Wearing a red checkered mini skirt, black leggings, dark blue sleeveless top, gray and pink Shubizz Barbie ballet flats, and a copper Cinderella’s carriage necklace
My mom and I are mall rats. Yesterday, we went to several malls so that I could use up the gift checks that I got from work. Malls have become the parks of the Philippines. Leisurely walking under the huge green trees of Mother Nature is delightful, but if you do this under the hot humid Philippine sun, it’s more like walking through hell than a walk in the park.
Our first stop was SM Megamall. We were there around 11am on a weekday, and it was packed. I wondered, what were all these people doing in the mall at this time of the day? Didn’t they have jobs? My mom responded, Well, you know the unemployment rate in the Philippines is high.
The Ayala Center was our next target. Unlike Megamall, these upscale malls didn’t have a lot of people. My mom said, It’s because the things here are expensive. I said, Or maybe the elite have jobs. True enough most of the people there were noticeably wearing clothes that were not as posh as you would expect from members of the upper classes. Like us, our fellow middle classes were there strolling through the malls and not really buying anything.
When we were in Greenbelt 5, I had this craving for chocolate cake. We saw an interesting restaurant called Restaurante Pia Y Damaso: Subversive Filipino Cuisine, so we decided to check if there were chocolate cakes.
The waiter recommended Sisa’s Dementia.
Mama poses for a picture. We just ordered Sisa’s Dementia and earl gray tea.
earl gray tea
Sisa’s Dementia
With a moist cake base, a layer of chocolate mouse, a layer of white chocolate with almonds, another layer of chocolate mouse, and coated with ganache, the cake was crazy good.
At the end of the day, I had just one gift check left, bags of stuff we bought, our stomachs full, and our feet aching. Mission accomplished.
Yey!
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We are also Mall Rats and it is cooler inside than in the real parks outdoors. The malls really are like parks in the Philippines! We only have 4 malls in Bacolod City: SM, Robinsons Place, Gaisano and 888 Chinatown Mall. It really is a mall! A new Ayala Mall is under construction and we can hardly wait. You can have fun in the malls without spending a lot of money.
~ Gary ~
Good to know that you’re also a mall rat.
My mom and I love malling. It’s just fun to walk around and do window shopping. Ayala malls are often very fancy. It’s nice to walk around in these malls, but we can hardly buy anything. Still it’s a mall so it’s a fun place to spend your weekends. Thanks for commenting! 