SM Marikina is one of the places our family frequents. Aside from its being accessible from where we live, it’s the newest in the block. I have heard quite a number of opinions from commuters. Low accessibility for them. But it should also be noted that the owners have built infrastructures to address this issue. Still, the long walk from where people will alight off the public transpo to the mall itself can be quite a distance.
I still hear people say that it is better to go to Sta. Lucia, Robinson’s Metro East and for people who live in Marikina to just hang around the Riverbanks Mall instead. It really has its downside for commuters around the vicinity. Which personally, may just be one of the reasons why I favor this place. I have yet to see for myself it being crowded as most malls are, especially during paydays.
We love going to SM Marikina although I still could never quite understand how on earth that a third world country as the Philippines could actually afford to have so many malls, particularly in Manila. SM Marikina is just one of them. But allow me to enumerate a few things that have attracted me to this mall.
It has probably the most decent and non-restricting parking space that I have ever seen in a mall parking space, hands down. I don’t know if it is just me, but I always get this funny feeling whenever I park anywhere from the Edsa Shangri-la Mall to Glorietta, even that of Rockwell’s Powerplant Mall. It’s almost always hard to breathe in other malls that if you wouldn’t look like an idiot, you’d race to the entrance as fast as your feet could carry you. Not to mention those pipes hanging that you could almost hear the air flow or what have you in there. It feels so dangerous in malls like that whose owners have obviously tried to maximize the mall space and made sure that the vertical clearance is its narrowest possible. I love that Henry Sy considered the motorists who would frequent his brand new mall baby. Although, I still wouldn’t fail to hear my mother wonder aloud why mall owners charge parking fees to customers here in the Philippines. She would repeatedly note that this is not so in the States. For parking fees, they charge PhP 25 for the covered area and PhP15 for the open parking place.
Although SM Marikina isn’t that huge inside, the layout of the place is really good. Look at all those breathing space in its Cyberzone area. This is where we would usually go to – the techie couple that the hubby and I are.
Another thing I love about SM Marikina is its being a free WiFi zone. I can check my emails, do instant messaging without fuss from my mobile, laptop whether I am shopping or dining in any of the restaurants inside the mall.
Even as I have always believed that consumers should be wise in patronizing items that they regularly use, then we should all the more be wiser towards things that we use that is in direct contact with our body. Like eyeglasses, for instance. More often than not, eyeglasses have to be replaced yearly and we know that not all insurance companies have this covered.
Incidentally, did you read the blurb about Zenni Optical in the New York Times?! Zenni Optical has long been making waves. What, with their quality prescription eyeglasses for only $8, who wouldn’t give interest, right? They have practically made seeing straight without breaking bankpossible. Here is one of their glasses that I like. It surely does not look cheap and can definitely compete with the branded ones.
People have tagged this sweet phone as the poor man’s Blackberry and it is so true – in every sense of the word! And more than that it is a monster phone as well, if you ask me. There is really nothing more you can ask for.
I am lucky to have stumbled upon TechTechMo the night before I purchased this darling. After having visited possibly every single mobile shop in all the malls close to our place, I shifted my mindset from getting a Samsung D880 to this baby.
I am not about to profile the greatness of this phone, TechTechMo has done that for us. Bottomline is, you wouldn’t find the sweet features that E63 has in its price range, hands down.
If it is your first time living with a dog like my sister is, chances are you are clueless in how to properly care for one. Unless of course you would rather trust your instincts. But if you want to start right, you might want to know How to Handle Living with Your Dog so that keeping your pet won’t be much of a burden, especially if you are busy with work.
For that sugar high craving, this refreshment will deliver. From middle school up to this day, I am impressed that Goldilock’s has actually kept their recipe consistent. Not that mixing up a Sago Gulaman is difficult. Although, for a sweet tooth like myself, I actually find this treat a little too sweet for me. If I get one, I won’t be able to finish it all. We all know that all too sweet stuff can actually make you thirsty.
The big day for lovers is coming in less than a couple of weeks. People from all over the world look forward to Valentine’s Day. It is probably the next thing to Christmas Day, at least from this side of the world.
Personally, I haven’t cooked up anything yet for a gift. Maybe you have picked the perfect bouquet of flowers for valentines or have eyed a box of truffles to give your loved ones. It is best to prepare for it ahead of time to beat the surge of people that will go into the malls to get theirs in the next few days.
Maybe I will do a review on some of the shops in the next posts, that we can check out for the neatest Valentine gift or even coupons from establishments that give out discounts for couples to celebrate their day.
