Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Malls Amidst Poverty...

Malls can be seen everywhere. Bibihira na lang ata ang lugar na walang mall. But why do malls continue to rise in the Philippines despite the claims that most Filipinos experiencing poverty??? This was brought up by my dad while we were going to Trinoma one Sunday morning. According to him “Hay, grabe talaga noh, kahit naghihirap na ang Pilipinas marami pa rin mall ang tinatayo.” With that I told him, that maybe many of the Filipinos still have spare money to spend in the malls because mall owners will not build malls if there was no demand. Malulugi sila kung tayo lng sila ng tayo ng mall tapos ala namang pupunta. Aside from that I think people go to malls because it’s the easiest way to relieve stress because a person does not really need to spend to be amused. Window shopping is already amusing and you get to see different things in malls kaya minsan nalilimutan ang problema.

Pero nakakapagtaka pa rin talaga kasi ang dami nga talagang tao sa mga mall. Para bang galit sila sap era. Wala na ba silang mapaglagyan ng pera nila? Bakit hindi na lang nila gastusin sa iba?

Well what can I say? Maybe Filipinos are really fond of malls that’s why poverty does not prevent malls from rising. I just hope we learn to prioritize so that we won’t forget the important things we need to do.

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