Robinson's Mall: Mas Maganda Dito, a Totally New Shopping Haven

When the family decided to relocate to Zambonga City, we were quite used to seeing different malls from local owners but the shopping experiences were limited if not satisfying. We would have to travel elsewhere to experience a more exciting and pleasing spree and to have known and purchased national and international brands would make me feel that Filipinos are also capable of experiencing shopping, window or otherwise, at  a global and trendy taste within the meager pay of most Filipino workers.


Thus, when we had to move back to Gensan in 2008, that same old feeling began to rejuvenate again not until September 30, 2009 when  Robinsons Place General Santos opened its doors to the general public. We were among the few who waited and were captivated by the grandness and elegance of this globally renowned shopping mall and to have it within the confines of my beloved General Santos City,  I can't keep my jaws closed! Well, who won't be especially for a fashion fanatic like me who wants elite brands and reasonable prices as my major aphrodisiacs.   Indeed, Robinsons Mall's tagline, MAS MAGANDA DITO, is not at all an overstatement, it is an epitome of a totally different shopping experience that every General can be proud of.


From morning to evening, Robinsons Mall is a vibrant sanctuary for all ages and the Generals along with tourists can take pride and delight from the spacious parking space, free  mallwide WIFI access, trendy and comfy 3D movieworld, fresh and complete supermarket,  varied  and grand department store, elegant but pangmasa food court,   sumptuous-filled ALFRESCO resto-bars, exciting amusement for kids and kids at heart,  high-end sensorized facilities   and great customer service that you can't help but feel you are in a world - class shopping mall with a VIP stature. This grand shopping mall is house to over 100 national and local food and retail players offering various novelty items and services within anyone's budget.


Robinsons Gensan  has been our personal favorite from morning to sundown and no other malls have offered and shown social responsibility at its best. It has partnered with various industries like schools, government agencies and other private institutions where Robinson's Atrium and Main Entrance Area  have become favorite spots for grand job fairs, free weekend exercises, school and office functions with great freedom and ease.

with my kid during Goldenstate Little College  Nutrition Month 2010 Celebration in Robinson's Atrium where he won Best Costume for his French Fries fit

My family and I freely  jog along the spacious paved roads of Robinson's Mall while other health - conscious buffs, elders and young ones,  do their walking and Taichi on regular days and free group exercise of taebo and boxing  on  weekends. Families and friends bond and go healthy  in and through Robinsons Place.Only this shopping mall expresses social responsibility with no cost at all!

 with my family in one morning doing jogging and inline blades at Robinson's Parking 

Area with other exercise goers doing their regular Taichi exercise

And, when parties or events itch my feet, I am assured that Robinson's ATRIUM and ALFRESCO guarantee flawless satisfaction. No wonder, it has become a favorite "tambayan" of people who have had a bad or stressed day or otherwise, unwind  and relax with friends and loved ones.

 with sibling and friends on fun party at Robinson's ALFRESCO area

When occasions for  parents, spouses, siblings or kids call for gifts, you won't get disappointed at all from the the wide selection in Robinsons Department Store and Handyman Do It Best store. In fact, we just ravished the toy section for my kid and nephews at way too cheap prices.  And with Robinsons' ALL - OUT Sale from August 1 - 31, we can all find best keeps for my nephew's and father's birthdays.

You can also relax and enjoy more from their monthly gigs including mall tour of national Filipino artists, in fact, they have the following events lined up this August for you and our loved one's taking:

• August 14, 2010 - JCI Spelling Bee Competition
• August 15, 2010 - SIDE A Album Tour
• August 20, 2010 - Ms. Skinfluence Coronation Night
• August 21, 2010 - Ms. Smile Talent Night
• August 22, 2010 - National Bookstore Scrapbooking event
• August 27-29, 2010- YAMAHA Fiesta Exhibit 

  So, if you are in search for a totally different and mas magandang experience of FUN, DELIGHT, SERVICE and ELEGANCE, visit Robinsons Place, and your definition of SHOPPING MALL simply levels up!

General Santos and SOX area are not only  globally known and recognized because of our national sports hero, Manny Pacquiao, or export - quality tuna and agricultural crops,  diverse and rich culture, and brimming economy but also because we have within our reach the wonders and pride of Robinsons!

I Need Ecommerce Too

E -commerce is defined as doing business online; it is also synonymous to I-commerce, e-tailing, and e-business. Most people find these terms interchangeably; however, e-commerce covers about selling products online while e-business extends to wider berth and presence online.

E-commerce is said to have started in 1948 – 1949 during Berlin blockade and airlift where there was exchange of documents. But, what seemed to be the first presence of e – commerce could be traced back to as early as 1886 where telegraph operator, Richard Sears (founder of Sears, Roebuck, and Co. in 1893), sold cancelled shipment of watches to his fellow operators and colleagues and ordered more that he later resigned from his job and started his own catalog mail order business. And, since then, a number of commercial establishments find their ways in Internet to sell their products and services online.

This is indeed a dramatic phenomenon and challenge as businesses are left with a pressing question if to have their business presence be felt online too or to have it all online or simply settle for the guaranteed and traditional means of simply having a physical store where customers can head to and interact with the store’s employees in real time.

But, experts believe that e-commerce plays a tremendous role in how establishments pursue their business vision. With the bottomline of having more profit and wider market coverage, e-commerce provides a viable strategy that owners and managers must seriously consider.

Big businesses like Chapters, which has both physical and online store, sells books, CDs and DVDs to customers online, Dell for its computers, McDo for online orders all make use of internet technology to reach out to their regular customers and attract new ones too, and to connect as well with other business partners like stockholders, government entities, suppliers and alike.

To start an ecommerce, you should at least need the following:

1. Hosting server to host an owned domain that you wish to take control and freedom with. There are several hosting services that you can check around online too.
2. Website with a pleasing Ecommerce Web Design  and efficient functionalities like shopping carts among others. You can build your own website or hire a professional ecommerce website builder for less worries. 
3. Merchant account with a bank where your clients can pay for their transactions.
4. Credit card processor to accept and process payments securely.
5. Marketing of your website, so, traffic and possible business transactions can be made from this site. You can use pay-per-click, optimization, article marketing among others.  

Ecommerce is a strategic plan and can be used as competitive advantage. With the right medium, people and technology, ecommerce can be a forceful channel towards business growth.

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I Am Dead Beat

I have been running like a zombie for over 2 weeks now and my usual routine is still lost in oblivion. I simply have to hurdle through paper works from teaching, business and my kid's stuffs along with my blogging and social functions. Geez! I wish I can just take a potion and be a superwoman or something.

I have been missing my morning jogs too since the start of classes and with all the piled works, I just cant continue even during weekend's toil. Sigh!


It is a new week again but I wish that I can slow down already and rest. Until then, I can only finish on my needed tasks and prioritize what must be.

Our Store Needs Promotions!

Our store facade on day 3.

We are done now with our first week and the sales was average but this new week has been very very bleak. We can only find ways to promote the stocks and this may mean trying marketing strategies like sales, discounts, layaway plans, retailing, and cheap products that the general public can afford.

We are also considering to have store promotions once it reaches its first month to further promote the store and thank our patronizers with stuffs like Promotional bags, caps, ashtrays, cubes, pens, holders, mugs, Promotional Tote Bags,  covers among  others and offer for VIP customers gifts like flash drives, memory sticks, and compendiums.


The economy may continue to inflict pain among companies and as part of marketing strategies, promotional items can be considered. This way regular customers shall feel that they are important and valued and new customers shall get acquainted with the company's products and services.


Having a new store can mean more pressures as operational costs should be addressed and any help is only more preferred. I have seen various companies sell their products up to 80% off or sell at higher rate but with freebies to complement the stuffs or free coupons of other products and services. Our store is no different from other entities; we have to make sure then that people shall remember us and that we can increase the possibility that we will make future business with them.

How to Relieve Stress

Even if we  work or not for all its definition, we get to become all drained and stressed physically or otherwise and doctors and other experts strongly claim that stress can lead to various  health complications including heartburn, ulcer, hypertension, infertility, PMS, obesity, skin problems, diabetes among others.

There can indeed a number of factors causing stress:

1. divorce
2. death
3. unemployment
4. social pressures
5. work pressures
6. marriage/relationships
7. separation
8. illnesses
9. and the list goes on

But, with all these possible causes and effects, we can only find ways to relieve ourselves of stress. We can:

1.  find a recreational activity (i.e.. badminton with loved ones or friends)
2.  go for a short vacation/break;
3.  enjoy a satisfying body massage;
4.  go for fun walk on the park;
5.  watch your movie faves; 
6. read your overdue novels;
7.  meditate through yoga;
8.  take coffee breaks with friends; and
9. more 

The list can continue but it will do us better if we get recharged from all the burnouts and take a break from the causes of our stress.

Wanted: Fun and More Fun!

Teaching and attending to business operations are never easy; I have splice my time between these two and to top it all, I still have my writing works as a form release although they can become quite a drain too.

I used to read novels, and watch movies to get recharged from all the work pressures and to still get the energy to attend to family duties. But, at the end of the day, I still feel that my feet are all dragging and my back is becoming a drain.

So, with meager time left, I can only visit fun online sites for safe and exciting entertainment sites including  USA casino that provides safe and excitement - filled games that may allow you to win bonuses and monstrous winnings. So, anyone within the states of America is highly welcomed and you too can be a lucky player.

It is always imperative to take rest to get energized otherwise any work can be a big drain.

SOX Bloggers Reunion at Store Opening

our Father Blogger - Avel Manansala, beauty blogger - Romarie Cunanan, Hannah - our cute, petite young blogger, my sister Tammy - sexy blogger

With Sir Gilbert - our Professor blogger while giving my store preview

 Mars, Sir Gilbert, Romarie and Kuya Orman Manansala - our ganda blogger to the max!

with Ate Jinky - our Grand Mommy blogger with Ms Gensan  Romarie as our second buying customer

 The best thing I love  and appreciate as a SOCCSKSARGEN blogger is that my community is solid irregardless of the blogger's background. We simply welcome anyone who writes on blogs and whenever we have gimmicks, everyone is invited to join. Thus, this has become my extended family that I wont miss inviting  them during our store opening. Only a day before the opening that I sent my invitation and a good few came and joined us in our celebration. 

Then, Sheng and husband Rick did join us in late afternoon while Aiza came to visit us the following day. I can only be grateful that my community has become a source of friendship and inspiration that anyone can be called a family, by blood or otherwise. So, many thanks guys and ladies and I shall be expecting our bloggers to see us. Cheers again! 

Our Mall Boutique Has Finally Opened

Our facade on opening day while waiting for guests and opening ceremony

Our honorary guests, Avel Manansala - Media Consultant of City Mayor's Office and Romarie Cunanan - Ms. Gensan titlist 

probing customers checking on our stocks

Last July 18, 2010, we finally opened our store situated at Gaisano Gensan. We were supposed to open it July 8 but because of construction delays, the soonest date was 18, thus, in spite of unfinished cabinets and other aesthetics, we somehow realized successfully our opening day. 

We have various apparel from abroad  and of varying prices  since we tend to target the upper and middle class. We can only be hopeful that the rest of the stalls shall be filled up, so, the public can be attracted to seeing the second level of the mall and check our stuffs. 

We however would want to level up our promotion to increase our sales and we can only be thankful of our friends and regular customers to help us do our marketing. 

For now, we are only happier that finally our dream has been realized. 

How To Have Fun During Rainy Season

How can you have fun during the rain? Summer is officially over in the Philippines as El Nina  supersedes the hot weather of summer; however, along with this are the risks of heavy rain, rain - attributed illnesses, and  passive lifesytle.  For one, I missed my morning jogs because of my colds and the periodic rainfall.

But, what can you actually do when rain seems hard to contain. You can actually try the following  activities:

1. play board games with siblings or  friends;
2. play solo or with friends in online games, On line gambling or other entertainment sites; 
3. run your all - time favorite movies;
4. listen to old music playlists;
5. respond to or send  emails, letters, backlogs that need long overdue actions;
6. finish your stacked novels; 
7. lavish once again in a rain play with your loved ones.

Who says you can't have fun when rain holds you hostage? That can be a high time to do things that long have been forgotten or missed out.  So, stay indoor, relax, have fun and enjoy the cool breeze of rain with your fave novelty and bundle up with your loved ones!

Bloggers Gimmick Again

In Piyesta's Opening where owner - blogger Donna was our main hostess

The SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers Community has long been created and could be traced back to 2008 and everything else that followed is simply a long thread of friendship, party, fun and more fun.

In a few hours, we shall convene again for a travel forum with professional travelers from across regions shall commence the evening. Of course, exquisite dining and fun - filled talks shall overwhelm again our time.Until then. . .

I Need a Break

Since the start of  classes, I have been feeling drained and consumed by reading and writing academic notes to fill my weekdays until Saturday. I only teach parttime but my workload requires supplemental readings that my free time are still devoted to more research.

I do my daily jogs to de - stress, however, with my late sleeps, waking up early becomes a big toil too. Gosh! I really need a way to recharge. Since I spend most of my free time online, I get to hang around with entertainment sites like  USA online casinos. With few bucks, big jackpots await the lucky winner! There is nothing more energizing than spending a safe but fun time alone or with loved ones.


Experts say stress leads to aging faster and getting sick; I guess I have to have fun quite soon.

I'm Sick Again

With the onset of periodic rain amidst extreme heat, it is not unusual that our immunity gets downsized. Most of my family members are sick too of colds and we can only dread the symptoms because along with rainy periods is the dengue hype that consumes a good number of patients already which to date has 4 deaths.

Colds is typically characterized by sore throat, running nose, sneezing, fatigue and cough. My research says that nothing cures the cold virues but only subsides the symptoms which mean taking over - the - counter medicines to address the running or decongested nose, sore throat and alike. Some symptoms may last up to 3 weeks but typically symptoms may persist 7 - 10 days.

We can only take enough rest, and home remedies with lots of fluids.

Our Mall Store

facade for our Kreativ Boutique to be situated at Gaisano Mall Atrium's 2nd Level

We officially start our mall store construction today and we hope to have it officially opened by July 8. The toil is quite tasking, however, this has been our long - overdue wish, to be more publicly visible.

So, come next week, we shall be requesting for other details to include hang tags and customized bags. Until then, we can only sort out other nitty gritty of this renovation and finally be ready.

Im a Strained Teacher Again

This new school year, 2010 - 2011, is another year added to my decade of being a teacher and while this job is truly underpaid but overworked, I remain a committed servant of education. I had been a full - time teacher for 12 years but decided to cut back on my workload that I chose to become a part - time teacher instead.

So, since last semester, I have been rendering 15 hours of teaching work every week on subjects like programming and computer theories. This however means I have to still read a lot, and work with my computer practically every day resulting to chronic back pain, headache and strained vision.

I started with jogging and taebo last summer to help me get healthier bones and correct my back aches while I only take pain killers for the headache. However, the strained vision is left unattended that even triggers the headache again. I had my  eyeglasses before to correct the teacher's eye syndrome but I outgrown them that I need new  eyeglasses  again appropriate for my present visual requirement.

My age does not at all alleviate the problem and since I can't undo the consequences of nature or resign from my work, I can only find ways to remedy my concerns.

 Since the school year has just started, I have a long time to endure unless I find a nice and elegant pair of eyeglasses soon.

Model Wannabe

My husband compelled me to do a wacky photo opp with him and since we were in the fine beach of Isla Jardin del Mar, I simply obliged. hhahahahha!

So, I got these nice shots of me with all big smiles and unprofessional stances. I can never really be comfortable as a photo model. hahahahhaha!

Not Wanting to Age

It is a typical sentiment that we don't want to be at our youth's end as it may mean lumpy weight, ugly skin, health implications, and psychological lapses. Thus, experts suggest that healthy lifestyle, exercise and diet may contribute to keeping aging at bay and reduce risks of medical conditions.

One possible cause of aging is oxidative stress that happens when the free radicals in our human body surpasses the body's own ability to neutralize or detoxify these free radicals. Oxidative stress may happen when there is a lack in antioxidant or from an over supply of free radical reacting  with major components of cells, including DNA, lipids, and protein, resulting in cellular damage.

Further, oxidative stress may also be the cause of  serious diseases including atherosclerosis, Parkinson's disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, Alzheimer's disease, fragile X syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome.




With these serious implications, it  is imperative that interventions like supplements can help us address oxidative stress. Anti - oxidants like Glutathione can be an excellent supplement to combat oxidative stress and boost our immune system.  Further, the substance called penny stocks can be an effective supplement to combat free radicals. It is also known to be an excellent anti aging product as cell degeneration is contained.  Studies on preventing oxidative damage can be viewed  at  http://www.oxis.com  and they provide product information on the benefits of containing oxidative stress.

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Away with my Kid

We had this chance last summer to visit my younger sibling in Manila for a week and while we savored the change in environment, we somehow made use of our time mall hopping and recreational activities.

My kid was only more happy to try ice skating in Mall of Asia and bungee jumping in Market - Market. We culminated the trip with a two - day stay in Pureto Galera.

We did promise that we shall come back and try other things we missed. Nothing beats a good escapade after long years of work.

Better Blog Hosting for Me

This blog has been up and running since April 2008 and I never really imagine that my interest for blogging shall extend over a year but because of its unimaginable perks, harnessed writing skills, new friends and more insights from reading other sites, I  am definitely in love with blogging.  I

I have four other blogs that are oriented on different niches of fashion, business, education and family and fortunately, I have these blogs with their own domain names except for this first blog that seemed to get stuck with blogspot appendage.

Claiming a domain name was easy with Blogger and so far, I never really have any serious trouble unlike when I had my blog in Wordpress hosted. I got the typical features of a Wordpress hosted blog but with my desire to improve it more technically, the hosting is quite vain and restricted.

So, if I were to require a  domain hosting  for this blog, I shall only look for something that will  give me full access to my blog plus the ability to incorporate third - party applications among others at very considerable price and superb convenience. Further,  I expect that the domain hosting will be reliable from any technical glitches.

I have had paid for my Wordpress domain but definitely dissatisfied, but, I can only maximize the one - year hosting, then, I shall reconsider whether to keep it or deactivate the account.

It is indeed imperative that before any online subscription shall be made, I should check recommendations first among the experts. For now, I can only sigh and accept the fate of my distressed blogs.

My Photo Opp

A day before our family friend left for Zamboanga City, we brought him to Isla Jardin del Mar for the fine sand and clear waters. And what seems to be a nice place was only burdened with the stiff road that only guests with wheels can enjoy this place.

But, the long day was somehow nice as the staff was all accommodating but the water receded, so, we ended up with photo sessions. I got these nice collection of pictures with friends, sister and my kid.

Hating My Mental Gaps!

I am back to teaching and I only had few days of rest as I had my time filled with blogging and article writing. And, with all the busy time in business, writing and family works, I could not find the time to attend to little things, so, I end up forgetting things.

So, after I decided to lie low on writing, I have enough time to rest but my recreation is limited to reading and watching movies only. My classes are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays as the school rearrange my loadings. I could have two more subjects but I gave up the evening loads to attend to my family.

Stress can indeed consume someone else's energy; good thing, online recreations like  USA online casinos are around to help address stress and get recharged. After long days of work, it is always fair to have safe fun with friends and loved ones.

I hope since I am back to my usual works, I have enough time to rest and not forget things anymore.