World’s third largest mall now open
Posted by on May 22, 2006
The country’s largest mall, Asia’s second largest, and the world third has finally opened, after it has been dleayed for several months.
The humongous globe rotunda of SM Mall of Asia
Business tycoon Henry Sy together with no less the the Philippine President Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cut the SM Mall of Asia’s ceremonial ribbon last Saturday.
Yesterday, Sunday May 21st, my sister and I decided to go to the new gigantic mall and see what’s in there. Hudreds, (or shall i say Thousands?)of people were there. Mostly doing nothing, just plain usiseros. Crowd ranges from Class A to D.
The is indeed a eclectic blend of shops from the ultra high-end stores down to the pang-masa.
The mall is so huge that we even have difficulty in finding the location where we parked our car.
A lot of interesting stores, and innovations are in place. Checking out the mall directory, I discovered that the Ilonggo’s old time favorite Ted’s Original La Paz Batchoy has a branch here. I belive this is there first branch in the Metro Manila. Their super special Batchoy is a must-try!
Another interesting foodstop to check out is Krispy Kreme. This mother-of-all-donuts is the inspiration behind Gonuts Donuts. People from the States would often tell me the their donuts are really-to-die for. Oh.. we’ll see.
Another thing that I really wanted to try is the San Miguel Coca Cola IMAX Theater. The 8-storey screen is one of the world’s largest, if not the largest.
Another feature of the mall is the Olympic Sized-Skating rink.
The mall is just so huge that I wasn’t able to walk the entire mall space.
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hi eric! i’m actually still trying to psyche myself into going to Mall of Asia ever since it was reported that minor quakes within the building (obviously due to its size) have caused some portions of the structure to collapse – thus the delay of its opening.
but ooooh, ted’s lapaz batchoy. i wouldn’t miss that…in fact, i just came back from bacolod and i made sure i would have my fill at their robinson’s mandalagan branch before going back to manila.
vina, yup.. i also heard news about the mall’s floor collapsing, thus delaying its opening.. and i an attest to that.. the floor on the second level near the foodcour and escalator actually vibrates.
nakakatakot.. i was there standing, feeling ko it will just collapse anytime from now.
=( sana mr. henry sy do do something about it…
Dumadaan ako dyan everyday.. Pque to PLM, it is indeed humugous!… well that cracky matter is certainly freaky.
Ah sa SYKES ka pala… we’ve been there last week, but they don’t accept part times eh…
Sa WEST contact services ako… Exportbank plaza building. Just waiting for the sched ng part time training. they foned me up para palitan yung stat, full time daw but i refused kasi magpapasukan na=) tlagang part time lang so they told me to wait til up na yung training for part taym ^_^;;
wow! ayos ah! mapuntahan nga.. wah!!! just kidding..tee-heee…..
bibisita din ako dun bago mag pasukan, mas malapit kasi sa amin kumpara sa megamall. hehehe
at kung mas malaki siya, pinakamalaki, mas ayos, todo gala na naman!
PS: Dude, i’m inviting you to join the Philippine Blog Carnival. hehehe
E-mail na lang kita for details, baka kasi isipin mo nag plug lang ako sa blog mo.
Cheers!
jhay> ano yang blog carnival na yan ha? may clowns ba at ferris wheel? hehehe
Seiji> try mo sa Qinteraction alam ko may part time din sila.. at local accounts yata.. so u really dont need to speak with twag.. u know.. aheheh
chard> cge ba punta ka dito.. pasyal tayo.. =)
hi! just want to comment sa Ted’s Original La Paz Batchoy. ang alam ko may store sila sa sm southmall.
Nice feature eric! Btw, Ted’s Oldtimer Lapaz Batchoy in the Mall of Asia is their 6th outlet in Manila…they have outlets in SM Southmall(the first),Festival Mall Alabang,SM Fairview,SM Dasmariñas Cavite, and soon in Araneta Center Cubao.
thanks jack…
this was confirmed to me last night that Ted’s has quite a number of outlets in Mania before their Mall of Asia branch.
gosh.. nahahalata na bihira na lang ako mag mall!
ahahah
Ang ganda talaga ng SM Mall of Asia. Nakakahawa ang mga ngiti ng mga tao doon kasi lahat masaya dahil sa ganda ng mall.
nakakatakot pala talaga pag so big ng mga malls..aside marami tao due to this seasons’ celebration, pra din palang ready ka always for any earthquake emergencies! hahahaha..buti na lang kmi d2 sa dvo, d gaano malaki mga malls namin..i’ve heard also na on-going na daw land preparation for the construction of ayala and robinson’s mall d2. Sayang din sana b4 xmas..hehehe =)
hope i have the chance to visit MOA by next year..please santa claus.. =)