Why are Filipinos obsessed with malls?

[hydrangea]

because lahat ay nasa mall na: shopping, hotel, grocery, cinema, even the church is inside the mall.

[GROWm]

Sabi ng trainer namin dati, masyado daw obsessed ang mga pilipino sa malls. Ginagawa daw pasyalan. Sa ibang bansa daw, pumupunta lang sila ng malls kung may bibilhin. Pasyalan daw nila eh mga outdoors like sa beach. Totoo ba ito?

I must admit I like going to malls, especially after work.

I dont think Filipinos are "obsessed" with malls.

I think since most Filipinos cant afford expensive homes, why not spend time in expensive malls? Malamig na, mabango, at maraming tao (masaya).

When your trainer said that Filipinos are "Obsessed" with malls, is that a bad thing? And if it is, why is it a bad thing?

Hindi natin kasalanan kung hindi nila type gawin pasyalan ang malls. Mas maganda siguro mga malls natin kaysa kanila. Baka very basic amenities ng malls nila.

Tsaka dito sa Pilipinas, when we are tired of malls, ang dami nating outdoors na puede puntahan. May mga beach pa. Sila ba, maraming ganun?

[Qubetha]

di naman obsessed libangan na lang para sa atin ang pagpunta sa malls !

[Krayon]

ano ba ginagawa ng pinoy bago nagka-mall mall kung saan-saan?

[bambi7]

I dont think Filipinos are "obsessed" with malls.

I think since most Filipinos cant afford expensive homes, why not spend time in expensive malls? Malamig na, mabango, at maraming tao (masaya).

When your trainer said that Filipinos are "Obsessed" with malls, is that a bad thing? And if it is, why is it a bad thing?

Hindi natin kasalanan kung hindi nila type gawin pasyalan ang malls. Mas maganda siguro mga malls natin kaysa kanila. Baka very basic amenities ng malls nila.

Tsaka dito sa Pilipinas, when we are tired of malls, ang dami nating outdoors na puede puntahan. May mga beach pa. Sila ba, maraming ganun?

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. He said he finds it weird that there are so many people in the malls around here. Trainer namin sya sa call center and he's from California.

[Krayon]

Tsaka dito sa Pilipinas, when we are tired of malls, ang dami nating outdoors na puede puntahan. May mga beach pa. Sila ba, maraming ganun?

Trainer namin sya sa call center and he's from California.

apparently, marami siyang pwedeng puntahan

[crocopie]

Ang malls kasi kahit gabi puwedeng pasyalan. Mas mahirap ang security kapag mamasyal sa park ng gabi. Nakapagbasa din ako ng mga travel tips sa United Kingdom at iyon ang madalas nilang sasabihin. London has very good security but be extra cautious when passing by parks and other open spaces.

[Papichulo168]

Sa US nga Walmart and Target stores are hangouts by teenagers way up to 2am. Parang ginawa mong tambayan ang Makro or Pricemart.

[Dragonei]

Truth be told, Pilipinas ang may pinakamagagandang shopping malls sa buong mundo. Walang binatbat shopping malls ng thailand at korea sa mga shopping malls natin. The Irony is, third world country ang pilipinas. Pero pag nasa loob ka ng malls, di mo yan mamamalayan.

Malls provide the cheapest form of escape. While your inside, makakalimutan mo ang mga squatter sa paligid. Inaaliw mo sarili mo sa palakad lakad, kahit di mo naman mabili yung mga tinitignan mo.

[balthier]

Nagpapalamig lang ang karamihan. Mainit sa bahay at tipid sa kuryente kung duon kna sa mall magpapalamig. Tambay mode na at masasabi mo pa sa mga kapitbahay mo na umaalis ka lagi (yun pala nkatunganga ka lang sa mall buong magdamag). Madaming ganito dba?

[anima9]

I barely go to malls if not for sunday mass (Galleria, yung EDSA shrine). I go to Trinoma whenever I have time just after dismissal time, being that UST's pretty near trinoma, and other malls as well.

I'm not one of those people na pupunta lang sa mall para magpalamig. I always make sure my time inside a mall would be worthy the effort of taking a bath, wearing clothes, bearing the heat from commute, and the money and time spent. Nowadays, I go to malls to watch movies or updating myself with the latest sales and prices for the things I would probably buy the next time I visit.

[eugeneungas]

libre aircon
libre mangarap (window shopping)
libre tubig (sa may foodcourt)
libre cr (swerte pag may tissue)
libre security (pwede magtext ng walang inaalala)
libre lasa (free taste sa mga promo)
libre basa (bookstore sa loob ng mall)
libre entertainment (lalo na pag weekends daming pakulo minsan may artista pa... )
libre tambay (walang sisita sayo at magpapalayas kahit gaano ka pa katagal sa loob)

in short... basta libre patok! =)

[namazucon]

Ayala Malls - Love 'EM all!

[balthier]

Sa iba siguro malaki ang bahay ninyo or adequate na. Pansinin mo yung mga tumatambay sa malls at kapag pinuntahan mo ang tirahan nila, maliliit at siksikan pa sila karamihan. Kaya pumupunta sila sa mall, kasi duon nga naman sila "makakahinga", malalamigan at malinis pa ang paligid nila as oppose to where they live.

Karamihan ng tumatambay sa malls, mahihirap at maliit ang tirahan, at malamang, walang pambayad sa kuryente.

Kaya tama yung sabi sa taas - sa mall maraming libre, malamig pa.

[anima9]

siguro naging tambayan ko lang ang mall nung ginawa ko syang tulugan nung HS palang ako LOL

i once watched a 2 hr movie once and i slept inside the theater for about 4 hours. masyado kasi akong maaga sa meetung namin nun so i decided to watch a movie first. i finished it, eh masyado pang maaga so naisipan ko munang umidlip, di naman reserved tickets ang kinuha ko, at di pa ata uso noon yung naninita kapag ayaw umalis (nasa pinaka taas ako so di ako napansin)

tapos paggising ko, ako na yung late! haha 6 hrs akong nasa sinehan lang LOL

di ko lang maalala yung film, pero i'm sure it was a drama film. kasi kung action yun, baka di nako nakatulog! haha

[F-A Soldier]

Wala namang masama. But I hoped there were more parks and other recreation than malls. I mean the point of irony the TS i get ('shanty towns with malls?'), but then business ventures and private businesses are what fund these. Parks? The government can't even maintain a few let a lone build some.

I think the Philippines should have: bike trails, parks, soccer fields, basket ball courts, open air markets (not palengkes those are disgusting) etc.

[Mickey2000]

I agree, magaganda talaga ang mall sa atin.

[Max_Buwaya]

The mall culture is very much welcomed for the majority because the place is a total yet brief antithesis on one's distress and melancholy. It is a world coated with animation and happiness, at a temperature one could not usually experience for free. Also to provide respite and relieve stress, particularly during a long and tiring day at work.

[The Kryptonian]

malamig sa mall eh. saka pwede ka pang magbasa ng libro ng libre pag wala kang magawa.

[LabuyoXVIII]

I don't see anything wrong with Filipinos going to malls - we are not obsessed. Most of the people who go to malls everyday either work there or has to pass by there to get to another place (just like when you work in Makati and you need to ride the MRT going to QC or somewhere else - you pass by Ayala Malls and then SM to get to the MRT station).

I guess the American isn't used to people being in malls. Our malls are far better than the malls you'd see in other countries. True, a lot of people go to malls for the A/C especially during Summer when the heat is unbearable. Another time is during power outages - since most people in the country don't have generators to keep them cool.