Greenhills Shopping Center, Shangri-La Plaza Only Malls Closed on New Year's Day?

Cropped screenshot from the Power Plant Mall website.

I took this photo last December 24.

Is it only this year that malls started opening on December 25 and January 1?  Except for Shangri-La Plaza, which was open on Christmas Day but closed on New Year's Day, it seems that the same malls open on Dec. 25 is also open on Jan. 1. In other words, all the malls except Greenhills and Shangri-La Plaza. Podium, on the other hand, is open on January 1 but closed on New Year's Eve. At least, that's what I understand, since the SM Malls poster says that the sked is same for all malls except as noted. Then it lists SM Megamall, for example, which includes a December 31 sked that's the same as the all malls sked. For Podium, there is only a January 1 sked. Does it mean that Podium has the same sked as the other malls on Dec. 24 and 31, or is it closed?  If the Podium sked is the same as the other malls', would it have been listed?

It's funny how Power Plant's holiday sked did not include January 1.

Another thing that I noticed is that malls don't have someone managing their sites and resort to using Fb to make their holiday announcements e.g. Market! Market. SM Supermalls even has a separate blogspot. Any blogger would know how to operate a wordpress or blogspot site. SM, all you need to do is train someone to update your site--use wordpress, for example, for easy use, then have a committee of approvers. In this Smartphone age, it would be easy to do this.

Also, does Ayala know that when you type Trinoma, you land in SM North EDSA, which claims that Trinoma has been merged with SM North?

Another thing that I realized, while doing this, that the "mall open" sources only refer to Metro Manila. Except Summit Express, which posted photos of each mall group. Not that easy to follow. My former co-agent, Ruby Ochoa, works in an Ayala Mall in Mindanao. Maybe she can tell me about her mall's holiday sked?

While malls have gone from closed to open, BDO has gone the opposite way and will be closed on December 31 and January 1. 6 years ago i. e. 1999, BDO was open on Dec. 31.

Anyway, below is the sked that I've mustered from surfing the mall sites, including their Fb pages.

Mall	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 1, 2015
Metro Manila
Alabang Town Center	10 am-6 PM	12 noon-9 PM
Araneta Center	10 AM-7 PM	12 noon-10 PM
Araneta Center dining	10 AM-11 PM	12 noon-11 PM
Bonifacio High Street	11 AM-6 PM	12 noon-10 PM
Eastwood Mall dining	11 AM-1 AM	12 noon-11 PM
Eastwood Mall retail	11 AM-11 PM	12 noon-10 PM
Glorietta	11 AM-6 PM	12 noon-9 PM
Greenbelt	11 AM-6 PM	11 AM-9 PM
Greenhills Shopping Center	10 AM-7 PM	closed
Lucky Chinatown Mall	9 AM-7 PM	12 noon-10 PM
Market! Market!	11 AM-6 PM	12 noon-9 PM
Power Plant Mall	11 AM-6 PM	12 noon-10 PM
Shangri-La Plaza	10 AM-7 PM	closed
SM Aura Premier	9 AM-8 PM	12 noon-10 PM
SM Center Pasig	closed?	12 noon-11 PM
SM Jazz Residences	10 AM-7 PM	closed?
SM Mall of Asia	12 PM-8 PM	12 noon-11 PM
SM Mezza Residences	closed?	closed?
SM MOA Entertainment Mall dining tenants	9 AM-1 AM	12 noon-11 PM
SM MOA By the Bay	4 PM-12 midnight	4 PM-12 midnight
SM Megamall	11 AM-11 PM	12 noon-11 PM
SM North EDSA	9 AM-7 PM	12 noon-11 PM
SM Savemore Nagtahan	7 AM-7 PM	closed?
The Podium	closed?	12 noon-10 PM
Luzon
Cavite
SM Marketmall Dasmarinas
Wet and Dry Market	closed?	24 hours
Pampanga
Marquee Mall	10 AM-6 PM	12 noon-10 PM
SM Savemore Apalit	8 AM-7 PM	closed?
Visayas
Cebu
Ayala Center Cebu	10 AM-7 PM	12 noon-9 PM
Mindanao
Cagayan de Oro
SM City Cagayan de Oro	closed?	closed?
Davao
SM City Davao	closed?	closed?
SM Lanang Premier	closed?	closed?
South Cotabato
SM City General Santos City	closed?	closed?

From their Facebook page.

We will be updating this post as we receive new data.

Mercury Drug 24-Hour Drive-Thru Ortigas Open Today

I took this photo last December 9.

Bonifacio High Street is also open on December 25. Screenshot from their Fb page.

Aside from Lucky Chinatown Mall, some Mercury Drug branches are open on Christmas Day. The Shoppesville branch will be closed, but a sign there said that the following will be open:

December 25, 2014 Mercury Shoppesville advisory. I took this photo yesterday.

To summarize, the following places are open on Christmas Day:

Place	Hours
Alabang Town Center	10 AM-8 PM
Araneta Center	12 PM-10 PM
Bonifacio High Street	12 PM-10 PM
Fisher Mall	11 AM-11 PM
Forum Robinsons (Cybergate)	10 AM-11 PM
Glorietta	11 AM-8/9 PM
Greenbelt	12 PM-8 PM
Greenhills Shopping Center	closed
Lucky Chinatown Mall	9 AM-10 PM
Market! Market!	11 AM-9 PM
Mercury Drug Greenhills Officenter	11 AM-6 PM
Mercury Drug Greenhills Wilson	7 AM-7 PM
Mercury Ortigas Avenue	24 hours
Power Plant Mall	12 PM-9 PM
Shangri-La Plaza	12 PM-8 PM
SM Aura Premier	10 AM-10 PM
SM City North EDSA	11 AM-11 PM
SM Megamall	11 AM-11 PM
SM Mall of Asia	12 PM-8 PM
TriNoma	11 AM-9 PM

Check out their Fb pages for cinema skeds. The Megamall page even has Mass skeds.

Leaning Towards an Altis

Photo taken when the Altis was sold.

My dad sold the Altis at P 260,000, when I saw Altises of the same year and similar kilometer readings at the P 300,000 to P 400,000 plus range in Sulit.com.

Anyway, since his friends got Santa Fes, he was thinking of getting one, too. We headed to the Greenhills dealership, where my mom couldn't hop onto it or the Tucson. So my dad asked about the Camry equivalent, the Elantra, and the Altis equivalent, the Sonata. He wants to get a Korean car because he's worried about a Japanese-Chinese war. When we got home, I saw on TV that North Korea is threatening South Korea.

The Tucson.

Anyway, I thought that since the office has an Innova and a Fortuner, that a sedan would use up less gas when you're transporting four people without cargo, and it would be easier for my 3i, my mom and me to get on a sedan, especially when we're wearing gowns. The Altis was the special request car for my mom and 3i whenever we went out.

MA said that his mom prefers the CRV to a sedan, because his mom doesn't have to stoop to get in. My dad says that Hondas have low resale values and have expensive parts. My concern is that my friend says that the sold Altis has a better turning radius than her Civic. I'd like to take all the cars we're considering for test drives.

I looked up the prices online and came up with this grid:

Car Comparisons
Honda v Hyundai v Toyota
A/T
					Secondhand
Make	Model	Engine	Variant	Price	Year			% of brand new	Km
Toyota	Altis	2.0	Pearl	1,155,000.00
			Standard	1,140,000.00
	Camry	2.5G 6	Standard	1,451,000.00	2006	2.4G AT	685,000.00	47%
		3.5G Q	Pearl	2,097,000.00
Honda	CRV	2.0 V		1,325,000.00	2006	Mdl Matic 4WD	558,000.00	42%	50,000
		2.4 SX	White Orchid Pearl	1,545,000.00
Hyundai	Elantra	1.6 GL		888,000.00
	Sonata	2.0 GL S 2.4 gas 6		1,388,000.00

Queen of the Night

Unfortunately, my camrea was low-batt when it bloomed.

My friend, who has seen the Queen of the Night bloomless, has been asking me to show the photo of the actual plant in bloom, even though I had posted in my Fb soup of albums.

I have been going to Tagaytay every couple of weeks since last year, and it was only last August 19 that I got to catch it.

My cousin and -in-law would even drive all the way from Metro Manila to Tagaytay on a weekday evening just to see it in bloom, then drive back to Metro Manila.

10:43 pm.

I found it so intriguing that when my friend was thinking of plants to give to her aunt based in Antipolo, I suggested it, since I know of someone who grows it in San Juan, although their version is smaller than the Tagaytay version. My friend said that it was not practical, since the objective was to beautify the garden.  How can you beautify your garden when the plant is green most of the time?  Oo nga no.

Anyway, it was certainly more beautiful than I had imagined, and more beautiful than I could photograph.

Samsung Galaxy Tab

Galaxy Tab 2.7.0 Wifi costs P 12,990. 10-25-12

PLD asked me to find the lowest-priced Samsung Galaxy Tab in town. I asked Mic Abasolo for help, as Samsung is the sponsor of his inboundpass.com. When I showed him the price list that I got from Digital Hub VMall, he asked me to email it to him.

Greenhills & SM Megamall Open Today

All Saints' Day posts totalled 406 views.

Even though I was planning to write this post today, I was still surprised when I checked my stats and saw that last year's All Saints' Day posts dominated the top positions. What most surprised me was the surge in views, and the Dr. Harvey Uy post being the top one.

Pageviews surged 59.22% today, from yesterday, from 667 to 1,062.

Anyway, I went walking in Greenhills this morning from around 9-11 am. Since it was hot, my friend suggested that we park in the building across VMall , where I went through the No Entries since there were no cars, and went to Mercury Drug in the same building for the first time.  On the way to Unimart, we saw a lot of people walking around, including a guy with a shirt that said, "I support the draft" with a beer photo.  Haha. Flapjacks, McDonald's and Krispy Kreme were open. In fact, my friend could smell Krispy Kreme.

We also went into another Mercury Drug near Chinabank where my friend went to the cashier near the door because the pharmacists manning the pharmacy ignored her.  Then we went to Japan Home Center, next to DIY, which was also open, of course. At Japan Home Center, my friend pointed out a bra hanger for me, which I might buy because our maids tend to flatten my bras. I wish I could post a photo here, but I think that I was stopped from taking photos here or Saizen.

On our way to Unimart, we saw that Mister Donut was open but Chowking was closed. At Unimart, everything was open, even Aunty Vicky's stall where we got sagot gulaman and Haw Flakes, Kookie Monster with its Halloween cupcakes, and Dolor's where I wanted to buy rellenong bangus for
P 300+ but forgot to.

When we walked to the car, it was already 11 but VMall was still closed to the public, but the employees could go in already. At the parking building, a maintenance lady told us that the elevator will be operational at 12, when VMall opens.

My friend told me that Megamall is also open.

Skechers Sale Until October 15

I got the olive greenish beige mules (top row, third from right).

The Skechers sale at Planet Sports has been extended to October 15.

My first pair of Skechers (third from left, bottom row, in the photo) at SM Department Store at Megamall at full price.

I also got a pair of glorified 1"-high black 'glorified tsinelas' at full price less P 200 vouchers, at their VMall branch.

The Skechers sale is only at Planet Sports.

My friend got a pair of black sandals that she comfortably used for maybe three hours.  They were ouchy when she used them for a longer period of time.

Blog Stats

Congrats to my friend Dr. Gerard "Raddy" Mabasa on his two new blogs, Athletic Motion, and World Passages.

He wants to know how much traffic my generic blog makes, so I'm posting them here.

He also wanted to know where my views were coming from.  Techie She is a regular regular site, but I have not figured out why.  I suspect that most of these referrals came from backlinks?

How to get to Xavier School, dated March 24, 2011,  with 7 views, is the top result in Google search.   So is Podium Opens at Noon on November 1, dated October 31, 5 views, also last year, with the search words 'Podium Opens at Noon on November.'  Another November 1 post, Via Mare Open on November 1, 3 views, has the thirdmost views.  My fourth highest post, Clinic Christmas Break, 2 views, is the third holiday post in the list.  So I guess holiday skeds attract the most views to this blog.

In case of a heart attack, 2 views, is the second health-related post in the list.

Feng Shui Figurines,  7 comments including mine, Canon Pixma MX 416?, and Professional Dog Trainer also had 2 views each.

Both health and holidays are part of the site description.

120 of my pageviews come from the US; 31, Philippines; 5 and 3, Argentina and Singapore, respectively.

Atimiti has had a total of 18,068 pageviews from 79 posts, or 228+ views per post.

This blog had 980 pageviews last month.

Raddy, you might want to join Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs.

Holiday Banking

Metrobank Xavier was cordoned off today.

I don't know about you, but I've been confused with banking hours this week.

BDO V-Mall used to be open on holidays.  I even took a photo to show xT Pro how many people were in it, as in marami.

Then it was closed one holiday, but I don't remember which.

Then it was open from 10 am to 4 pm last Monday, but I thought that it would be open on its regular hours, so I got there past 4 na.

Then today, I went to Metrobank and found it closed, despite my mom relaying 3i's message that Chinabank Greenhills Manager Sandra called to say that they would be closed.

So I'm summarizing the banking skeds here in case history repeats itself:

27-Aug
National Heroes' Day
BDO V-Mall	10 am-4 pm
30-Aug
Pinaglabanan Day
BDO V-Mall	closed
BDO Greenhills Shopping Center	upto 4 pm
Chinabank Greenhills	closed
Metrobank Xavier	closed

In and Out of My Bag

My friend gave me their batch fundraising bag.

In the Half Something, Half Pinoy Bloggers group, Tricia Tanhueco urged everyone to also do a What's in my bag? post.

I first heard of this concept from Baddicts! Founder Brekl Garcia, who had wanted to start a What's in my bag thread maybe in 2004.

I don't think that we--I was one of the founding members, along with Rickleng's girlfriend (now wife) Pho, Tinapay, Rory and Thea--ever pushed through with it.  Nor have I ever done a post like it.

And I was surprised at how many things my bag had in and outside it, and that was excluding my wallets, which I had moved to my office bag for tomorrow!

10% off at Watson's V-Mall today.

Hanging from a shoulder strap is my Blue Eagles hand sanitizer, my first Blue Eagles anything--don't even own a shirt--which my friend gave me only today!  The attachment is good for me, as I'm too lazy to go through my bag to look for my hand sanitizer.

She said that all Watson's items were 10% off today, but was not sure if this was just for SM Advantage cardholders.

Pashmina, Inquirer, key/USB case, Monopoly case, passbooks, checkbooks.

Anyway, with the UAAP season in full swing, she said that there were a lot of clean Protec Blue Eagles sanitizers, unlike when she got one maybe a month ago, when there was only one in stock, with a red liquid in it, which was appreciated by the Austrian guy who had gotten it.  The ones she got for us, had matching blue in it.

To think that when we went to Watson's to look for the Blue Eagles sanitizer, the saleslady was at first unaware that they had it and when we asked for other stock, she even suggested that we get another school sanitizer!

The camera, Monopoly and pashmina stay in the bag.

Anyway, my bag had my Samsung Corby, toilet paper, tissue paper, BDO passbooks and checkbooks, the Canon 310 that Amanda Green had given me, the Inquirer Music Museum page, a Citibank card letter, my Globe bills which I settled today, my Asia Insurance commission envelope, a Collezione shirt, a red pashmina from I don't know where, my Monopoly card deal game from APLD, my keys, Scan Disk flash drive, Thor-Lo socks,  Lineplus highlighter which I've never used since ADT paid for it last month at Fully Booked, my face towel, the Fit Right OR for the Meg pants I had altered (for ejection, the OR not the pants), Elizabeth Arden foundation stick from CGL and which I should throw away because it's used up, Victoria's Secret hand sanitizer from Ms. Vegas and the Caltex promo flyer and card slip so my friend can text her raffle entry since I used her card to get gas.

The unexpurgated view includes a Chowking napkin.

Some stuff were in the Bags in the City pouch and the Pabder shoe bag.

Since my wallets were in my Lapdance business bag which DT had gotten for me, I got to thinking of taking photos of the contents of my laptop bag, but realized that blogging about it would be another major production.  So maybe in another eight years.

Linda Salon Closed Today

Robinson's Galleria.  February 28, 2012.

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat December 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ayala Lights and Sounds 6-9 pm Ateneo de Manila University Ateneo Christmas Display evening for lights Loyola Schools Bookstore 8 am-5 pm Chartis Philippines closed at 2:00 PM Dr. Canonigo's Cardinal Clinic Closed 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Ateneo Christmas Display Greenhills Shopping Center Closed 10 am-9 pm 10 am-7  pm Linda's Salon Closed Power Plant Mall 12 - 8 pm 10 am-10 pm 10 am-8 pm Robinsons Malls 12-9 pm 10 am-9 pm Robinsons Supermarket Forum Galleria, Imus, Manila, Metro East 10 am-11:59 pm January Loyola Schools Bookstore 1 2 3 Ateneo Christmas Display campus hours Dr. Canonigo's Cardinal clinic  Closed Greenhills Shopping Center Closed Robinsons Supermarket Forum Galleria, Imus, Manila, Metro East upto  midnight

How to get to Xavier School

Left this comment in the Xavier site, after someone asked for directions on how to get to Xavier from Megamall:

"From EDSA, turn left to Ortigas Avenue, go past La Salle Greenhills, Greenhills Shopping Center, Midland Townhomes, turn left at Ash Creek. Xavier is on the second block, right side. 

When I attended the Xavier Kuangchi awarding last March 11, the guard told me that I could play in Xavier, just reserve by phone. When I called up today, the guard said, ‘Naturalmente,’ only Xavierians can use the facilities.

What’s the real story?"

Photos: Kuangchi Xavier Exemplary Awardee Dr. Harvey Uy's kids and mom last March 11.