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.

Lucky Chinatown Mall Open Tomorrow

Where do you go on Christmas Day? Tonight on TV5, Lourd de Veyra tells people who want to go aguinaldo hopping that tomorrow's rains will be light to moderate.

One Christmas Day, I asked my balikbayan friend and her husband where they wanted to go since the malls were closed.

I gave them 2 choices: Ateneo or the Pen for halo-halo. He said that he was open to halo-halo, if it was necessary. Ha!

Anyway, it was my first time to go to Lucky Chinatown Mall last Monday. I was just thinking that Eastwood would probably be open on Dec. 25, because of the call cenuhs.

Then I realized that Megaworld also owns Lucky, so I looked at the mall hours sign closely.

According to Pinoy Money Talk, Eastwood City is open on Christmas Day. And so are other malls like Alabang Town Center, Bonifacio High Street, Glorietta, Market! Market!, MOA, Power Plant Mall and Trinoma. It seems that the only big mall that's closed is Greenhills Shopping Center. There was no mention of Aura and SM North's Dec. 25 skeds.

Now, is Lucky Chinatown Mall worth going to?  I was there for a Mann Hann lunch and saw Daiso, UCC and other stores that you see elsewhere. Except for an ice cream stall that I had not seen before.

Adidas, Digital Walker, Esprit at Outlet Sale

This is the same The Big Holiday Outlet Sale that I had blogged about 2 years ago. I'm still using the same Urbanears headphones that I mentioned in the 2011 post. Any feedback from those who got tickets from me last time?

If you're interested in tickets, post your 1st and last names and the number of tickets you want at the Comments section of this blog. I'll confirm also in the comments section if tickets are available. Please number your posts. For example, "1-4 Amity Young", if you want 4 tickets. Then: "5-6 Carol Chan". There are 50 tickets up for grabs. Please post your "reservations" on or before October 18, Friday. I'll confirm on Sunday, October 20.

To claim your tickets, present a valid ID at the registration booth and look for the "Insert Blog Name" guestlist.

I'd appreciate any feedback after the event, also in the Comments section of this post.

The Big Holiday Outlet Sale 2013 on October 25-27.

How to Not See a Person's Posts

My friend asks, "Is there a way not to see a person's post?"

Go to the person's Fb page, unclick "Show in News Feed."

She is referring to Facebook, wherein she wants to un-see just one person's posts, not everyone's.

Go to your friend's timeline, click on the toggle beside "Friends," and unclick "Show in News Feed."

Maid Who Assaulted Amo Still at Large

My friend emailed me this beware message on her aunt's maid who made the news:

"On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:33 AM, [name and email address withheld] wrote:

Beware of this innocent looking girl!  This maid robbed and inflicted injuries on our aunt.  Any information leading to her and her arrest will be appreciated by my cousins' family. The CCTV was not able to capture the crime because this maid turned off the main switch of the circuit breaker. After hearing her horror story and other maid related horror stories, it appears that an NBI clearance is not much help. I heard that some applicants are able to get 3 NBI clearances under different names. Aside from taking a photograph, it will be good to get all fingerprints of the applicant for your file (our condominium application form even has 6 slots per hand). For those with CCTVs, check if it can capture dark areas.  Is it connected to an uninterrupted power supply (UPS)? My cousin was murdered several years ago by her day old maid.  To date, that murderer maid is free and we don't even have a photo. Praying for everyone's safety at home. Forwarding my cousin's facebook post:   WARNING: BEWARE OF THIS MAID SHE ATTACKED MY MOM (TITA BABY TO MOST OF YOU) Thursday around 6pm her new maid (1 week) poured cooking oil all over the floor outside her bedroom leading to the dining room, after she turned the main switch of the circuit breaker off to make it appear there's no power. When mom got out of the room, she slipped but did not totally fall on the floor, she was able to hold on to a chair nearby. She dropped the cellphones she held on the same chair. She quickly got up and even asked the maid to get some rags to place over the oil. Holding her flashlight, she was trying to scan the ceiling for leaks while walking towards the stairs to go up and check the next floor. She told the maid to go ahead of her because she can't see and had difficulty walking due to the slip. She noticed the maid holding a bottle of whiskey. When asked the maid said the alcohol can be used for the slippery floor. She thought nothing of it and on the second floor mom noticed all the drawers were open. They checked to see one of the rooms and if there were any open windows. After checking she went back to the stairs to go down this time the maid was behind her. The maid pushed and kicked her towards the stairs. She fell and when she reached the bottom of the stairs the maid swung the bottle at her. She instinctively covered her head with her right arm so the bottle hit her hand and head. The maid then sprayed wd40 in here eyes and was about to hit her when she leaped from the bottom of the stairs back to her bedroom door. She was able to lock herself in the room, opened the back window and cried for help. When help arrived from my aunt living next door, the maid was gone and was able to sneak out the village guard. Mom suffered head injuries, 2 completely fractured fingers and bruises on her back, hands and feet. Thank god CT Scan and X-ray supported that these were the only injuries. When I went back with the inspectors, on the dining table was another mallet and a separated scissor to be used had she slipped flat on her back. THIS MAID GOES BY THE NAME OF RUBILYN NATIVIDAD MAPE FROM CAGAYAN (according to her biodata). ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO HER WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. OUR FAMILY ALONG WITH THE COPS ARE STILL SEARCHING." Rubilyn was a referral.

Atimiti Switches to Ethereal

I changed my template because Dynamic was unwieldy.

For the same reason that I changed the template of TV Guide Philippines, I'm changing the template of Atimiti. That is, I had a hard time scrolling up and down.

Now that blogspot is coming up with options, why not put in other features like word count and better layouts like Wordpress has?

Plus better tech support.