it’s huge! It’s so big they actually rent out golf carts to shoppers for their convenience.
One of the things I noticed is that most of the questions about malls centered on favorites. Of course it’s a very subjective topic yet it’s exciting to find out what someone’s favorite mall is and why. BokBok asked this to the community and we had a number of people naming various malls and sharing why that was their fave. Personally, I really like Glorietta and Greenbelt because it’s very accessible and everything that you need seems to be there.
Vbcarina, who was planning a trip to the Philippines, asked what malls do teenagers usually go to for shopping and princess gave her some tips on some bargain places to get great buys. Bruce4peralta on the other hand asked what the community thinks is the best shopping mall in the land. Vibrant_girl got the best answer, and it’s not just one mall because she explained how various malls have different specialties so there’s really a list of “best” malls (that’s how mall-crazy Pinoys are, hehehe).
It’s the weekend already so I’m guessing most of you have made some plans, maybe dine out with the family, gimmick with your friends, date with your significant other, maybe watch a movie, or maybe you plan to do a little shopping since it’s payday today. Whatever the activity, my guess is this will be done in one of the malls. If that’s the case, maybe we’ll bump into each other because I’m planning to drop by the mall too, hehehe! Happy weekend everyone and happy malling!
