Comments on: Typical Philippine Trip to the Mall — Part 2

By: Philly

Philly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:34:24 +0000

Actually, wait until you go to a really big mall in Manila orone of the other major cities. These small provincial malls are a piece of cake in comparison.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:48:04 +0000

Dave, I am absolutely exhausted after this visit to the mall. LOL

By: Philly

Philly — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:29:36 +0000

Indeed going to the nall is an expereince here, that’s for sure. Last night I watched a world level international pool championship on tv. The venue> One of the large open activity areas in the “Block” part of the SM North Mall complex on EDSA There certainty are plenty more traditional venuse available for an event like this … and likley the organizers could have made more money selling tickets to watch. But what buzz it created at the Mall. They are ‘happening places’, and as aforeigner who doesn’t follow the entertainment scene much, I know I miss 90% of what’s going on.

By: Brix

Brix — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:59:25 +0000

Excellent observations! I find myself laughing about what seems to be a “routine” for most of us Filipinos.

By: Philly

Philly — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:26:13 +0000

Hi Tommy, I think a majority of the newer provincial SM City malls have a Hypermart. Older ‘big town’ malls like the existing SM Mall in Davao do not, but IIRC there’s a new SM City opening in Davao as well. To make it a little more confusing, there is a separate SM Sopermarket company in operation in Metro Manila … at least one large SM mall had both a Hypermart and an SM Supermart. I’m guessing yours will have a Hypermart .. which is more thna a supermarket, it’s like a miniature Wal*Mart … they have appliances, clothes, limited line of furniture, as well as a wholesale/retail food operation.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:52:07 +0000

WoW well our brandy new SM is still being built maybe we will have a hypermarket too ! wait not in Davao hmmmm not here then

By: Philly

Philly — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:59:34 +0000

@Ellen: Ellen if anyone ever wants a spelling debate this would not be the place. I am both a bad speller and probably a bit dyslexic … typing is an arduous task for both the fingers I use. Anything more complex that ‘a’ or ‘I’ tends to come out wrong … but it is tago for hiding and not taga.

Tagalog isn’t Dave’s wife’s first lanague either, although she’s pretty good at it . Most of the children on Mita’s mother’s side of the family have learned English first, Tagalog second … since the days when mother and daddy went to school in the little white school house with the Us Flag flying next to the Philippine Commonwealth ensign. They certainly aren’t the only family I know of where ths was common.

My little nephews are following along, the same way. One of Mita’s sisters took a lot of teasing in school becuase she had a really hard time with Tagalog and a teacher or two refused to believe her Filipino skills were as weak as they were.

Guess no mater how you structure the langauge thing, there are always gaps somewhere along the line.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:17:07 +0000

Hi Dave, I am guilty too. Come to think of it, I think I spelled “ng” wrong, maybe it is “nang”. Who cares, tagalog is not my main language. Maybe Dave’s Wife can correct me

By: Philly

Philly — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:01:47 +0000

@Ellen: Sorry. Ever say or type somehting and then a couple hours later, when you are thinking about somehting completely different, have a thought pop into your head … oh firetruck … that was the wrong word. Guilty of all charges, but do I get partial credit for knowing it was wrong before I read your much appreciated correction? No, not really, I’m fishing Aye pimon …

By: Dave's Wife

Dave's Wife — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:09:38 +0000

yup, bundok made its way to the English language as boondocks…just as the boondocks of the Zambales mountain range inspired a US Field Artillery officer to come up with the Caisson Song, the official US Army song…..

“over hill, over dale as we hit the dusty trail And those caissons go rolling along….”l