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When I came back to Manila from Baguio City, I was shocked that there is already a new mall located near SM North EDSA and beside the MRT. It's either it wasn't shown in the news in Baguio or I wasn't able to heard it from the news. So being a mall'aholic person, I definitely didn't pass visiting the said mall and urgently please my family to drop by and check it out. So Sunday came and we decided to visit it. When we reached the north end of the MRT station, we didn't know that we are already at the site until we turned right at Balintawak. At first its seems to me that it is just like the Metropoint in Pasay but only bigger, but when we finally walked through the middle of it, it was like the Glorietta and Market! Market! because it has an activity center, the difference is that it is made with different style of walkways and the best part is the front of the mall. The best features from me is I guess is divided into 4 and these are:

The front facade of the mall

Well we didn't enter at the front of the mall since it is located facing diagonally near the Visayas Ave. (I don't know if its the right street) and its facade is so great because it's walls are made with colored bricks with a Mediterranean style plus there's a fountain located before you enter the mall proper and there's a fountain in every floor connected to each other. The stairs has also a fountain effect. Another plus factor is the presence of the trees and plants arranged to have a scenic effect.

The stores

The stores are the same with other malls except that you could walk through other stalls (depends on the store) like Mercury Drug which you could enter on the other side and exit on the other. The stores you could find there are almost branded like the stores in Shangri-La, but you could still enjoy low-priced goods because a flagship of Landmark Department store is in there. There is also a "Toys R' Us" store there and a food court which you could walk-through

The Cinema Lobby

The Cinema Lobby is so spacious and it houses the famous stores like Taters, and the stores which sells mini burgers plus there is a Krispy Kreme store (donuts). There is also a TimeZone, McDonald's, Be_Connected (Internet) and a different kind of restaurant which is the "Five Cows" (good interiors by the way). The cinema lobby is also connected to the rooftop zen garden.

The Rooftop Zen Garden

It houses the world-famous Starbucks at the middle of the zen-garden. You could stroll there using the wooden bridges without side handles, so be careful when walking. There are also mini ponds but without the fishes and the water is still clear when we came there, and you coulf still see the PVC pipes used for the fountain effect. A plus factor there is they made a fog-like effect behind the trees and the plants.

Better check it out by yourselves and see what you think...