filipino extravagance

mall mania

i can't understand how or why malls still get lots of mallgoers/shoppers each day when the papers, radio, and TV programs kept on "saying" that the economy is going bonkers.

in Dasma i haven't heard of long lines infront of rice retailers' outlets, or rice shortage. same thing goes for MOST (other) places here in the Phil. rice shortage? i don't know, it think it is so hyped and over hyped that people thought that such a thing is real.
i think that some political machinations/manipulations are going on to cover something bigger, to twist the country's political climate according to some people's grandiose plans...
well, that's my thought anyway, not necessarily everybody's... :)