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The UP Forum |
Volume 9 Number 6
November-December 2008 |
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Answering the Call of the Mall
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Alicor L. Panao |
 Filipinos love to mall. On weekends, these large commercial centers are packed, people eagerly jostling against each other as they make their way to retail arcades, cinemas, food halls and restaurants, and entertainment venues, whiling the time away in air-conditioned comfort. On weekdays, malls remain surprisingly populated, even during office hours.
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The Egalitarian Utopia at the End of the Block
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Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta |
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Let’s face it: who hasn’t dreamed of living the good life? Even the most practical among us has wondered, at least once, what it would be like to feel like a million bucks, strolling along marbled walkways and gold-trimmed pavilions while lights glitter like stars overhead. |
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The Madness of Philippine Shopping
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Antonio A. Hidalgo |
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In my previous privileged life as a UN expat, I was able to shop in many renowned consumerist Meccas—Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, Paris, Rome, and Geneva. At that time, the Philippines was a shopping backwater with a narrow range of consumer goods that were being sold at prohibitive prices. |
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Second-Generation Mall ng Trinoma
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Rolando B. Tolentino |
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Hinuhudyat ng Trinoma Mall ang ikalawang henerasyon ng malls sa bansa. Mula sa kahong walang sentro, tumungo na ang pag-unlad sa mas maligoy na kurbang may sentro. At ang sentrong atrium—na natatanaw mula sa lahat ng palapag ng mall—ay parating busy sa mga shopping-related na aktibidad... |
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The Roads Most Travelled: Malls and Traffic Management
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Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta |
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In the days of antiquity, all roads led to Rome. Nowadays, all roads lead to malls. And away from malls. And all around malls. Even roads as far as five or ten kilometers away still come under the influence of malls, as evidenced by the nightmarish gridlocks, bumper-to-bumper lines and frantic rerouting that occur every time a mall holds a three-day sale. |
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On Malls and Malling
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Antonio A. Hidalgo |
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It does not surprise me at all that the words “malling” and “maller,” which are commonly used in our conversations, are Filipinisms that cannot be found in standard English dictionaries. In the last two decades, we have enthusiastically flocked to the shopping malls that have sprouted all over the country... |
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