SHOPPING MALL AS A LEISURE DESTINATION SUFIAN HAMAT SCHOOL OF HOUSING‚ BUILDING AND PLANNING UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA‚ PENANG SUPERVISOR: DR. NURWATI BADARUZZAMAN ASSOC. PROF. DR ABDUL GHAFAR e-mail: Sufian@iiu.edu.my Shopping mall has become part of a ‘way of life’. The place is a destination frequented by many levels and age groups of people during leisure time and weekends. The intentions of going to the mall now are no longer confined to shopping
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This observation made me aware of things around us that I have never noticed before. When I went to my favorite coffee shop in downtown Portland today and took notes‚ I was surprised by how every single thing I was looking at silently without interacting with anybody has changed for me. I started observing more of the details‚ the buildings‚ space‚ and the people that were walking on the street while being blasted by the scent of coffee which made me and everyone around me happy. At first‚ I noticed
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Why I Hate the Mall I hate shopping malls. No‚ you don’t understand. I really hate shopping malls. I think sitting at the Food Court near the Burger King for one hour has served only to heighten my displeasure with these gaudy monstrosities. The only reason I’m here is because nothing else in the town of Poughkeepsie‚ NY. seems to catch my interest long enough for me to take notice. I got here noon-ish I think. I had to take a taxi since none of my non- pedestrian friends were willing to roll
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online sales now account for almost 10 percent of total retail sales in the UK. V MALL is an online virtual shopping mall that offers a wide variety of products catering to everyone’s needs on a 24X7 basis at the click of a button. Shoppers can have their purchases from our virtual store delivered at their doorstep without them having to break a sweat over travelling or carrying their luggage. Our virtual mall is a great destination for customers to meet their shopping desires. It has a wide range
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Culture Observation Assignment For this assignment‚ you’ll observe the cultural landscape of one part of our community. You can choose a location that represents popular culture (e.g.‚ a mall‚ the campus bookstore‚ a coffee shop‚ a park‚ a street intersection) or folk culture (e.g.‚ a folk art festival‚ a street market‚ a musical performance). You’ll need to use all five of your senses to study a particular place/event and report on your observations. Objectives First‚ prepare a plan of your objectives
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hurricane has a circumference of 300 miles‚ and winds gusting at 120 miles. The heavy rain has caused infrastructure to collapse‚ power outages‚ trees are falling over streets and major highways‚ people are trapped in cars and homes. Crabtree Valley Mall which is located in Raleigh North Carolina‚ lower deck is completely flooded. Owners of businesses are in disarray because flood waters are rapidly invading businesses without invitation. First responders are having a laboring day to say the lease
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The Crossroads mall was slow on the Monday evening when I was observing it. There was a palpable lack of energy in the people passing by the bench where I sat. The black bench was centrally located in the mall‚ near a General Nutrition and a nail salon. I chose the Crossroads mall because I knew I would observe an interesting atmosphere. It was approximately 7:45 p.m. when I sat down to watch my surroundings. The first thing I noticed about where I sat was the buzzing neon sign hanging above the
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STORE COMPARISON BETWEEN SM CITY NORTH EDSA AND ROBINSONS GALLERIA TOY KINDOM (SM CITY NORTH EDSA) VS. TOYS “R” US (ROBINSONS GALLERIA) The Toy Kingdom at SM North EDSA is one of the anchors inside‚ owned by the International Toyworld Inc. On the other hand‚ Li & Fung Retailing and Robinsons Retail Group forged an alliance to bring TOYS "R" US to the country. Toys “R” Us at Robinsons Galleria is its very first branch here in the Philippines. These two stores can be further compared by
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On November 6th‚ I observed a four year-old boy at the UCI Early Childhood Education Center. My observation starts at 4:10pm‚ and it lasts for thirty minutes. At the time I did the observation‚ all of the children woke up from the nap time and started to play outside of the classroom. The playground is at least seventy-five square feet‚ and it has many play stations for children. Three classrooms share the same outside playground‚ and the age groups of those children are from three years old to five
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The infant in this observations appears to be in the active proximity seeking stage because she protested when the mother left to get more food and was happy when her mother came back to the table where they were she was sitting at. Sigelman and Rider (2015) suggest that most
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