" Tutuban "

the red brick facade welcomes you upon entering the mall.



and at night, vendors would display their items for sale outside the area till midnight.



a word of caution though, because it's a bargain street, one should be extra careful of their belongings. ^-^
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" Tutuban "

I have featured the streets of Divisoria already,
this roughly defined area is still considered to be
one of the largest bargain shopping district in town.
and in today's post,
let's visit the Tutuban shopping mall,
I think it was during the 90's when it was converted into a mall with a plethora
of affordable things and whatnot.
but little did we know, there's an interesting history behind this structure.



Tutuban was inspired by the sound of a choo-choo train,
toot-toot of the train's whistle and the place used to be part of a
railway station here in Tutuban area aka the PNR station.







By preserving its facade to this state, one can appreciate how dated
the facade looks like.







tune in for more details. ^-^
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" 168 "

168 mall or literally: Yee lu fa (一路發) - means "One Road to Prosperity" is one of the largest mall in chinatown.
A well known hub where you can find affordable and cheap what nots.
Head to downtown and ask any driver to drop you off at this place and I'm sure they're familar with it.

Once inside be sure to know where you're headed because you might get lost.



It's the one stop shop of literally, anything and everything that you need and more.
It's also where you'd find the cheapest things when it comes to fashion, trinkets, furniture, toys etc, etc.

You'd go gaga at the items that are for sale because they're just too many to choose from, although they tend to be repetitive.
Of course, when the word Sale is mentioned, be prepared to haggle and negotiate on a good price.


If only i can get more interesting shots inside, I promise to show you more next time.

Till I hear it from you - Gin Blossoms

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" Robinson's Place "

This is a bird's eye view on one of the famous malls here in Manila.
From afar, you can see the red canopy and the 3 stooges from my last posts.

I was supposed to post it the other day but one of my hard disks got a Trojan virus which affected the whole laptop and it took me awhile to clean out the
whole thing. ^0^

melody: Christophe Maé- J'ai Laisse

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" Red Canopy "

what better place to unwind and feel the humid yet so breezy air.
can you picture the whole thing? ^0^
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" lights up! "

The other day I mentioned a park near a shopping mall called sm-mall of asia,
this is what it looks like during the night.
It almost looked right except for one little thing...
look closely, you'll see an empty bottle lying in the middle of nowhere.
Some of us tend to be stubborn, instead of throwing it in the garbage bin,
they trash things everywhere. ^0^

melody: Portishead- Glory Box

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~no,this isn't an art exhibit... frequently seen at the mall are paintings like these which are for sale...usually they are originals but most of them are just replicas. while i was silently taking this photo...this salesgirl inside seems to be lost in her thoughts...apparently she's sleeping...

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